Blippar announces its no-code AR creation tool, Blippbuilder, now integrates with the Microsoft Teams collaboration and communication app. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kolawole Samuel Adebayo
Facebook’s AI can copy the style of text in photos from a single word
Facebook’s TextStyleBrush is an AI system that can replicate the style of fonts and handwriting to replace arbitrary text in images. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
In a year of major shifts, the self-driving car market is consolidating
Toyota and Lyft’s $550 million deal shows wealthy companies that can bear delayed return on investment dominate the autonomous vehicle market. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Ben Dickson
Facebook’s new computer vision model achieves state-of-the-art performance by learning from random images
Facebook announced an AI model trained on a billion images that it claims achieves state-of-the-art results on a range of benchmarks. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
How Unity is positioning itself to democratize the metaverse
Dr. Danny Lange and Timoni West of Unity join author Charlie Fink to talk about Unity’s role in supporting the new metaverses springing up. AR/VR – VentureBeat & VB Staff
TechSee raises $30 million to streamline field service work with AR and computer vision
TechSee, a startup employing AI and computer vision to streamline field service work, raised $30 million to expand its reach. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
Samsung: Expect 6G in 2028, enabling mobile holograms and digital twins
Samsung said today that the next generation mobile standard, 6G, may arrive earlier than initially expected, further boosting data rates for future XR apps. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
Librestream raises $24 million to automate field technician tasks with AI
The Canadian augmented worker platform maker is increasing its AI investments and employee count to address growing demand for quick analysis of field data. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
Envision brings AI to Google Glass to help visually impaired users see
Wearable smart glasses with optical character recognition and computer vision AI will help users with low vision to read, recognize people, and travel. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
Snapchat adds lava and water AR Lenses using ground segmentation and ML
The social network’s AR investments continue to pay off, as it can now use machine learning and computer vision segmentation to replace land with liquid. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz