Architects pour vision into every detail of their buildings—but too often, visitors walk through them staring at their phones 📱🏛️ The future? Heads up, not down. With AR glasses, people will finally look at the architecture again. The real opportunity? Ensuring architects help shape the digital overlays—so they extend the…
“When technology is advanced enough, it becomes indistinguishable from magic.” ✨ That’s exactly what deep personalization in GenAI feels like. With so much insight into each person’s daily life, AI shopping assistants can now deliver eerily accurate, even anticipatory, recommendations—like they just know. Almost magical, isn’t it? #AIshopping #GenAI #Personalization…
Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ Don Carson started as an illustrator, but soon his work expanded beyond the sketchbook to focus on the design of physical and virtual spaces. He worked as a Senior Show Designer, as an Imagineer, he designed entire lands for the Disney…
Our brains naturally gravitate toward the physical—we feel more connected when we touch, push, roll, or stroke real objects 🖐️✨ That tactile interaction unlocks new ways to access digital power. It all starts with asking: how can material and movement shape the way we engage with technology? #TangibleTech #HumanCenteredDesign #UXInnovation…
Imagine ChatGPT, but inside the Amazon app 🛒🤖 Instead of typing search keywords, users now chat with a built-in shopping assistant. It’s not just for specific product queries—you can have open-ended conversations and get tailored recommendations right within the app. #AIShopping #ConversationalCommerce #AmazonAssistant #GenAI
I built a Camera Array tool as a Blender add-on 🎥 It lets you set up a virtual multi-cam environment to render images for Gaussian Splatting training. Even if it sounds complex, the payoff is big—clean data, smart training, and powerful real-time results. #BlenderAddOn #CameraArray #GaussianSplatting #3DWorkflow
Animated #GaussianSplatting is a game-changer when it comes to capturing live performances and details like fur, reflections and complex details that #volumetric3D video fail to capture. Try out Gracia AI on Meta Quest now: https://www.meta.com/experiences/25784099001234165/
Deep personalization is now possible 🧠🛍️ From biometrics to mood, location, and past behavior—we can understand individuals in real time. With this insight, GenAI shopping assistants can offer ultra-accurate, even predictive, recommendations tailored to each person’s unique journey. #Personalization #GenAI #FutureOfShopping #AIShoppingAssistant
Discovering Postshot for Gaussian training blew my mind 🤯 It gives you a live preview, so you can literally watch the Gaussians build themselves in real time. Hit play, and you’ll see them wobble and shift into place dynamically—like watching your 3D model come to life before your eyes. #GaussianSplatting…
learn in this interview how to capture and stream immersive volumetric video directly to your Quest device
Wondering what kind of specs you need to run a medium-range Gaussian Splatting setup? 🤔 You don’t need a beast of a rig. An RTX 3070 with just 8GB of VRAM is more than enough. The dev behind PostShot, Yascha Wegschlaf, really optimized the code well—so even average 3D-accelerated PCs…
Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ Dmytro Kornilov is an innovation marketing futurist with 15+ years of experience in the industry. He is the founder of FFFACE.ME an award-winning innovation company, and LOOOK.AI an AR and AI Mirrors company. With practical experience in AR, MR, Digital Beauty…
Why use Gaussian Splatting for 3D models? 🤔 Even if it sounds odd at first, the benefits are clear: do the heavy rendering once, and you get a real-time, high-quality 3D model that’s super lightweight. Gaussians let you display complex visuals instantly—with no performance lag. #GaussianSplatting #3DRendering #RealTime3D #SmartWorkflow
Let’s say you’re in Super Splat and you export a PLY file—will it keep everything or remove some layers? 🧠 Thanks to recent updates, Super Splat now includes export compression options. You can choose which SI-bench data to include, letting you control what stays and what goes—resulting in different compression…
Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ In this episode, we will dive into the world of 4D #gaussiansplatting and get a pick at the behind the scene of capturing and streaming volumetric videos in #VR. We get 2 of the experts in the field who joined forces…
Got a super complex model with heavy particle systems—like hair or fur—that’s tough to render in real-time? 🖥️ Just render it once using the camera ray tool, then convert it to a Gaussian Splat. Now you can view it in real time—even in a web browser. It’s a game-changing method…
If you’re doing object-centric scans—like a statue or a single item—you don’t need all that background noise. 🎯 Just crop the model so only the object stays in the center, clean out the splats around it, and boom—massively reduced file size without losing what matters. #3DScanning #EfficiencyFirst #ObjectCentric #FileSizeMatters
Soon, characters in Rooms won’t just speak through text—they’ll have actual voices 🗣️. AI voice synthesis is adding a whole new layer of immersion and personality. #AIAudio #VirtualCharacters #ImmersiveTech #VoiceTech
The biggest challenge for augmented reality? A killer app. 🔍 Without one, no tech truly takes off. For adults, it might be productivity—like real presence in meetings. But maybe... it's something less obvious. Still waiting on that breakthrough moment. #AugmentedReality #AR #FutureTech #KillerApp #Productivity
Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ Andrew Seleznov. Head of AR Production at Arcadia. Snap's internal creative studio for branded experiences working with the Biggest brands in the world and reshaping the way user interact and angage digitally and with the world around them. - Some of…
We’re in a moment where society’s saturated with photo & video feeds. 🎨 There’s a growing hunger for creative expression beyond the scroll—and for many, Rooms is the outlet they’ve been craving. #CreativeExpression #BeyondTheFeed #RoomsApp #DigitalCulture
When they asked their first users what stood out most—haptics, effects? Nope. It was the freedom to roam. 🚶♂️ So they stripped everything down and focused on what mattered: a simple, elegant free-roaming experience. One entrance, one exit. First come, first served. No rocket science—just great design rooted in what…
Some users spend 20+ hours crafting a room—and we’re grateful. 🙏 Whether it’s for personal healing or community recognition, the motivation is powerful. Not everyone shares it publicly, but the joy of creation speaks volumes. #CreativeHealing #UserMotivation #RoomsApp #DigitalWellbeing
Subscribe to XR AI Spotlight weekly newsletter 👉 https://xraispotlight.substack.com/ Kent Keirsey is the founder and CEO of Invoke. He has been in the tech industry for over 14 years, serving as a product and business leader in startups across B2B, B2C, and Enterprise SaaS. In 2022, he was an early…