These are my last hours in the US! I’m starting to write this newsletter that literally in an hour, I’m going to the airport to return back to Europe. But I’m not returning to Italy, but I’m going to Berlin (Germany) to be a mentor at the XRCC hackathon. If you’re headed there, see you […]
At AWE, I have been able to go hands-on with a new way to perform eye tracking, which is with event cameras from Prophesee. What are event cameras? Before sharing my hands-on impressions, it’s a good idea to discuss what event cameras are. If this question does not sound new to you, it is because […]
A big hello from Cupertino, the city of Apple, here in the Silicon Valley! I’ll stay here a week to have meetings before going to Berlin to be a mentor at XRCC. I hope my time in the Bay Area will be nice, after the troubled week at AWE (I got sick during the event […]
At AWE 2025, Google made some interesting announcements about the development for Android XR glasses, and I would like to share them with you. Development for smartglasses Smartglasses are the most hyped technology of the moment in XR. Everyone is excited about their possibilities, and especially by how they could be the interface that lets […]
Today has been my first day at AWE US 2025 in Long Beach (California): I have tried various interesting pieces of hardware, and I will tell about my experiences on this blog. However, I would like to dedicate my first article not to some hands-on content, but to some interesting announcements that occurred during the […]
Hello everyone from the Los Angeles area! I’m back in the US for AWE, and I’m very excited to start this new adventure today! As usual, I will be your eyes there and I will report to you everything interesting that I see there. If there is something you are curious about, let me know, […]
Today is the day we celebrate the Italian Republic, so theoretically I should be on holiday, but actually I’m here, writing this article to inform you about the most interesting things that have happened in XR in the past week! As usual, I will be very informative for you all, my human readers, but it seems […]
I’m back in Italy, after my two-week trip to China (where I had a troubled story with my Quest). I’m happy to be back eating pasta, but I will miss the small restaurants with delicious Asian food that I had close to my place in Shenzhen. Now I’m staying a bit here, and then, as […]
Hello from Shenzhen, China! This is the last city of my Chinese trip, and together with some very interesting discussions I’m having with people here and some new great friends I’m making, I’m also enjoying a lot of Chinese food, since my B&B is in a part of the city full of small local restaurants. […]
During my first day at VR AR Expo China, I tried various interesting pieces of hardware. The first one that I’m going to describe to you today is the Bear Sunny transition lenses for AR glasses! [A little disclaimer: the organizers of the VR AR Expo China paid for my accommodation in Shanghai for the […]
Hello everyone from Shanghai, China! I’ve arrived an hour ago in my hotel room, after a few unexpected problems, like the airline company not letting me board the plane for nonexistent issues with my baggage or the hotel reception that couldn’t find my registration. Let’s say it has been an adventurous beginning, which makes me […]
