Upcoming ‘Slime Lab’ Lets Players Go Hands-on with Liquid Physics, Coming Soon to Quest & PC VR

VR indie Retrocell announced its working on a liquid physics simulator that lets you go hands-on on with some very slimy creations. Targeting Quest and SteamVR headsets, Slime Lab isn’t…

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Startups need ‘clear pathway’ into UK’s new defence plan, experts warn

Britain’s new military tech strategy will fail unless startups are given clear pathways to adoption, experts have warned. Their concerns follow the government’s announcement that defence spending will increase to…

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Valve Founder’s Neural Interface Company to Release First Brain Chip This Year

Valve founder Gabe Newell’s neural chip company Starfish Neuroscience announced it’s developing a custom chip designed for next-generation, minimally invasive brain-computer interfaces—and it may be coming sooner than you think.…

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New Tobii Partnership Paves the Way for Next-gen Eye-tracking Tech in XR Headsets

Eye-tracking company Tobii announced it’s partnering with Prophesee to develop its next-generation of eye-tracking for AR/VR headsets and smart glasses, which will be based on Prophesee’s unique event-based vision system.…

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TNW Backstage dives into the mind-bending world of brain-computer interfaces

TNW Backstage returns this week to explore one of tech’s most fascinating frontiers: brain-computer interfaces (BCIs). The capabilities of these neural devices are rapidly expanding. They’ve been implanted in skulls…

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Belgian AI startup says it can automate 80% of work at ‘expert firms’

Belgium-based Ravical has secured €7.3mn in pre-seed funding to bring AI agents to professional services firms in tax, legal, accounting, and insurance.  Joris Van Der Gucht, Ravical’s CEO and co-founder,…

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