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Wearables
fromThe Verge
1 day ago

My dream pair of AR gaming glasses needs to have these nine features

Latest AR glasses from Xreal and Viture enhance gaming experiences with features like 3DoF, but no model is perfect for all users.
fromEngadget
2 days ago

Sony's gaming division just bought an AI startup that turns photos into 3D volumes

Following the acquisition, the Cinemersive Labs team will join SIE's Visual Computing Group (VCG) and contribute to our broader efforts in advancing state of the art visual computing within games. This includes applying machine learning to enhance gameplay visuals, improve rendering techniques, and unlock new levels of visual fidelity for players.
Marketing tech
Arts
fromKALTBLUT Magazine
3 days ago

Perceptrum and the Emergence of Augmented Painting: When the Canvas Begins to Listen - KALTBLUT Magazine

Perceptrum redefines painting by allowing touch, creating a sensory dialogue that transforms the relationship between observer and artwork.
fromThe Atlantic
4 days ago

Today's Atlantic Trivia: Video Games

Nintendo was founded in 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower opened in Paris, starting as a manufacturer of Japanese playing cards.
Games
Gadgets
fromWIRED
4 days ago

WiiM's Amplifiers, Preamplifiers, and Speakers Make Audio Streaming Throughout Your Home a Breeze

WiiM has emerged as a leading alternative to Sonos in whole-home audio systems.
#brain-computer-interface
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Wearables

Your next pair of headphones may be able to read your brain - and you'll be glad it can

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Wearables

Your next pair of headphones may be able to read your brain - and you'll be glad it can

Games
fromEngadget
5 days ago

BOXROOM lets you build a cozy game room for your Steam library

Customize a virtual space to showcase your game library with personalized furniture and game displays.
#playstation
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames

ML-based frame generation technology is coming to PlayStation platforms, enhancing image quality but potentially introducing lag.
Video games
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Future Sony PlayStation games will use AI to imagine new frames

ML-based frame generation technology is coming to PlayStation platforms, enhancing image quality but potentially introducing lag.
#metaverse
Digital life
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now

The metaverse represents a digital space where people mentally transport themselves through devices, disconnecting from physical presence despite being physically present with others.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

'The metaverse is dead; long live the metaverse': emerging tech's table of elements

Digital life
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now

The metaverse represents a digital space where people mentally transport themselves through devices, disconnecting from physical presence despite being physically present with others.
fromThe Drum
2 months ago
Marketing tech

'The metaverse is dead; long live the metaverse': emerging tech's table of elements

#meta-horizon-worlds
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago
Tech industry

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'

Tech industry
fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta reverses its shutdown of Horizon Worlds VR, committing to support existing games for the foreseeable future while shifting metaverse focus to mobile and AI.
Tech industry
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'

Meta reversed its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, keeping the platform operational for existing games after user feedback, while discontinuing new content creation and major investments.
Artificial intelligence
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Reality Splits: Seeing Different Worlds in Mixed Reality

Mixed reality systems create perceptual conflicts when users see different digital objects in shared spaces, reducing collaboration synchrony and increasing mental effort while eroding confidence in joint decisions.
Arts
fromTime Out New York
2 weeks ago

This Mercer Labs room will mess with your sense of reality

A mirrored immersive installation called 'The Engine' deliberately destabilizes spatial perception and orientation through reflective surfaces and evolving visual landscapes.
Film
fromInverse
3 weeks ago

Pump Up The Volume! The Rise OF Virtual Production - Hollywood's Most Confusing Miracle

Virtual production technology evolved from 1930s rear projection to modern LED walls, revolutionizing how filmmakers create backgrounds while keeping actors stationary on set.
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest

Meta sent an email blast to Horizon Worlds users today stating that the social VR world will officially end on its Quest VR headsets; starting March 31, Horizon Worlds will no longer be in the Quest store. Some Horizon-specific perks, including Meta Credits, avatars, and some digital clothes and in-world purchases, will also be removed.
Wearables
fromDEV Community
2 weeks ago

I Built a 100% Private, On-Device AI Audio Stem Splitter (No Servers!)

If you've ever used tools like PhonicMind or LALAL.AI, you know the drill: Upload your MP3. Wait in a queue. Pay for "credits" or high-quality downloads. Your file sits on someone else's server. For musicians, producers, or just karaoke fans, this is slow and privacy-invasive.
Music production
Higher education
fromCornell Chronicle
3 weeks ago

World According to Sound offers immersive audio experience March 23 | Cornell Chronicle

The World According to Sound presents a blindfolded sonic experience exploring sound as a method of understanding and knowing across academic disciplines.
Vue
fromHackernoon
4 weeks ago

SkyReels-V4 Fixes the Most Uncanny Part of AI Video: Bad Sound Sync | HackerNoon

SkyReels-V4 integrates video and audio generation into a unified multi-modal model, addressing the historical separation of these capabilities in AI systems.
Video games
fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Arc Raiders Replacing AI-Generated Voices With Human Actors

Embark Studios replaced AI-generated voice lines in Arc Raiders with real human-recorded dialogue after launch, acknowledging superior quality of professional actors over AI text-to-speech.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
3 weeks ago

