Tom is the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Remix Reality. A pioneer in AR, VR, and wearables, he brings 15 years of experience in spatial computing as a journalist, investor, and product leader—often called “the man from the future.”
Editorial
AI glasses will lead the next wave of consumer devices, offering voice-first assistants that work with your phone. Displays are too early as battery, comfort, and context issues still stand in the way, and consumers are not yet ready.
Field Notes
The wearable pendant, called AI Wayfinding Companion, was created by a team of three, including Ian Curtis, Emma McMillin, and Jim O'Donnell, as part of a 7-day hackathon held at Niantic Spatial. It's meant to be worn as a specialized companion for navigation and environmental understanding.
Remix Reality Weekly
In this drop: Robots become rolling billboards, AVs turn into mobile brand experiences, and humanoids could be ad-supported. Plus, care-bots, wildfire-rebuilding robots, ultrawide VR headsets, immersive video tools, XR network twins, Niantic’s Quest 3 SDK, and a $20M robot OS round.
Remix Reality Insider
In this drop we explore how generative AI is redefining immersive worlds, from Genie 3’s real-time 3D scenes to Meta’s AI tools for VR creators. We decode AR design lessons from Snap’s Spectacles and scan breakthroughs in physical AI, simulated worlds, and perception systems.
Editorial
Snap’s fifth-generation Spectacles ’24 give developers a powerful AR platform with waveguide displays, dual Snapdragon chips, spatial audio, and advanced sensors, enabling immersive, hands-free experiences built around embodied interaction, AI-driven assistance, and real-world play.
Editorial
Surveys show demand for robots to handle cleaning, laundry, and cooking, but caution over cost, trust, and caregiving remains, even as experts predict 40% of household work could be automated within a decade.
Remix Reality Weekly
In this drop: Robots are being trained to do your chores, from folding laundry to walking the dog. Perception is becoming infrastructure, and spatial systems are getting smarter, safer, and more useful. Plus, Tom’s Take on why the killer app isn’t an app—it’s a brain.
Remix Reality Insider
In this drop: Robots are folding laundry, sensors are saving lives, and perception is becoming part of the world’s operating system. From Subaru’s smarter cars to Coco’s delivery bots, we track the rise of machines that see, decide, and act with safety and autonomy built in.
Remix Reality Weekly
In this drop: XR training graduates from pilot to enterprise, Meta pushes boundaries on wrist-based input, and robotaxis become the ride of choice for comfort and safety. Plus, Amazon bets big on ambient AI, Sharp gets hands-on with VR, and Notre Dame goes digital.
Remix Reality Insider
In this week’s drop: Immersive training has officially arrived. From NASA flight sims to VR-based nursing programs, XR is no longer a pilot project; it’s a proven upgrade to traditional methods.
Remix Reality Weekly
This edition of Remix Reality Weekly explores the rising influence of spatial computing across robotics, healthcare, education, aviation, and media. Highlights include no-code automation tools from Augmentus, the first autonomous gallbladder surgery by a Johns Hopkins robot
Remix Reality Insider
This week’s Remix Reality Insider explores how modular systems are accelerating autonomy, tracks the wave of smartglasses expected by 2028, and highlights where spatial computing is scaling quietly—from hospitals to factories to wearables that train while you move.