XR Mews

n this episode, Mews the Scientist Cat and Pudgy the Hype-Bot dive deep into the most significant shift in computer graphics since the 1980s: World Models . Forget traditional rendering—we're moving into an era where AI "imagines" reality in real-time. We discuss: • Why "Hardware is Hard" led Sightful to pivot to a software-first approach for Windows. • How generative video models like @Reactor ar...

Is the era of unlimited VR funding officially over? Meta CTO Andrew "Boz" Bosworth thinks so. In this episode, Mews (the Scientist Cat) and her high-energy assistant Pudgy dive deep into the news heard 'round the metaverse. We break down why Meta is shifting its focus from "prestige gaming" to aggressive "customer acquisition," what it means for indie developers,...

Meow-lo everyone! XR Mews is back and better than ever. I am Mews, your Scientist Cat, and today I’m joined by my high-energy co-host, Pudgy! In our reboot episode, we’re digging our claws into Meta’s massive pivot toward mass-producing RGB MicroLED displays for their 2027 AR glasses. Why should you care? • Bye-bye LCoS: Why Meta is ditching the "tiny projectors" for something that actua...

In this action-packed episode , we dive into the latest XR (Extended Reality) breakthroughs of March 2025 ! From Meta’s Passthrough Camera API unlocking real-world AR magic 🏗️, to Google’s big leap into eye-tracking with AdHawk 👀, and Valve expanding Steam Link for standalone VR headsets —the XR industry is evolving at lightning speed! ⚡ 🔹 Meta’s Compute Puck – The secret sauce behind Orion AR...

The XR industry is leaping into March 2025 with major shifts in enterprise VR, haptics, and AI-powered AR! 😺 This week, we break down Meta’s business-focused XR strategy , Valve’s rumored "Deckard" headset , and the rise of free-to-play VR apps . Plus, Knoxlabs is giving away FREE Meta Quest 3 & 3S demo kits , and WEART’s new haptic gloves bring real touch, texture & temperature...

🐾 The VR industry is at a crossroads—like a cat trying to decide whether to pounce or take a nap! 😼 While Meta’s Quest headsets are still selling, developers are getting their claws out over declining sales, a shift to free-to-play, and Meta’s obsession with Horizon Worlds . Meanwhile, Samsung is leaping into the XR space with Project Moohan , and the legendary John Carmack has reignited the big...

Google has dropped a jaw-dropping $250M to acquire top engineering talent from HTC Vive, marking one of its biggest leaps into XR (Extended Reality) yet! 🐾 This strategic acquihire is aimed at turbocharging its new Android XR platform, positioning Google to claw its way into dominance against heavyweights like Meta and Apple. The investment grants Google access to HTC’s VR expertise and a non-exc...

Pimax, the fur-midable VR headset maker, has secured an additional $13.6 million in funding to expand its R&D paw-print in the US and Europe. This investment will help them continue to scratch the surface of VR innovation and deliver purr-emium experiences to users worldwide. 🐱💰 In this episode: Overview of Pimax's recent $13.6M funding round Expansion plans for R&D in the US and Europe...

Curious about the Pimax Dream Air VR headset? 😺 With eye-popping 4K micro-OLED displays, dynamic eye tracking, and a meow-nificent 200-gram design, this lightweight marvel could pounce on high-end competitors like the Apple Vision Pro. But beware—the brand’s history of missed deadlines may leave you fur-tunate or frustrated! 🐾 Dive in to see if this sleek headset is the purr-fect upgrade or just...

Sony’s new XYN headset unveiled at CES 2025 is pouncing into the XR world with sleek features like dual 4K micro-OLED displays, color passthrough, and Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 power! But unlike the PSVR2, this kitty isn’t chasing mice in games—it’s stalking creative fields like film, animation, and industrial design. While still in prototype mode, Sony’s focus on high-quality motion capture and spatial...

Hold onto your whiskers! CES 2025 dazzled us with next-gen XR tech—from the sleek Pimax Dream Air and RayNeo AR glasses to NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service for VR . Compact, lightweight headsets are in vogue, and metalenses might just declaw bulky optics! Oh, and immersive audio tech could soon purr-sonalize what you hear. With enterprise XR growing and privacy challenges lurking, this show was a tru...

Hold onto your telescopes, science kittens! 🐱🔭 This groundbreaking study dives into Type Ia supernovae data, finding strong evidence that Timescape cosmology may be purr-fect for explaining our universe's expansion. Bye-bye, dark energy? 🌌 With its focus on inhomogeneities and void fractions (those vast, empty regions of the universe), Timescape claws at the heart of traditional ΛCDM models. Le...