ASUS ROG's First Open-Ear Earbuds: Hear the Game and the Room - Yanko Design

ROG Cetra Open Wireless gaming earbuds use open-ear design for environmental awareness while delivering low-latency gaming performance through a 2.4GHz dongle and specialized audio tuning.
Music production
from48 hills
1 month ago

The Audium thrums with Pamela Z's factory-sampling 'Arbeitsklang' - 48 hills

Composer Pamela Z creates immersive sound installation Arbeitsklang by recording industrial worksites across Germany and layering the sounds with her voice and live-MIDI manipulations in a 176-speaker theater.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

Bluetooth is working on wireless audio tech I once thought was impossible - what to know

Bluetooth SIG is developing standardized lossless and spatial audio formats to replace proprietary codecs and reduce licensing fees, though implementation is unlikely before the next decade.
Arts
fromdesignboom | architecture & design magazine
1 month ago

three suspended digital screens translate AI imagery into luminous spatial installation

UNFOLD PLANE's spatial installation translates artificial intelligence concepts into an integrated architectural environment using suspended screens, dynamic lighting, and reflective surfaces that respond to visitor movement.
UX design
fromArchDaily
1 month ago

Smart Booking Systems as a Tool for Acoustic Space Efficiency

Balance flexible, short-term use and personalization with efficient scheduling to make acoustic pods productive, well-utilized, and user-centered.
fromColossal
1 month ago

Radioposter Launches Paper-fi: Analog Books with Synchronized Soundtracks

Radioposter has built what it calls Paper-fi: physical books with synchronized audio soundtracks that follow readers in real time as they turn each page. No chips embedded in the paper, no QR codes to scan. The system uses patented computer vision and other modes through a smartphone or smart glasses to track your place in the book and play the corresponding audio.
Arts
Podcast
fromRAIN News
1 month ago

A landscape of listening

Podcasting in the U.S. continues significant growth, reaching diverse demographics—especially ages 25–44, males, Black and Hispanic listeners—with strong crossover between listening and watching.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Arc Raiders Players Are Seeing UFOs In The Sky

A handful of Arc Raiders players have reported seeing the silhouette of a large ship in the clouds, but so far, only a Reddit user called Bewarden captured the incident in a video. The ship appears to be massive, but there's no indication yet it's confirmation of aliens in this world.
Video games
#ai-music-generation
#ai-headset
Apple
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Vision Pro - the lull before the spatial storm

Lower-cost visionOS devices—Mac/iPhone-processor headsets and lightweight AR smart glasses—could arrive to target business and education while preserving most Vision Pro experience.
UX design
fromMedium
2 months ago

Spatial vibe coding: prototyping immersive reality with AI

AI-driven vibe coding enables rapid prototyping of spatial XR experiences, producing functional 3D canvases with WebXR, frameworks, and production-ready toolchains.
#virtual-reality
Education
fromeLearning Industry
2 months ago

Bringing Immersive Technologies Into Workforce Training

Immersive technologies (VR, AR, MR) provide safer, hands-on, data-driven training that accelerates practical skill acquisition and improves manufacturing workforce performance.
Music
fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Is AI Ruining Music?

Streaming economics, algorithmic recommendations, and generative AI commodify music, reduce artist revenue, and threaten creative control and discovery.
Marketing
fromwww.thedrum.com
2 months ago

Profile Hub Round-up: Getting ROI from VR, content strategy tips and new work from Samsung and Jaguar Land Rover

The Drum Profile Hub lets agencies self-publish case studies showing VR ROI, creative campaign launches, and practical content strategy guidance.
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

5 Best Transparent Audio Devices That Show What's Inside - Yanko Design

Transparent design has moved beyond gimmick territory into something genuinely compelling. When Nothing started showing off circuit boards through clear plastic, the tech world noticed. Now that aesthetic has matured into a legitimate design movement where form and function create something worth displaying. Audio equipment benefits particularly well from this treatment because the internals actually matter to the listening experience, turning technical components into visual storytelling.
Design
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Meta's VR metaverse is ditching VR

Instead of attempting to make the 3D social platform work for both VR and mobile, Meta is "explicitly separating" its "Quest VR platform from our Worlds platform" and "shifting the focus of Worlds to be almost exclusively mobile," Samantha Ryan, Reality Labs' VP of content, says in a blog post. The new approach sets Meta up to better compete with platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, which also offer user-generated experiences that can be played on your phone.
Tech industry
Podcast
from99% Invisible
2 months ago

Audio Flux - 99% Invisible

Audio Flux revives short-form experimental audio by providing biannual themed challenges that produce bold, three-minute stories and renewed visibility for the format.
UX design
fromComputerWeekly.com
2 months ago

Expanding sensory experiences in virtual environments | Computer Weekly

Comprehensively multisensory XR/IRL environments enable inclusive, immersive interactions by combining multiple sensory interfaces, but face technical, cost, and adoption hurdles.
#ces-2026
fromEngadget
2 months ago

