Leia Inc., the company best known for its lightfield displays and LeiaPix platform, has launched a new consumer app called Immersity. Using AI, it transforms flat photos into dynamic, shareable video clips. Charlie Fink talks to the company.
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Entering the Appverse: A Conversation with Leia
Spatial Beats: Moon Valley’s Funding & Pico’s Next Play
Moon Valley get’s vaulted by its Series B and rumors point to AR glasses from ByteDance. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the lenses of Charlie Fink.
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XR’s Quiet Giant: A Conversation with Viture
Three years ago, VITURE debuted at CES. Since then, it’s become the quiet giant of video display glasses, with 52% of the US market in Q4 2024. What’s driving its rapid growth and what’s next?
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Spatial Beats: XR Funding Surge & Viture’s Quadruple Play
Xpanceo raises a whopping $250 million and it wasn’t even the biggest XR funding event of the week, while Viture blitzes display glasses with 4 new frames. We have these and other items through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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Mentra Rethinks Smart Glasses Operating Systems
San Francisco-based startup Mentra has raised $8 million to launch MentraOS 2.0, an open-source operating system designed specifically for smart glasses. Could it challenge tech giants building vertically-integrated smart glasses systems?
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Spatial Beats: Xiaomi Joins the AR Race & AI’s Legal Win
Xiaomi enters the pack as the the race for non-display AI glasses heats up, while AI scores a big legal win. We have these and other events from XR and AI realms, through the lens of Charlie Fink.
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Spatial Beats: Hyperscaling Memes & the Best of AWE
Google’s Veo 3 AI image generator is hyperscaling meme vlogs and we look at AWE USA 2025’s greatest hits, one week later. We have these and other items at the intersection of AI and XR through the eyes of Charlie Fink.
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From AI to Z: Takeaways from AWE USA
Augmented World Expo 2025, now in its 16th year, wrapped late last week in Long Beach, California. What were the biggest takeaways and what did the show tell us about XR’s current stage and near-term trajectory?
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Spatial Beats: Hollywood Meets VR and AWE is Imminent
Meta courts Disney, A24 and others to make immersive cinema while Glance AI blows minds and the countdown to AWE begins. We have these and other items from XR and AI realms through the eyes of Charlie FInk.
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XR’s Mainstream Moment? Previewing AWE USA
AWE returns to Long Beach June 10 with its most expansive and ambitious edition yet. Now in its 16th year, it will host 5,000+ attendees, 250 exhibitors, and a who’w who speaker lineup. Charlie Fink previews must-see elements.
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