AI model accurately renders garment motions of avatars
The era has begun where AI moves beyond merely "plausibly drawing" to understanding even why clothes flutter and wrinkles form.
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Page 7: Research news on AI wearables
AI wearables encompass body-worn devices such as smart glasses, haptic garments, e-textiles, earbuds, and neural or neuromotor interfaces that integrate sensing, computation, and feedback to mediate human–computer interaction. In extended reality contexts, these systems support embodied interaction, accessibility for blind, deafblind, and motor-impaired users, and novel modalities for communication, navigation, and education. Research spans perception and embodiment in virtual and mixed reality, social acceptability and adoption, and application domains from cultural heritage and tourism to workplace safety and battlefield control.
Software
This digital hand enables hands-free virtual reality
A digital, voice-controlled hand could improve the convenience and accessibility of virtual and augmented reality by enabling hands-free use of games and apps. The prototype software was developed by computer scientists at ...
Oct 13, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Generative art in virtual stores boosts shoppers' sense of exclusivity and pleasure
Art infusion theory—the idea that displaying art in retail settings can positively impact consumer behavior—can be applied to the metaverse with similar results, a Cornell design researcher has shown.
Oct 13, 2025
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Computer Sciences
Novel AI tool opens 3D modeling to blind and low-vision programmers
Blind and low-vision programmers have long been locked out of three-dimensional modeling software, which depends on sighted users dragging, rotating and inspecting shapes on screen.
Oct 8, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
'Embodied' AI in virtual reality improves programming student confidence
Researchers have found that giving AI "peers" in virtual reality (VR) a body that can interact with the virtual environment can help students learn programming. Specifically, the researchers found students were more willing ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Tiny explosions and soft materials make onscreen braille more robust
From texting on a smart phone to ordering train tickets at a kiosk, touch screens are ubiquitous and, in most cases, relatively reliable. But for people who are blind or visually impaired and use electronic braille devices, ...
Sep 30, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Study reveals user preferences for social media in the AR 'metaverse'
Augmented reality (AR) is when digital content is superimposed on the physical world by devices like smart glasses—a future sometimes described as the metaverse. While AR technology has a stronghold in contexts such as games ...
Sep 23, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Race to make smartglasses relevant heats up again with new tech from Meta and Snap
More than a decade ago, pricey smart glasses that allowed people to snap photos, text and browse the web generated a lot of buzz but also resistance.
Sep 19, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Meta unveils AI-powered smart glasses with display and neural wristband at Connect event
Meta's newest artificial-intelligence powered smart glasses include a tiny display and can be controlled by a neural wristband that lets you control it with "barely perceptible movements," CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday.
Sep 18, 2025
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Consumer & Gadgets
Meta expected to unveil new smart glasses at Connect event
Meta is expected to show off artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses at its Connect developer conference Wednesday as CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to evangelize the glasses as the next step in human-computer interactions.
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