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Study Finds Privacy Concerns Undermine AR Try-On Effectiveness
A study in the Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services explored how consumers respond to augmented reality try-on apps and how privacy concerns influence that experience.
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BQP Raises $5M to Scale Quantum-Enhanced Digital Twin Platform
BQP has secured $5 million in seed financing to expand BQPhy, its digital twin platform designed to run across CPUs, GPUs, and quantum systems. The software enables simulation performance improvements today using quantum-inspired methods and is built to support future gains on quantum hardware.
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Waymo Launches Teen Accounts in Phoenix, Hits 100 Million Fully Autonomous Miles
Waymo has introduced teen accounts for riders aged 14 to 17 in Metro Phoenix, allowing them to hail fully autonomous rides independently. The accounts must be linked to a parent or guardian, who receives ride updates and receipts while having access to live trip status.
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Meta Updates Haptics Studio With New Design and Creative Tools
Meta has released an update to Haptics Studio, its desktop and VR tool for building tactile effects in virtual environments. The redesign introduces a more streamlined interface and guided onboarding in the VR app, aimed at helping developers create and test haptics more efficiently.
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New Uber Partnership Brings 20,000 AI-Driven Lucid Robotaxis to Streets
Lucid, Nuro, and Uber are joining forces on a new robotaxi service expected to launch in a major U.S. city next year. The program combines electric SUVs from Lucid with Nuro’s self-driving technology and will operate exclusively through the Uber app.
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DreamPark Launches Mixed Reality Theme Park on Seattle Waterfront
DreamPark has debuted its largest mixed reality installation yet at West Canal Yards in Seattle. Starting July 19, visitors can enter a digitally enhanced, open-air adventure world powered by Meta Quest headsets, including a one-of-a-kind mixed reality racing experience.
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📬 Remix Reality Weekly: Spin-outs and sweeps
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
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🔓 Remix Reality Insider: This is not a demo
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.
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The Great Face Race: A Rundown of Reported and Rumored Devices
Reports suggest more than a dozen new headworn devices are on the way by 2028, with nearly every major tech company in the race.
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Meta Projects Sweep Emerging Media Emmy Nominations
This year’s Emmy finalists for Outstanding Emerging Media Program all share a common thread: they were developed for Meta Quest and backed by Meta. The three nominated projects reflect the platform’s expanding role in immersive storytelling across music, television, and mixed reality.
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TRELLIS Launches in Foundry Labs, Bringing Generative 3D to More Creators
Microsoft has introduced TRELLIS to Azure AI Foundry Labs, a new generative system for creating high-quality 3D assets from simple inputs. Designed to lower the barrier to spatial content creation, TRELLIS produces detailed, editable models for use in AR, games, simulation, and design tools.
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Pearson Opens Innovation Hub for AI and Immersive Learning R&D
Pearson has announced the launch of Pearson Lab, a new research and innovation space located at its London headquarters. The Lab aims to speed up the creation of new educational tools that use emerging technologies for both schools and workplaces.