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Highlights include the fact that 27 percent of U.S. adults have used VR – up from 25 percent in Wave 8 of the research. 32 percent of those engage monthly, 25 percent do so weekly, and 26 percent daily. However, the engaged behavior of VR users is contrasted by non-users, who signal low interest. Specifically, only 20 percent of non-users report a desire to try VR in the near term.
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Google's approach with Android XR devices today is to augment existing phones, not replace them. "I know some people think about glasses one day replacing smartphones," says Izadi. "I think it will be this growing ecosystem approach. But we do feel that XR is going to be the next frontier for Gemini, and for AI."
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Rokid has officially unveiled its latest “AR Spatial” display glasses: a lightweight device capable of projecting a virtual image with a diagonal of up to 300 inches (about 5 meters). At the heart of the glasses are 0.68-inch micro-OLED displays from Sony, delivering a resolution of 1,200P, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and a peak brightness of 600 nits.
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In 2024, Qatar Airways, a frequent winner of the World’s Best Airline award, released its AI “social media ambassador,” Sama (meaning “sky” in Arabic), at the travel conference IBT Berlin. At the start of 2025, Sama was brought to the public with the Instagram profile @SamaOnTheMove. The word “human” comes up more times than you would probably guess for a release about an AI product.
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The Built Environment Ecosystem Measurements Lab (BEEM Lab) is an immersive visualization facility co-designed with Yale CEA architects and research scientists. This state-of-the-art lab enables the simultaneous analysis of multiple data types while immersing participants in dynamic and interactive presentations.
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Much of what's showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show typically doesn't end up on the market. Fortunately, some of the best smart glasses we saw at the show likely will, making the product category one of the most exciting ones going into the rest of 2025.
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Surface electromyography (sEMG) technology at the wrist represents the next groundbreaking way for people to control devices throughout their day. This non-invasive wrist device senses and interprets muscle activations that can be used as computer inputs in the form of a human-computer interface (HCI). This will enable people to control their devices “on-the-go” using simple, easy, and expressive input—without needing to shift their attention to a touchscreen or another physical input device.
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Picture a scene. Your eyes are met with such abundant impressions that they flit swiftly from one to the next. Just as something catches your gaze, another calls from the periphery. So you move on. As you do again. And again after that. Suddenly, as if time were a vapor, you’ve spent an hour shuffling your attention between curious things. This scene could well describe the modern experience of scrolling Instagram or TikTok. But it also captures the sensory rush of stepping into a cabinet of curiosities centuries ago. Much as we find ourselves drowning in content today, these so-called Wunderkammern, literally “wonder chambers,” put the information overload wrought by European colonization and foreign trade on indulgent display.
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The collaboration, titled ‘Re:Imagine London’, is a video game experience within the game where players can explore and build within a virtual London. The partnership’s goal was to encourage players to start exploring urban development and engagement by gamifying a sandbox development.
According to Zaha Hadid Architects, players will be invited to create buildings and walkable areas within a sustainable and mixed-used planning environment.
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Automating food is unlike automating anything else. Food is fundamental to life – nourishing body and soul – so how it’s accessed, prepared and consumed can change societies fundamentally.
Automated kitchens aren’t sci-fi visions from “The Jetsons” or “Star Trek.” The technology is real and global. Right now, robots are used to flip burgers, fry chicken, create pizzas, make sushi, prepare salads, serve ramen, bake bread, mix cocktails and much more. AI can invent recipes based on the molecular compatibility of ingredients or whatever a kitchen has in stock. More advanced concepts are in the works to automate the entire kitchen for fine dining.
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