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Apple's Open-Source On-Device AI Instantly Turns Images Into Volumetric Scenes
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (249+ words) Apple's open-source on-device AI model instantly turns images into scenes, and Vision Pro owners can try it out in the app Splat Studio. Marble is a computationally expensive server-side model, however, that takes minutes to produce its result. And that's…...
Meta Glasses Get 'Conversation Focus' Early Access
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (203+ words) Meta is rolling out the Conversation Focus feature to the Early Access program of its smart glasses in the US & Canada. Announced at Connect 2025 back in September, Conversation Focus is an accessibility feature that amplifies the voice of the person…...
How Flatpaks & Open Source Make Steam Frame A Linux Playground
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (543+ words) Right before that, overwhelmed by my desire to spend more time in Valve's upcoming headset, I uttered my final question to their engineers. Can you explain to "an idiot who doesn't understand how the Internet works what the difference is…...
Meta Rolls Out Neural Band Handwriting Recognition, Delays International Plan
6+ day, 55+ min ago (235+ words) Meta is delaying the international roll-out for Ray-Ban Display Glasses with Neural Band while a handwriting feature arrives in the United States. Meta's handwriting feature promises heads-up input on any surface while wearing the Neural Band. The feature launches first…...
The Cyberdeck: How Personal Computing Enters VR
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (876+ words) William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer describes jacking into "the consensual hallucination" of "the matrix" with a "custom cyberspace deck" projecting one's "disembodied consciousness" there. The hardware necessary to spend time in VR is a "cyberspace deck" seen "banging against" the hip…...
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Now Has Foveated Rendering
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (273+ words) Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 now has both fixed and eye-tracked foveated rendering, alongside a range of other improvements to VR support. Fixed foveated rendering (FFR) had been tested in beta for a few months now, and it and eye-tracked foveated rendering…...