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Meta announces new Quest 3 VR headset as Apple competition looms
Preorders open on Wednesday and it ships on Oct. 10.
Meta announces AI chatbots with ‘personality’
At Meta’s first in-person event since before the pandemic, Mark Zuckerberg announced his AI plans.
Meta’s ‘augments’ place digital objects around your physical space
Meta’s new Quest 3 mixed reality headset will allow users to personalize their physical spaces with “augments” — a series of objects and widgets that are digitally plastered to their real world environment. “Next year, you’ll be able to customize … Continue reading
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EV boat startup Arc wades into watersports with $70M in fresh funding
Arc is making a splash with investors as it wraps up deliveries of its limited edition $300,000 electric boat and eyes its next target: watersports. And, specifically the kind that require a wake. The Los Angeles-based electric boat startup, which … Continue reading
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Meet the A.I. Jane Austen: Meta Weaves A.I. Throughout Its Apps
Meta introduced artificially intelligent characters based on Jane Austen, Snoop Dogg and others into Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, as the race to lead the technology heats up.
To Bring Socializing Back to Social Networks, Apps Try A.I. Imagery
Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and several newcomers are betting on artificial intelligence to rejuvenate the fun, interactivity and whimsy of creating and sharing images.
Meta’s 512GB Quest 3 now comes with 6 months of the Quest+ subscription
Meta’s VR subscription service, Quest+, is now being bundled with the company’s Quest 3 mixed-reality headset. The subscription, which provides VR device owners the ability to two handpicked games from the Quest library each month, will now be included as … Continue reading
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Mistral AI makes its first large language model free for everyone
The most popular language models out there may be accessed via API, but open models — as far as that term can be taken seriously — are gaining ground. Mistral, a French AI startup that raised a huge seed round … Continue reading
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With Meta’s Quest 3, Mixed Reality Is Here. So Now What?
The new $500 headset lets people see the outside world while immersed in virtual reality. The benefits are to be determined.
Roblox is launching on Meta Quest VR headsets today
Roblox is launching on Meta Quest VR headsets today, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company’s Connect event. The announcement comes as Roblox, a major player in the metaverse space, was rumored to become available on Meta Quest VR … Continue reading
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