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From the newsletter (September 23; sign-up or follow if you want it sooner): Cambium’s collapse exposes the risks of vendor dependence for WISPs, while private 5G and IoT keep expanding,…
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Disney+ will start streaming Marvel films in 3D in November, Meta says, and the announcement names no device to watch them on. Meta lists Marvel's The Avengers and Marvel Studios' Black Panther, promises more titles, and limits the launch to "select countries" without naming one. The films come…
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Tetris Effect: Mixed Realities is coming to Meta Quest 3 and the upcoming Meta VR Glasses
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LIVE FROM UNWRAPPED DIGITAL INDUSTRIES: John Deere senior product manager for connected fleet Michael Kool told Mobile World Live it is tackling potentially costly disruption to agricultural operations by using mobile and satellite connectivity to keep machinery and data online in rural and remote…
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Meta Ray-Ban Display is on sale outside the US for the first time, and Meta's UK store lists it at £749. Meta says the glasses went on sale in Canada and the UK on September 23, at £749 and CA$1,149, while France, Italy and Germany opened pre-orders the same day ahead of full availability on…
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Microsoft plans to invest more than $10 billion in cloud, data centre and AI infrastructure across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait by 2030 comprising new and already announced cash. The post Microsoft commits $10B for Gulf expansion appeared first on Mobile World Live.
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Meta will let you wake Muse on its AI glasses by saying the name you have given your agent, and Muse is getting an email address of its own. Meta says the glasses feature arrives "in the coming months", and it has put no date on the email address at all. Both came out of ... Meta's Muse will answer…
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There are serious problems with the idea that slicing and API offers from BT and Vodafone can reinvigorate the telco business model.
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Meta's first audio glasses have no camera at all, and they start at $349 in the US. Meta says Ray-Ban Meta Audio weighs 43 grams, runs for up to 12 hours on a charge and ships on October 13, with pre-orders open since September 23. The included charging case adds up to another 48 hours, ... Ray-Ban…
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Snaps neue Datenbrille Specs verwendet Waveguide-Technologie, um AR-Objekte in die Umgebung zu projizieren. Das funktioniert gut, hat aber auch Nachteile. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (Snapdragon Summit 2026, Augmented Reality)
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ESPN is bringing live sport to Meta Quest in a format Meta calls Immersive Sports, with a front-row camera position, 8K streaming and 180-degree views, and the only sport named for this year is college football. Meta says more sports follow in 2027. Meta announced it at Connect 2026 on September…
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For less than half of what the Vision Pro costs.
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Meta has announced two new pairs of smart glasses at Meta Connect 2026. The company unveiled its first camera-free, audio-only Ray Ban Meta Audio, along with a new pair of virtual reality glasses simply called Meta VR Glasses. The Meta VR Glasses use a two-part system, with the glasses housing the…
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Meta Platforms used its Connect 2026 conference on September 23 to push its eyewear lineup toward both ends of the market, adding a camera-free audio model aimed at privacy-conscious buyers and a US$1,299.99 virtual reality (VR) device that fits headset-class hardware into a frame of about 100…
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Meta will charge $149.99 in the US to switch on a hearing enhancement feature on its AI glasses, or give it to you as part of a Meta One subscription. Meta says the feature is FDA-cleared software for adults aged 18 and over with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss, and that it launches in…
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Meta has announced Meta VR Glasses, a pair of VR glasses that weigh about 100 grams and keep the battery and the processor in a puck you clip to a pocket. Meta says they will go on sale in spring 2027 for $1,299.99 in the US. Spring 2027 is the whole of the timing. Meta ... Meta's 100-gram VR…
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Meta is putting photorealistic hologram calling on Meta Ray-Ban Display, and the version arriving on the glasses is driven by your voice rather than your face. Meta says hologram “begins rolling out in Early Access on WhatsApp to Meta Ray-Ban Display users in the US later this fall”, after what it…
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Meta unveiled several new products and updates at Connect 2026, expanding its AI glasses and virtual reality ecosystem. Ray-Ban Meta Audio introduces open-ear audio, while the third-generation Ray-Ban Meta brings a slimmer design and upgraded camera. Meta also detailed new frame options and AI…
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At APNIC 62, panellists explored how geofeeds, RIR data, and third-party geolocation providers work together, and why improving accuracy while protecting user privacy is becoming increasingly important.
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Meta VR Glasses are a new spatial computing device that weighs a sixth of the Apple Vision Pro with a third of the cost, half of the specs, and none of the immersion. Meta's new glasses have Alan Dye all over them. Image source: Meta Take the front glass from the Apple Vision Pro, slap it on some…
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arXiv:2609.25466v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Hand gesture recognition is a key component in human-computer interaction (HCI), enabling intuitive interfaces for applications in gaming, virtual reality (VR), robotics, and more. This study integrates transformer-based machine-learning models for…
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arXiv:2512.07309v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Radio frequency (RF)-based indoor localization offers significant promise for applications such as indoor navigation, augmented reality, and pervasive computing. While deep learning has greatly enhanced localization accuracy and robustness…
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Meta Platforms Inc. founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has reignited his metaverse ambitions with the arrival today of the Meta VR Glasses, a much smaller, lighter and slimmer virtual reality device than the company’s existing Quest-branded VR headsets. The Meta VR Glasses were announced…
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Learn how balena has collaborated with NVIDIA to make their official Yocto Linux release of JetPack 7.2 available on balenaOS for the NVIDIA Jetson Thor. The post balena production support for NVIDIA Jetpack 7.2 on Jetson Thor appeared first on balena Blog.
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VR glasses, Aviator-style Ray-Ban Meta specs, Ace Attorney in virtual reality and much more.
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Meta announced a slate of new wearables during its annual Meta Connect showcase on Wednesday. The star of the event was the new Meta VR Glasses, which pack virtual reality tech into a lightweight smart glasses-style frame with a tethered puck. Meta also announced new pairs of screen-free smart…
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Lightweight AR all-in-one brings outstanding clarity and unbelievably accurate tracking
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Instead of a new Quest headset, the company showed off a more portable but less immersive device today.
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The Meta VR Glasses are incredible: easily the best VR headset Meta has ever made.
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Several new games are coming to Meta VR Glasses as early as Spring 2027, alongside major updates to existing games.