But First…Cool, if Real

Augmented Baking:

This is a concept for the next gen Snap Spectacles by Lauren Cason. See the entire video here. Augmented baking isn’t an app today but it is what Dauntless XR’s Katana app looks like on smart glasses. I love this use case because it’s something I would use every day.

Startup Updates and Wins

We released our Best XR Headsets for Training Guide (no email tax required). Episode 2 of The Dauntless Podcast drops this week, where we address why the metaverse hasn’t happened yet.

Industry News

•  AI Programming Assistant Got Snarky. (Futurism). This is why you say please and thank you to your AI agents! I’m 0% surprised that this happened given that “learn to code” is a common rebuttal on Stack Overflow and this AI agent was most definitely trained using that data.

•  Mayo Clinic and Healium Test Pre-Surgery VR. (VR/AR Association). Pre-surgery Xanax or pre-surgery VR? These are promising results and I love to see a VR use case outside of job training.

• This Week’s Jobs in XR Roundup (LinkedIn) by Andy Fidel.

Saved on Socials

The posts, memes and videos that caught our attention and made us think this week.

• The Biggest Free OpenUSD Asset Drop So Far (LinkedIn).

• From a 2D Image to a 3D Video to a VR Experience in seconds. (LinkedIn). You heard it here first, 2025 is the year of the Gaussian splat.

• CatGPT’s short form videos - The non-pretentious, non-patronizing AI education you need in your life. (YouTube)

Recently Played >

What the founders listened to this week.

• The Secret Sauce to Cinematic Color Grading (YouTube) - a great example of “show don’t tell” when describing a technical concept.

•  How NVIDIA’s GPUs Are Reshaping Workflows (Spotify)

Overheard on Slack

Enter the chat. What our devs are talking about…

• “Vibe marketing is a thing now? Stop trying to make fetch happen”

• “Think of it as entrepreneur Sudoku” - solving startup MVP problems.

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