What if your living room became a theme park? CoasterMania a mixed reality experience on Meta Quest that pushes the boundaries of spatial computing. This isn’t just another VR game. - It scans your room in real time - Builds a 3D map of your environment - Designs a rollercoaster around your actual space - Lets you ride it in first-person Your space doesn’t disappear. It becomes the experience. What’s happening under the hood This is where computer vision meets spatial intelligence: • Real-time depth sensing maps your environment • AI dynamically adapts the experience to your layout • Hand and body tracking respond to your movement • A physics engine delivers realism in every turn The digital world isn’t replacing reality it’s being built on top of it. Why this matters.? We’ve been thinking about immersive tech the wrong way. -It’s not about escaping into virtual worlds. -It’s about bringing digital experiences into our physical environments. -Your home stays your home but becomes infinitely more interactive . The bigger shift! We’re moving from: Screens → Virtual worlds → Spatial environments The interface is no longer a destination. It’s becoming part of the world around us. What’s next Today: Rollercoasters in your living room Tomorrow: Experiences built around your neighborhood Next: Digital layers integrated into every space we occupy The boundary between physical and digital isn’t just blurring it’s disappearing. Would you try this, or does it feel like a step too far? Or perhaps you're interested in investing or developing your own VR applications? #MixedReality #SpatialComputing #MetaQuest #XR #AI #ExtendedReality #Innovation #FutureOfTech #ImmersiveTech #TechTrends

AR/VR in 2026: From Hype to Infrastructure The AR/VR conversation has quietly shifted, marking a positive development. We are moving beyond the “metaverse moment” and entering a more sustainable phase of spatial computing as real infrastructure. Several trends are noteworthy: - Hardware is becoming lighter, cheaper, and more focused. The market is converging on glasses-style AR and high-quality mixed reality, prioritizing comfort, battery life, and everyday usability over headline specifications. - Software is taking precedence over spectacle. The most significant advancements are not flashy demos but rather improvements in productivity, training, collaboration, and visualization. Enterprise adoption is accelerating as the ROI becomes increasingly evident. - The combination of AI and XR is the real unlock. Spatial interfaces integrated with AI (vision, voice, context awareness) offer a more compelling experience than XR alone, transforming headsets into practical tools rather than mere toys. - Ecosystems are tightening. Platforms are becoming more opinionated, featuring tighter hardware/software integration, clearer developer paths, and a reduction in “experiments for experiment’s sake.” The takeaway is clear: AR/VR is evolving from devices to platforms. Spatial computing is becoming less visible, more useful, and increasingly embedded in the way work is accomplished. #AR #VR #XR #SpatialComputing #AI #EnterpriseTech #FutureOfWork

A mixed reality app called CoasterMania lets you design and ride full rollercoasters inside your own living room. Using Al-powered computer vision and depth sensing from Meta Quest headsets, the app scans your physical space and builds a real-time 3D mesh of your environment. That means tracks can adapt to your actual furniture, walls, and layout, making the coaster feel like it truly exists inside your home. Al models handle spatial awareness, hand and body tracking, and physics-based interactions so everything moves naturally and responds to your real-world surroundings. Once the track is built, you can switch into first-person and experience the ride as if your living room has turned into a theme park. This is a glimpse of where spatial computing is heading. Not just virtual worlds you visit, but digital experiences that merge directly with your everyday environment. Would you try something like this? #AI #MixedReality #VR #AR #SpatialComputing #MetaQuest #FutureTech #Innovation #TechInnovation #ImmersiveTech

🧠 Human-Computer Interaction Is Entering a New Phase For decades, interacting with computers has followed familiar patterns—keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. These interfaces have defined how humans engage with digital systems. Today, that model is evolving rapidly. New technologies are reshaping how we interact with machines. Brain-Computer Interfaces, such as those being developed by Neuralink, aim to enable direct communication between the human brain and computers. At the same time, spatial computing through augmented and virtual reality is transforming digital interaction into immersive experiences. This shift changes the nature of interaction itself. Instead of issuing commands, users can engage with systems more naturally, through gestures, voice, or even neural signals. The goal is to make interaction more intuitive and seamless. However, this evolution also raises important questions around privacy, safety, and user control. As technology becomes more integrated with human behavior, the boundaries between user and system begin to blur. Human-Computer Interaction is no longer just about usability. It is about redefining how humans and machines coexist. The real question is not how we interact with technology. It is how closely we want it to interact with us. #HCI #Neuralink #AR #VR #FutureOfTech #Innovation

