Meta constructed the Llama 4 models using a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture, which is one way around the limitations of running huge AI models. Think of MoE like having a large team of specialized workers; instead…
A report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg claims that Apple is shuttering one of its more advanced projects: a set of Augmented Reality glasses that connect to other Apple devices. It’s an inside-baseball look at…
The AI-generated worlds reportedly include realistic physics, camera movements, and object behaviors, all from text commands. The system then creates physically accurate ray-traced videos and data that robots can use for training. Examples of “4D…
Do you have an idea that you want to realize online? Nowadays, you can create sophisticated websites, from selling products to creating paywalled content, directly from your Mac. You can achieve this without bringing in…
Microsoft has discontinued production of the HoloLens 2, apparently ending its love affair with its augmented-reality headset and perhaps the metaverse in general. UploadVR cited a Microsoft representative who told the outlet that Microsoft has…
Everyone is talking about Meta’s Orion AR glasses so the horny one supposes we must discuss them. Yes, the Macalope, like many others, will now give you opinions about how Orion, a device you cannot…
Enlarge / Snapshots from three videos generated using OpenAI’s Sora. On Thursday, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video AI model that can generate 60-second-long photorealistic HD video from written descriptions. While it’s only a research preview…
The growing hype ahead of Vision Pro’s launch has reminded me how much fun it can be when Apple launches something genuinely new. (Goodness knows it doesn’t happen often.) But the world, as Anton Ego…
Enlarge / The Swarovski Optik Visio binoculars, with an excerpt of a 2014 xkcd comic strip called “Tasks” in the corner. xckd / Swarovski Last week, Austria-based Swarovski Optik introduced the AX Visio 10×32 binoculars,…