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👓 What is needed for social acceptance of AR glasses? "There is the evidence on how important it is to show the face; it’s a huge complication for hardware, but it’s important enough to do it to provide this indirect eye contact." [25:46] by Tomas Sluka Discover the rest of the discussion together with Naamah Argaman, Avi Bar-Zeev, Martin Banks and myself in the panel we held at AWE on see-through displays: https://lnkd.in/eZzyewhj Thanks to Sonya Haskins and Ori Inbar for another amazing edition of AWE!

I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined the Manyone Expert Panel! 🚀 This curated group of over 100 visionaries, practitioners, and thought leaders offers critical views on future challenges and unique industry insights. It's an honor to join this initiative, bringing strategic foresight to future challenges. Check out the panel and connect with us: https://lnkd.in/dBBkuJZD

How can we create healthy immersive futures for all? It was great to close my L.A. trip with the culminating event at the Neely Center Ethics & Technology Fellows Program USC Marshall School of Business featuring an insightful conversation on safety, privacy, social VR and liability together with April Boyd-Noronha 🔜 Neely Center, Sonya Haskins, Avi Bar-Zeev and Tejaswa Gavankar. Thanks Parama Sigurdsen, MSS for the invitation, and Avi Bar-Zeev for the introduction.

The Ultimate Display in 2024! This bulky HMD prototype from CREAL is handheld and allows to see multiple depth layers with a see-through display. In other words, you get a visual experience with “true” focal depth (a well-known challenge in see-through displays). Bravo to the team CREAL for pushing the boundaries of see-through displays! Tomas Sluka, Giovanni Landi, Karen Liernur

And that’s a wrap for AWE day 1! ✨ Honored to meet Tom Furness one of the early XR pioneers, and founder of the Virtual World Society. Mar Gonzalez-Franco delighted about your talk and research on novel modalities of interaction and neuroscience. And… I got to meet Casandra Vuong and Chasey at last! Check out their youtube channel if you haven’t done so yet.

🌟 Heading back to the US for more XR! I'm thrilled to join Tomas Sluka, Naamah Argaman, and Martin Banks in a panel where we'll dive deep into the future of AR glasses. Don't miss out on June 18th @ 5pm for an AWEsome discussion on what it takes to get there! Ping me to meet for a coffee or chat!

Ever bumped into an online connection randomly at a conference? I finally met the incredible Mia Shah-Dand in person last Friday at the Paris Conference on Digital and AI Ethics at Sciences Po! We connected years ago online over our passion for tech ethics. In our hyper-connected world, there's still nothing quite like connecting in person.

What type of XR devices favor a vision close to real-life conditions? Find out what the possibilities are in this panel, together with Naamah Argaman, Tomas Sluka, Cathy Hackl and Martin Banks. Mark your calendars for Tuesday 18th June, 5pm PDT at AWE Long Beach. Ping me if you are around and let's meet!

Exciting news for the tech world! 🌐 Meta is opening up its Horizon platform to other headset manufacturers, such as Lenovo and ASUS. This strategic move is HUGE for the XR community. The great Skarredghost Antony Vitillo explains it with humor and expertise in the article below.