📬 Remix Reality Weekly: XR Training Scales, Neural Input Grows, Robotaxis Rise

Your free Friday drop of spatial computing updates—plus what Remix Reality Insiders unlocked this week.

🛰️ The Signal

This week’s defining shift.

Immersive training is real-world ready.

Simulation has always been one of XR’s core capabilities. AR and VR were made for training, and these immersive technologies have a longstanding history in this use case. What’s changing now is scale. Pilots are turning into full deployments, with major organizations embracing XR as a core part of their training programs across industries. This shift comes as early adopters begin sharing real data on its effectiveness. The results show that XR is outperforming traditional methods, making it a clear contender for the future of corporate education.

👉 Get the full insight in this week’s Insider drop.

📡 Weekly Radar

Your weekly scan across the spatial computing stack.

🤖 UBTECH Debuts Humanoid Robot That Powers Itself Around the Clock

• UBTECH’s industrial humanoid robot now performs self-directed, hot-swappable battery changes.

🐝 Amazon Acquires AI Wearable Startup Bee

• Amazon has acquired Bee, a company focused on personal, ambient intelligence, according to the company in a LinkedIn post.

🧠 Meta Publishes Groundbreaking Research on Neural Wrist Input

• Meta’s Reality Labs detailed a wrist-worn sEMG system that translates muscle signals into device commands, enabling seamless HCI.

🧤 Sharp Opens Pre-Registration for Prototype VR Haptic Controller

• Sharp is accepting early sign-ups for a dual-hand VR haptic controller that enables users to feel objects in virtual environments.

⚡ Meta Updates Haptics Studio With New Design and Creative Tools

• Meta has redesigned its Haptics Studio to improve usability and speed up tactile content creation.

⚛️ 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.

🔦 Amazon Investment Fuels Lumotive’s Push to Replace Bulky Optics With Smart Chips

• Lumotive's Light Control Metasurface (LCM) chip utilizes software to steer light, eliminating mechanical parts in next-generation sensing systems.

⛪ Notre Dame to Be Preserved as a Digital Twin in Microsoft-Led Project

• Microsoft and Iconem will create a detailed digital replica of Notre Dame in partnership with the French Ministry of Culture.

🌀 Tom's Take

Unfiltered POV from the editor-in-chief.

I never thought I would say this, but I feel more comfortable getting in a car with a robot at the wheel than I do with a human. After months of riding a Waymo here in San Francisco, it has become my preferred way to travel.

I've had too many ride-sharing trips with Black Ice car fresheners, drivers talking incessantly on calls for the entire ride, and "comfort" rides that end up being hot and chatty rather than cool and quiet as requested.

Robotaxis are consistent, quiet, and provide an environment that is all under my control. These benefits quickly overrode the scary fact that there is, in fact, no one at the wheel. And believe me, watching a car drive itself down a San Francisco hill is one hell of a ride.

While it is comfort and convenience for me, for many, it is also safety. I’ve talked to a number of women who say they feel more secure riding in self-driving cars. They’re not alone. Uber recently launched a feature in select US cities that lets women riders match with woman drivers, a move that highlights ongoing safety concerns among female users.

Parents are also starting to choose Waymo to take their kids to school. In Phoenix, Waymo now allows teens aged 14–17 to take solo rides using linked family accounts.

There’s a lot to unpack when we already trust robots over humans. It says something about the state of society and the services run by it. But it also raises a bigger question: are we embracing automation too quickly simply because the human alternative has let us down?

🔒 What Insiders Got This Week

This week’s Insider drop included:

• 🧠 Reality Decoded: How spatial computing redefines your role in computing.
• 🔮 What’s Next: Robotaxis are rolling off the line; privacy is the pause button on spatial computing; and the physical world is AI’s next frontier.

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