Interview
Piper ZY on Being a Spatial Creator, Futurist & AI Skeptic
XR futurist, AR filter maker, immersive prototyper, spatial creator Piper ZY defies labels. She's not using AI to create these new worlds and concepts, but she wishes she could.
Creators
Breaking News
Snap Celebrates 4 Million Lenses and a Decade of AR
Today, Lenses are used more than 8 billion times every day on Snapchat. At its annual Lens Fest, the camera company celebrated the 400,000 creators who have built over 4 million Lenses over the past decade. It also introduced new tools to help even more creators tap into the power of AR.
News
Moonlake AI Debuts with $28M to Vibe Code Interactive Worlds
Moonlake AI has exited stealth with a $28 million seed round backed by AIX Ventures, Threshold, NVIDIA Ventures, and more than a dozen AI leaders and founders.
Editorial
These AR Experiments on Spectacles are a Glimpse at What’s Coming
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.
News
New GenAI Features Supercharge World Building on Meta Horizon
Meta has added two AI-driven tools to its Horizon Worlds desktop editor: a creation assistant that supports early-stage development, and a style reference system for managing visual consistency.