ISMAR has shaped a quarter-century of AR and MR research, and much of our lab's work on shared AR workspaces and social presence grew out of it. ACM SUI follows in Bari 10-11 Oct. Which paper or demo should we all be reading? #EmpathicComputing #XR [2/2]

ByteDance is reportedly building an AI model for real-time spatial video — interactive generated 3D scenes, in the same family as Google's Genie, possibly launching as soon as October. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… [1/3]

Why it matters: in face-to-face teamwork, we constantly use attention cues to coordinate. In remote MR, those cues can get lost. This work investigates ways to capture and share them so distributed collaborators can better understand each other’s intent. [3/3] #AR #MR #HCI

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori runs 14–20 September. This year's theme is Te Reo Towns, and Waipapa Taumata Rau has events at ReoSpace in the General Library all week: auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2026/… [1/3]

1/ Horizon OS 2.7 lets Quest 3 run at 207Hz at full res, or 240Hz in dev mode with display scaling. Quest 3S and Quest 2 miss out. Details from @RtoVR: roadtovr.com/quest-3-update-…

We celebrated with a proper potluck at Mark's place — great food, great company, and a great way to kick off the next chapter for both of them. Welcome to the whānau, Ana and Lucas! 🥢

From the lab to the ice rink! ⛸️ The ECL team swapped research for skates at a social in Auckland, a great chance to unwind, laugh, and spend time together outside the lab, wobbles included! ❄️ #ECL #LabLife #Auckland

Last Wednesday, we welcomed Jordan Aiko Deja from the Human-X Interaction Lab to our AR/VR meetup to introduce the SPACE Agenda: Spatial, Pervasive, Augmented & Creative Experiences. 🥽 [1/3]

Mark is at BrainLink this week! His talk, Empathic Computing: Designing Human-Centric Spatial AI, explores how spatial AI can be designed around human experience, connection, and collaboration. (📷 by Youngho Lee)

Add a sense of touch to XR? Mark Billinghurst helped run a free 5‑day Haptics in XR Winter School at Adelaide University (July 13–17, 2026). Talks + demos + hands‑on learning. Lecture playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=AxRYvzIw… #Haptics #XR #VR #AR #HCI