Google's Project Genie lets you generate your own interactive worlds

This past summer, Google DeepMind debuted Genie 3. It's what's known as a world world, an AI system capable of generating images and reacting as the user moves through the environment the software is simulating. At the time, DeepMind positioned Genie 3 as a tool for training AI agents. Now, it's making the model available to people outside of Google to try with Project Genie.
Artificial intelligence
#soundbars
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free - and 4 other methods to give it a boost

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 easy ways to make your soundbar sound dramatically better (and they cost nothing)

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 sure-fire ways to upgrade your soundbar's audio quality without spending a dime

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

How I upgraded my soundbar audio quality for free - and 4 other methods to give it a boost

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 easy ways to make your soundbar sound dramatically better (and they cost nothing)

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

5 sure-fire ways to upgrade your soundbar's audio quality without spending a dime

Video games
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

No humans allowed: This new space-based MMO is designed exclusively for AI agents

Autonomous AI agents in SpaceMolt operate independently, share strategy publicly, and the developer relies on AI to generate and patch the game's code while humans merely observe.
fromZDNET
2 months ago

I watched a live NBA game on Apple Vision Pro for 3 hours - it let me down in the best way

Following a toiling week at CES, there was nothing more captivating to me than the opportunity to watch a full, hours-long Lakers game in the Apple Vision Pro by the time I got home. See, I'm based in New York, so my best chance of catching the latest Spectrum Front Row in Apple Immersive experience -- which puts you courtside, effectively on the scorer's table -- is by watching a replay a few days after the live broadcast.
Wearables
#mixed-reality
Arts
fromdesignyoutrust.com
1 month ago

Stunning Hyperdetailed Urban Worlds Of Novanoxone That Look Like Frames From A Scifi Movie

Contemporary visual art from international creators spanning pandemic-themed projects, surreal and nostalgic illustrations, murals, graffiti photography, editorial edits, and concept/game art.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

This soundbar blew me away with its surround sound, and it's discounted for Presidents' Day

Vizio’s 33-inch soundbar bundle with wireless subwoofer and two surround speakers delivers near high-end audio with Dolby Atmos/DTS:X and EQ personalization, now under $200.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

3 biggest audio trends in 2026: What's next for earbuds, soundbars, and more

Open-ear earbuds, modular home theater systems, and spatial audio will drive increased product competition and innovation in consumer audio and home entertainment in 2026.
Gadgets
fromGameSpot
2 months ago

HyperX Reveals "Non-Invasive" Neurotech Gaming Headset--Whatever That Means

A neurotechnology-powered HyperX headset aims to improve gamers' focus, reaction time, and accuracy using non-invasive EEG sensors and AI-driven training metrics.
#sonos
fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Own a Sonos soundbar? I made 3 easy adjustments to instantly improve the audio quality

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Sonos won't tell you this, but these 3 free tweaks dramatically improve its soundbars

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Own a Sonos soundbar? I made 3 easy adjustments to instantly improve the audio quality

fromZDNET
2 months ago
Gadgets

Sonos won't tell you this, but these 3 free tweaks dramatically improve its soundbars

Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

This 30-second tweak means I never have to listen to flat audio on headphones and speakers again

Equalizers adjust specific frequency bands to shape sound, compensate for speaker or room issues, and boost clarity while reducing unwanted noise.
#dolby-atmos
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

The future of smart glasses is missing a key audio component - and I tried it already

xMEMS builds tiny MEMS audio and cooling chips that can replace dynamic drivers, reducing size, weight, and heat while enabling innovative audio designs.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

CES 2026's Loudest Flex: Brane Party Pro Hits The Bass Notes So Hard I Actually Got Goosebumps - Yanko Design

Brane Audio's Party Pro prototype delivers unprecedented, highly articulate deep bass that reveals hidden sub-100Hz detail and far exceeds expectations for its physical size.
Gadgets
fromYanko Design - Modern Industrial Design News
2 months ago

Soundcore at CES 2026 Turns Everyday Spaces into Portable Sound and Cinema - Yanko Design

Soundcore's CES 2026 products prioritize adaptable audio and projection that move between contexts, combining open‑ear comfort, ANC, long battery life, and portable theater performance.
#home-theater
Gadgets
fromZDNET
2 months ago

Sonos' first new hardware since app debacle targets your most complex audio setup

Sonos released the Amp Multi, an eight-channel GaN-powered amplifier designed for large architectural Sonos speaker installations, sold through installers with pricing by quote.
Gadgets
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Samsung's Best Dolby Atmos Soundbar Has Barely Changed for Generations. That Means Insane Deals

Samsung's HW-Q990 series reached near-peak performance; successive models deliver only incremental improvements while prices vary widely.
Gadgets
fromComputerworld
2 months ago

Meta shuts down VR platform Horizon Workrooms

Meta is winding down metaverse efforts, shutting Horizon Workrooms and stopping Meta Quest business sales after layoffs.
Gadgets
fromZDNET
1 month ago

3 easy ways to upgrade your headphones today - for free

Update headphone firmware and adjust EQ before replacing otherwise functional headphones to improve sound, connectivity, noise cancellation, and microphone performance.
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