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Apple is looking into developing smart glasses, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

Apple explores smart glasses, following Meta’s lead

An internal study is under way to gather feedback from Apple employees on smart glasses, sources say.

TikTok owner ByteDance launches US$170 AI earbuds in China

HKIC makes strategic investments in biotech, clean energy and health

Hong Kong smart glasses start-up sets sights on Ray-Ban with AI-equipped frames

Hong Kong-based Solos Technology prepares to take on the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses with AirGo V, as Harvard-trained founder John Fan touts city’s design prowess.

Solos Technology chairman John Fan Chin-chiang poses with the AirGo V at an unveiling event on June 28, 2024, at Science Park. Photo: Solos Technology

Can Samsung’s new smart ring help it regain the China market?

The Galaxy Ring, featuring on-device artificial intelligence, marks Samsung’s latest bid to challenge Apple’s lead in the global market for smart wearable devices.

As Apple’s Vision Pro hits China, 2 quite different users’ takes

A Gen Z gamer and a Gen Y gadget geek give their thoughts on the innovative but costly Apple Vision Pro as the mixed-reality headset hits shops in Hong Kong and mainland China.

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Play For Dream mixed reality headset: an improved Apple Vision Pro clone

It may look just like the Apple Vision Pro, but the headset from Shanghai-based Play For Dream puts out higher-resolution visuals, feels more comfortable, and can run Android apps.

It may look just like the Apple Vision Pro, but the mixed reality headset from Shanghai-based Play For Dream (above) is cheaper, puts out higher-resolution images and can run Android apps. Photo: Ben Sin

Savvy Chinese merchants offer Apple’s Vision Pro for rent as official release awaited

Savvy merchants are renting out Apple’s Vision Pro headset as Chinese consumers await official release date in country.

Apple Vision Pro at a fraction of the price? Try China’s Shenzhen

Shenzhen-based headset maker EmdoorVR is hoping to leverage the interest around Apple’s Vision Pro to survive a slowdown in the VR and AR industry.

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Apple’s Vision Pro lifts the prospects for extended reality sector: Rokid CEO

Rokid chief executive Misa Zhu Mingming said Apple’s Vision Pro headset is expected to spur broader demand for more affordable and ergonomically designed AR and VR wearable devices.

Rokid expects to double unit sales of its augmented reality glasses to around 400,000 this year, from nearly 200,000 in 2023. Photo: Handout

Is AI the killer app for smart glasses? This Singapore-based start-up thinks so

Brilliant Labs says AI is to smart glasses what multitouch was to the smartphone as it jumps into a market reinvigorated by Apple’s Vision Pro.

Brilliant Labs has announced its first pair of smart glasses, called Frame, which relies on generative artificial intelligence as its main selling point. Photo: Brilliant Labs

Apple gets angry calls from Vision Pro owners who forgot passcode

Unlike with other Apple products, users cannot reset the passcode of their headset without sending it back to the store.

Chinese brain chip helps man regain mobility and is less invasive than Neuralink

The wireless brain-computer interface developed at China’s Tsinghua University allows quadriplegic patient to grab objects with prosthetic hand. And unlike implant from Elon Musk start-up, the Chinese device is not inserted into brain tissue.

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‘A whole different ballgame’: Samsung aims for next level in health tracking

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring.

Samsung is looking to develop non-invasive glucose monitoring and continuous blood pressure checking, part of a push to put new health features in smartphones, watches and its upcoming Galaxy Ring (pictured). Photo: Samsung

Netflix has no plans to make an app for Apple’s first 3D headset

Rather than designing a Vision Pro app or supporting its existing iPad app on the platform, Netflix says users can watch its content on a web browser.

The Apple Vision Pro headset seen at an unveiling event in Cupertino, California last June. Photo: AP Photo

Review | Huawei GT 4 smartwatch: beats Apple, Google on price but lacks software

Huawei’s latest smartwatch, the GT 4 is at least US$100 cheaper than Google or Apple watches and its battery life is twice as long, but it lacks popular software such as Google and Spotify.

Facebook owner to lay off employees in metaverse chip unit

The unit, called Facebook Agile Silicon Team, or FAST, develops custom chips for Meta’s AR and VR devices, which currently use silicon from external provider Qualcomm.

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Meta launches Quest 3 headset, just ahead of Apple’s Vision Pro

The Facebook owner has introduced its latest line-up of head-worn devices, staking fresh claim to the VR/AR industry just ahead of Apple pushing into the market.

An attendee tries the Meta Quest 3 at the Connect developer conference in Menlo Park, California, on Wednesday. Photo: AP Photo

Review | The Apple Watch 9: powerful new chip, finger-thumb tap feature, faster Siri

The Apple Watch 9 looks like its predecessor, but a powerful new chip improves Siri capability and facilitates a new finger-thumb tap feature. The best features, however, were already present in the Apple Watch 8.

Chinese start-up counts on Apple’s headset to unleash XR demand

With Apple on track to launch its Vision Pro headset next year, GDI thinks the world is ready to embrace VR and related technologies.

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Adjusting to climate change: the start-ups making cooling clothes

As climate change causes world temperatures to rise, start-ups from the UK to China to the US are developing clothes that use various cooling technologies to make their wearers more comfortable.

Workers in Qatar who built stadiums for last year’s World Cup try out cooling vests in 2018. As climate change causes temperatures to soar, start-ups around the world are developing clothing that beats the heat in innovative ways. Photo: AFP

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 phones unveiled: here’s what’s new

Samsung revealed its Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Z Fold 5 phones at its 2023 flagship show in Seoul, as well as the Galaxy Tab S9 and Tab S9 Ultra, and Galaxy Watch 6.

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5’s front screen has been given a significant bump to 3.7 inches – three times more screen real estate than the Flip 4. Photo: Ben Sin

Can sleep trackers, white noise apps really help you slumber? Experts explain

Sleep trackers, white-noise devices and other digital sleep aids and apps are supposed to make falling asleep easier and our sleep better, but experts are not so convinced.

‘Taking them off feels sad’: Japan researchers develop wearable robot arms

‘In the future we might see wings growing out of people’s backs, or drones attached to people … Maybe someone will come up with a sport that requires six arms,’ said the lead scientist behind the breakthrough.

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How Apple’s Disney tie-up for Vision Pro could change the face of AR and VR

Don’t ditch your TV yet – the Apple Vision Pro augmented reality headset doesn’t offer consumers enough despite the tie-up with Disney. But if House of Mouse creators embrace it, they may find ways to win us over.

Apple and Disney are partnering for the Apple Vision Pro, an augmented reality headset the two companies are hoping will change entertainment. But it may be Disney creators who can benefit most at first, and come up with content for consumers. Photo: Apple

Semiconducting nanomaterial has promise for Internet of Things, wearables

Scientists say nanomesh can be made at much lower temperatures than existing semiconductors and on common materials such as paper and plastic.

The experiments conducted by the team showed multi-functional applications of tellurium nanomesh, which is formed from a network of nanowires. Photo: Handout

Chinese liquid metal innovation creates wearables, robotics from origami

The metal-coated paper can be folded but has properties of metal, such as tunable stiffness and ability to conduct heat and electricity.

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‘It’s the future of computing’: we try Apple’s US$3,499 Vision Pro headset

Apple’s Vision Pro is the best AR and VR headset on the market and represents the future of computing – even at US$3,499, says Ben Sin after testing the mixed-reality device.

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9 September, 2024
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