Meta’s Project Aria research glasses were used in a pilot AI‑guided tour at the Computer History Museum. The experience combined spatial audio navigation and a conversational AI guide that used only museum‑curated knowledge. The demo is early research and not open to the public.
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Feature: Spatial Audio Navigation uses directional beacon sounds or AI voice to guide visitors through the museum.
Feature: Conversational AI Guide narrates exhibits and answers visitor questions, drawing solely on CHM curators’ content.
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- Computer History Museum × Meta's Project Aria: Building an AI-Guided Tour for Ev - Linked page
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Vercel Meta VR Template v0 Enables Quick Quest Deployment
Vercel released a Meta template for version 0. The template lets you describe an idea, deploy it, and open it on Meta Quest immediately. It also supports Meta VR Glasses with built‑in gaze and hand input.
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Template: Meta template for v0 by Vercel
Compatibility: Works on Meta Quest and Meta VR Glasses with gaze and hand input built in
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- Original post
- Linked resource - Linked in the post
Xsens Link Full System available to quote at Knoxlabs
The Xsens Link Full System is now available for quoting at Knoxlabs. It is a wearable motion capture suit for animation, biomechanics, sports, and humanoid robotics. The system includes 17 body sensors and 1 prop sensor. It offers up to 240 Hz sampling with about 20 ms latency and up to 50 hours of on‑body battery life.
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Sensors: 17 one‑click body sensors plus 1 prop sensor
Performance: Up to 240 Hz at ~20 ms latency, 50 hours battery life
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Super Age Games practice day announces NeuroTracker testing
Super Age Games will hold a practice day in New York on November 7th. NeuroTracker mental agility will be tested alongside physical agility as benchmarks of longevity. Participants will be assessed on healthspan and functional aging rather than peak performance.
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Event: Super Age Games practice day in New York, November 7th
Test: NeuroTracker mental agility measured with physical agility as longevity benchmarks
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Gururi Paint free downloadable version with animation features released
Gururi Paint is a web tool that lets users draw while rotating the camera around a 360° scene. A free downloadable version that adds animation tools has been released. The download is available via the Microsoft Store.
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Announcement: Free downloadable version of Gururi Paint released, includes animation features.
Distribution: Downloadable version can be obtained from the Microsoft Store.
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Babylon.js Fur Material – volumetric fur via stacked shells
Babylon.js provides a Fur Material that creates volumetric fur by rendering multiple offset shells of a mesh. The effect is driven by a runtime‑generated fur texture and can be customized with length, spacing, density and gravity parameters. The library includes functions to generate the texture, create shells, and adjust material properties.
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FurMaterial.FurifyMesh(myMesh, 30) returns an array of shell meshes; the first element is the original mesh.
Material properties include furLength, furAngle, furColor and furGravity (e.g., new Vector3(0, -1, 0)).
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- Fur Material - Linked page
Escape from Planet Xylodon VR Mini‑Golf Launch
Escape from Planet Xylodon is now available on VR platforms. The game features a 36‑hole course split into 18 Easy and 18 Hard holes, with 18 lost balls and a unique collectible putter. It adds experimental hand‑tracking for Quest users and a promo code system for exclusive cosmetics. Additional avatar customizations and private‑room moderation improvements are included.
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Course: 36 holes total, 18 Easy and 18 Hard, with 18 lost balls and a collectible putter.
Hand tracking: Enable in Settings → Options → Experimental Hand Tracking; includes a tutorial and may have bugs.
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- Original post
- Escape from Planet Xylodon - Linked page
