🔓 Remix Reality Insider: Human in the Loop

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🛰️ The Signal

This week’s defining shift.

Autonomy isn’t arriving alone.

Even as vehicles and robots get smarter, companies are keeping humans in the loop to build trust and handle edge cases.

This week’s spatial computing news surfaced signals like these:

• Zoox launched its first fully driverless robotaxi service in Las Vegas, but staffed pickup zones with concierges to guide riders.
• Lyft and May Mobility debuted an autonomous ride service in Atlanta with human operators in the cars to ease riders into the experience.
• Serve Robotics bolstered its delivery fleet with Voysys teleoperation tech, enabling faster human oversight of its robots.

Why this matters: Autonomy is often framed as removing humans from the equation. These rollouts suggest a more practical reality where people and machines work together, and visible human presence helps earn trust and a smoother path to scale.

🧠 Reality Decoded

Your premium deep dive.

Robots as a service, or RaaS, is becoming a practical way for more industries to adopt automation. Instead of paying large upfront costs, companies can subscribe to robots with flexible pricing and ongoing support. This approach lowers the entry barrier, reduces risk, and lets businesses scale at their own pace.

RobCo shows how robots as a service is taking shape in manufacturing. Its modular machines can be adapted for work such as loading, palletizing, or moving parts around the floor. Rather than buying the equipment outright, companies pay for a subscription that includes the hardware, software, and support. The no-code setup helps factories adjust robots on the fly, which opens automation to smaller firms that might not have tried it before. With its recent US expansion and the Rapid Robotics deal, RobCo is bringing this model to more customers.

RaaS is being used outside of manufacturing. Logistics providers are adding delivery robots block by block. Utilities are rolling out inspection systems without long delays. Hospitals are bringing in robots without large upfront costs. In each case, the aim is to cut costs, reduce risk, move faster, and keep systems up to date as needs change.

Key Takeaway:
RaaS makes robotics easier to afford and quicker to put to work. It gives companies a way to start small, adjust as they go, and add automation without big upfront bets.

📡 Weekly Radar

Your weekly scan across the spatial computing stack.

🚚 International Motors Begins Testing Autonomous Trucks on I-35 Corridor

• International Motors has launched real-world testing of its second-generation autonomous trucks in collaboration with PlusAI.
• Why this matters: Hub-to-hub routes are the most practical starting point for autonomous freight. These trials will test whether factory-installed systems can reliably handle repetitive, long-haul corridors at commercial scale.

🚗 Zoox Launches Its First Public Robotaxi Service in Las Vegas

• Zoox has officially activated its self-driving ride service in Las Vegas.
• Why this matters: This is a major milestone for vehicles built specifically for autonomy. It also signals that the robotaxi market is finally entering a competitive phase.

💡 Mojo Vision Raises $75M to Expand AI Applications of Micro-LED Platform

• Mojo Vision's latest funding was led by Vanedge Capital with support from existing and new investors, including NEA, Khosla Ventures, and Dolby Family Ventures.
• Why this matters: This round gives Mojo Vision the runway to push micro-LEDs from lab to market, and with it, the next wave of AI-powered devices.

🚙 Lucid Gravity SUV Debuts in Europe with AR and NVIDIA-Powered Driver Assist

• Lucid Gravity SUV features an AR head-up display and the DreamDrive 2 system built on NVIDIA’s DRIVE AGX platform.
• Why this matters: Lucid’s AR head-up display promises a more intuitive, eyes-forward experience. Making it optional suggests the feature is still finding its footing with drivers.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Copresence Unlocks Fast AI Avatar Creation With Just a Phone as Platform Exits Beta (Sponsored)

• Copresence’s AI-powered pipeline creates fully rigged, photorealistic avatars in minutes with just a smartphone.
• Why this matters: Copresence's mobile-first approach supports end-user scanning “in the wild,” making the platform scalable for XR, gaming, and telepresence applications.

🌍 Project Orbion Launches as Real-Time Digital Twin of Earth

• Aechelon and its partners have launched Project Orbion, a live 3D model of Earth powered by real-time sensor data and AI.
• Why this matters: Creating a real-time digital twin of the Earth is a massive challenge. Project Orbion shows that it only works when each piece comes from a specialist. The value isn’t just in the tech, it’s in how these partners are making it work together.

