Category: Gaming
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Canva adds new abilities for app developers and improves discoverability
Canva just announced new enhancements to its developer platform, such as including premium apps with its Pro subscription, a translation feature for apps, better discovery mechanisms, and new API functionalities. The creative tool company started its developer program in June 2023 to let developers build add-ons that people can use in Canva. Think of them…
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Meta has rebuilt Instagram and Facebook for its Quest headsets
At its annual Meta Connect event on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company has rebuilt its social apps for mixed reality. “We’ve got all new Instagram and Facebook experiences to bring your feeds and your Reels with you into mixed reality,” Zuckerberg said. “A really nice interface so you can lean back…
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Meta’s Hyperscape lets you scan and explore real-life spaces in VR
Onstage during its Connect 2024 developer conference, Meta showed Hyperspace, a feature that lets users scan real-life spaces and explore them in VR. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Announced at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday, Meta is launching a new VR app called Hyperscape that renders recreations of real-life…
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Meta updates Ray-Ban smart glasses with real-time AI video, reminders, and QR code scanning
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses got an update with new familiar smartphone features and AI capabilities coming later in 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced updates to the company’s Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday. Meta continued to make the…
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI has nearly 500 million users
Meta had previously noted that there are more than 400 million monthly users across the world. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday during Meta Connect 2024 that Meta AI is one of the most used AI assistant across the world with “almost” 500 million monthly active…
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Meta Ray-Bans are getting live translation
Meta has yet to announce the languages that will be initial available. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. During Wednesday’s Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a slew of new AI-fueled features for the company’s Ray-Ban collaboration. The most interesting of the bunch is the addition of real-time translation…
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Meta developed a ‘neural interface’ for its next-gen Orion AR glasses
Meta’s next-gen Orion AR glasses come with a wrist-worn “neural interface” for navigation and control. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. At the Meta Connect 2024 conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that the company is developing a “neural interface” that can be used to control its prototypical Orion AR glasses.…
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Meta Connect 2024: Orion glasses, Quest 3S headset, Meta AI upgrades, Ray-Ban Meta real-time video, and more
Meta Connect 2024 is a developer-centric event featuring a keynote from CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He showcased new hardware and software to support two of Meta’s big ambitions: AI and the metaverse. This included everything from new Quest headsets, updates to Meta’s Llama AI model, and even a new fully AR glasses prototype. Meta Connect 2024…
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Y Combinator’s next Demo Day will include in-person seats for top VCs, Garry Tan says
Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan wants to bring the famed accelerator’s Demo Day presentations back as in-person events by the end of the year. During Tan’s opening remarks during Wednesday’s YC summer cohort Demo Day, he said this week’s Demo Day presentations will, “knock on wood,” be the final ones held entirely online. Tan added…
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Meta teases Orion, brain-powered true AR glasses in a tiny package
The Orion glasses, which are notably significantly smaller than Snap’s recently announced Spectacles 5, are true AR. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only. At Wednesday’s Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Orion, what he described as “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” The glasses, which are…