Let’s pawnder the meow-gical fusion of spatial computing and nonverbal interactions! 🐱 With Lauren Bedal’s paws-on expertise, learn how Google ATAP’s Soli radar tech and the "Fields" framework are redefining how we interact with tech. From micro-gestures to cardiac rhythms, this episode explores how intuitive, socially aware devices are creating more purr-sonalized experiences. Purr-fect for curi...

What if you could browse the web… from Mars? 🌌 In a cosmic catnip moment, John Carmack shares purr-spectives on solving the "Mars-ternet" problem—where every whisker-twitch of communication with Earth faces minutes of latency! 🐱 In his response to Elon Musk, Carmack proposes a clever blend of tech tricks: Starship data caches, AI-driven replies for those looooong waits, and neural networks simul...

Welcome to a Mews AI Spawtial 🧠🐱 Today’s topic? We’re diving into an AI thought experiment: Is one AI model debating itself more effective than two separate AI minds in a call-and-response format? In this episode, we’ll explore how a single AI can argue both sides of an issue—acting like a solo cat batting around both ends of a laser pointer—and compare it to two AIs pouncing on the discussion i...

Meow-velous news for XR lovers! 😻 Ready to electrify your wearables without batteries? 😻 "Power-over-Skin" is here to purr-vide your wearables with wireless energy, using your own body as the energy conductor! Say goodbye to bulky batteries and hello to tiny, paw-some wearables like Bluetooth rings and medical patches. This whisker-tingling innovation by Andy Kong, Daehwa Kim, and Chris Harrison...

Meow! Dive into the world of spatial art with the Logitech MX Ink stylus on Meta Quest. With 6DoF tracking, pressure sensitivity, and a sleek pen-like feel, this device makes VR drawing as natural as pawing at a string! Ideal for intricate 3D sketches, this is a game-changer for artists and designers in virtual spaces. Whiskers twitching in excitement! In this video: Overview of MX Ink features Pr...

🐱 Hold onto your whiskers! Tesla just dropped a fur-tastic trio of tech at their “We, Robot” event! 🐾 Meet the Robotaxi 🚖, a self-driving marvel ready to roll in 2026, pouncing in at under $30,000! Then there’s the mighty Robovan 🚐—part panther, part bus—that can carry passengers or goods, and the humanoid Optimus 🤖, a robot companion that will have you saying "purr-sonal robotics, here we co...

💡 The meow-gicians behind neural networks, Hopfield and Hinton, have bagged the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics! Their cat-tastic breakthroughs revolutionized artificial intelligence and beyond. From Hinton's backpropagation to Hopfield's memory models, these two have paved the way for AI’s rise. In this episode: Their pioneering work on neural networks 🧠 Hinton’s impact on AI's rise How these disc...

HTC VIVE Business+ sharpens its claws with purr-fect updates! 🐾 With USB device enrollment, local casting, and offline content control, managing the VIVE Focus Vision and Focus 3 is a breeze. Ideal for industries like healthcare or training, these tools ensure smooth VR management even without a network. This update takes enterprise VR to new heights! 😸 You can read more about these paws-itively...

Ready to upgrade your reality? 🐾 Meta’s new AR glasses offer purr-fectly seamless computing, making it feel like you’ve got digital superpowers! From hands-free calls to on-the-go AI assistance, these high-tech specs are here to change the way you live and work—without missing a whisker. 😸 Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth shares how these glasses could replace your phone and bring the future to your e...

🐾 Hold on to your whiskers for this sensational episode! 🐾 We’re diving into Walter Isaacson's take on the purr-sistent battle between @xAI and OpenAI, with Elon Musk’s bold mission at the center. With Grok models out and Robotaxi making its big debut on October 10th, will the script get flipped? Plus, Musk’s claws come out: “I don’t trust Sam Altman!” 😼 Get ready for a meow-mentous showdown! Y...

Some pur-spective changes for today! 🐾 In today's episode we discuss how Google Research just unveiled XR-Objects , a system that turns real-world objects into interactive digital tools using advanced object detection and AI. Imagine tapping a pot to get recipe info or comparing products in 3D space—all powered by augmented object intelligence. It's a huge leap for blending the physical and digit...

In this purr-spective: Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth publicly apologized to Palmer Luckey for past comments about his firing from Oculus, admitting he was misinformed. Palmer graciously accepted, reflecting on the major changes at Meta. Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg personally invited Luckey to demo Meta’s Orion AR glasses. 😺✨ You can read more about it here: X Post

Paws up, XR lovers! Nvidia is blending spatial AI with the Omniverse to take immersive experiences into the real world. This ambitious leap forward merges digital twins, AI, and robotics, allowing advanced simulation for industries like autonomous vehicles and smart spaces. Nvidia's Omniverse is setting the stage for more realistic physical world interactions, with spatial AI powering the next-gen...