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Butlr has introduced the Heatic Wired sensor to extend its line of thermal-based, anonymous sensing tools for the built environment. The sensor captures how spaces are used by detecting body heat, without cameras or personal identifiers.
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Disney has selected LIMINAL Space for its 2025 Accelerator program based on the company’s holographic 3D display technology. LIMINAL makes modular LED screens that show volumetric content to crowds without the need for headsets, offering a new way to deliver shared immersive experiences.
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EssilorLuxottica saw big gains in smart eyewear, with Ray-Ban Meta sales climbing over 200% in the first half of 2025. The company pointed to the growth as a highlight in its latest earnings update.
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Waymo announced it will launch its self-driving ride service in Dallas in 2026. Riders will be able to hail a Waymo through the app to travel across downtown and the wider metro area.
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4AG Robotics has closed a $40 million CAD Series B financing round to scale its autonomous mushroom harvesting technology. The funding was led by Astanor and Cibus Capital, with participation from Voyager Capital
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HomeBase USA has begun a pilot program of Simbe Robotics’ Store Intelligence platform, featuring the autonomous shelf-scanning robot Tally, at two of its retail locations. The test includes one site in Texas and another in Wyoming—the latter marking Tally’s first use in that state.
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Scientists at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have built a wearable haptic system that allows people to feel gestures like handshakes, squeezes, and pats while interacting in virtual reality
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Meta has identified a 20–40 minute “Goldilocks” session length as the optimal range for VR content on Quest. According to Meta, this range is long enough to feel worthwhile but short enough to avoid physical strain and issues like limited battery life.
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Four new simulators are now in place at Prairie Aviation Training Centre (PATC), part of an effort by MAF Canada to improve pilot training. Built domestically by Canada Training Solutions Inc., each unit combines virtual and augmented reality, offering
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Swift Navigation has raised $50 million in Series E financing to scale its Skylark Precise Positioning Service, a cloud-based platform that improves satellite navigation accuracy to the centimeter level.
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White Castle has launched its first autonomous delivery service using Coco Robotics. The pilot is live in Chicago and connects Coco’s small delivery bots to Uber Eats. The goal is to speed up service, reduce parking lot traffic, and keep kitchen teams focused on food prep.
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AEye has rolled out OPTIS, a new system that merges its Apollo lidar sensor with NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin to deliver fast, real-time responses based on 3D views of the world around it.