✨ Agora and Banuba Bring Real-Time AR Effects to Live Video

• Banuba's integration with Agora aims to help developers and media platforms create more immersive and interactive content.
• Why this matters: Real-time AR is only as good as the speed it runs on. Without low-latency infrastructure, even the most advanced effects can lag, break immersion, or disrupt live experiences.

📷 Orbbec Expands 3D Vision and LiDAR Offering for Robotics in Japan

• Orbbec released the Gemini 435Le stereo camera and Pulsar ME450 LiDAR for robotics, logistics, and automation use.
• Why this matters: Orbbecs' new products are designed to make it easier for robotics companies to get reliable, flexible 3D sensing without needing custom setups.

🤖 DEEP Robotics Deploys Dual-Robot System for Smarter Tunnel Inspections

• DEEP Robotics has launched a collaborative inspection system that links two existing robots for continuous monitoring of power tunnels.
• Why this matters: DEEP Robotics is now operating the Jueying X30 and LYNX M20 as a combined system for tunnel inspections, not just as individual robots.

🛍️ LG Launches RetailVerse for Immersive Shopping

• LG introduced RetailVerse Web, a new platform that delivers interactive 3D and AR product experiences for its appliances.
• Why this matters: LG is committing to 3D and AR as a core part of its omnichannel strategy, making it easier for consumers to explore products online while streamlining content creation to bring new appliances into the experience quickly.

🌀 Tom's Take

Unfiltered POV from the editor-in-chief.

When we talk about wearables, the focus is usually on what they let us do, such as track steps, translate a conversation, or enter a virtual world. Those use cases drive adoption, but there is another side to wearing technology that is just as valuable. It is not about action, but about collection. Wearables listen, sense, and record while on our bodies, creating a layer of context that can enhance every application by adding more of us into the mix.

Earbuds now track heart rate, movement, and location alongside audio. Smartglasses can see what is in front of you while knowing where you are and who you are with. By capturing this information, wearables become engines of metadata that describe not only you but also the moment you are in.

This data has the power to reshape the apps we already use. Social platforms could personalize feeds based on mood. Music services could adjust playlists to match your heart rate. Maps could plan routes that respond to your pace and energy. It will also enable entirely new app categories built on context we have never had before.

Today, our devices treat us mostly as isolated users tapping on screens. Wearables are giving them new ways to understand us as people in context. This extra layer of awareness will unlock a wave of hyper-personalization unlike anything we have seen before.

🔮 What’s Next

3 signals pointing to what’s coming next.

1. Brain Interfaces Break Into Daily Life
   Brain-computer interfaces are moving out of the lab and into our homes. Alterego unveiled a silent speech wearable that detects internal speech signals, letting people talk to AI without speaking out loud. The device is in early access as the company continues development. BrainCo recently showed the impact of its neuro-powered prosthetics when a man performed live on piano with a mind-controlled bionic hand. While still an emerging category, both cases point to the vast power of BCI in unlocking new abilities for humans.
2. Wearables Gain New Senses
   Wearables are adding new sensors that let them go beyond the basic capabilities. RayNeo’s partnership with Bang & Olufsen brings premium, tuned audio to AR glasses, reinforcing sound as a key ingredient of immersion. Apple’s AirPods Pro 3 is moving beyond the listening experience with heart rate sensing and real-time translation, inching it towards a more intelligent, body-aware system. These moves signal that wearables are evolving into multi-sensory companions where devices blend experience, sensing, and intelligence to be more useful in our daily lives.
3. Coordinated Robotics Systems
   Robots are beginning to work less as standalone units and more as coordinated systems. DEEP Robotics paired its quadruped and wheel-legged robots for smarter tunnel inspections, creating a collaborative system that can operate for six to eight hours with cloud-based fault detection. Serve Robotics added Voysys’ low-latency teleoperation and video streaming into its Level 4 autonomy platform, giving remote operators the ability to keep hundreds of delivery robots connected and moving. These advances show that the future of robotics lies in connected fleets that blend diverse machines, cloud intelligence, and human oversight into unified systems.

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