A mixed reality app called CoasterMania lets you design and ride full rollercoasters inside your own living room. Using AI-powered computer vision and depth sensing from Meta Quest headsets, the app scans your physical space and builds a real-time 3D mesh of your environment. That means tracks can adapt to your actual furniture, walls, and layout, making the coaster feel like it truly exists inside your home. AI models handle spatial awareness, hand and body tracking, and physics-based interactions so everything moves naturally and responds to your real-world surroundings. Once the track is built, you can switch into first-person and experience the ride as if your living room has turned into a theme park. This is a glimpse of where spatial computing is heading. Not just virtual worlds you visit, but digital experiences that merge directly with your everyday environment. #ai��#ar #vr #mixedreality #technology

Even Tiny Changes Can Destroy Priceless Art , What If You Could Predict It? I’ve been building an Art Gallery Digital Twin dashboard: a 3D building view you can orbit through, live-style environmental and energy signals, alerts and asset health, what-if simulation + 48h forecast, a crowd-density view, and an AI assistant which has all the information and what should we do answers . a system that understands, predicts, and protects. Upcoming: Full VR integration — step inside your gallery from anywhere Remote walkthroughs & monitoring in real-time Curator-level simulation controls inside immersive environments smart buildings, cultural venues,  IoT + AI UX #DigitalTwin #SmartBuildings #ThreeJS #AI #PropTech #MuseumTech #WebGL #frag #thatopencompany

New Post: A Multi‑Modal Electrocorticography \(ECoG\) Decoding Framework for Greff‑Based Interaction in Immersive Virtual Reality - **Abstract** The rapid evolution of virtual reality \(VR\) systems has spurred an imperative demand for seamless, high‑fidelity brain‑computer interfaces \(BCIs\) that translate neural intent into virtual gestures without external peripherals. This study presents a deterministic, reproducible ECoG‑based BCI pipeline that decodes individual hand‑gesture commands and delivers them to a VR environment in real time. Leveraging \[…\] \[Source & Legal Disclaimer\] This is an AI-generated simulation research dataset provided by Freederia.com, released under the Apache 2.0 License. Users may freely modify and commercially use this data \(including patenting novel improvements\); however, obtaining exclusive patent rights on the original raw data itself is prohibited. As this is AI-simulated data, users are strictly responsible for independently verifying existing copyrights and patents before use. The provider assumes no legal liability. For future Enterprise API access and bulk dataset purchase inquiries, please contact Freederia.com.

Immersive AR/VR Powered by Edge Compute Units AR/VR performance doesn’t fail inside the headset. It fails in the pipeline behind it. Latency, thermal limits, and compute constraints are what ultimately define user experience. That’s why modern XR systems are shifting toward edge-distributed architectures. What it really takes to build this: → Offloading heavy rendering to edge compute nodes → Maintaining high-bandwidth, low-latency streaming pipelines → Running real-time AI for scene understanding and interaction → Designing systems that scale without compromising responsiveness The goal isn’t just realism. It’s consistency under real-world constraints. At Akhila Labs, we engineer XR systems that balance: -compute distribution -latency control -and real-time intelligence Because immersive experiences only work when the system disappears—and interaction feels natural. #AkhilaLabs #ARVR #ExtendedReality #EdgeComputing #EmbeddedSystems #AIEngineering #SpatialComputing #LowLatency #XRDevelopment #RealTimeAI #ProductEngineering #NextGenTechnology #ImmersiveTech #InnovationEngineering

We built something we genuinely couldn't find anywhere else, so we made it ourselves Daksh Rathod, Neel patel, and I spent the last few weeks building something that actually works. Introducing MayaVerse — a virtual campus explorer -https://lnkd.in/dH6zjjmK. Walk through the entire campus in 360 degrees, from your phone, laptop, or a VR headset. No download. No app. Just open the link. 360 Panoramic Tours 27 high-res scenes across 9 buildings. You navigate, not watch. Smart preloading downloads the next scene in the background — transitions are instant. Maya AI — Context-Aware Guide Powered by Gemini. Ask anything about where you're standing — departments, facilities, history. One tap narrates the scene you're in. Actually contextual, not generic. Natural Language Navigation + BFS Pathfinding Type "take me to the library." Gemini identifies the target, maps it to our campus graph, runs shortest-path routing, and auto-walks you scene by scene with a live progress overlay. VR + WebXR — the part we're most proud of Every scene has a standalone A-Frame 1.7 VR page. Inside the headset: full 360 sky rendering, 3D hotspots with 3 concentric radar rings pulsing over 1800ms, and gaze-based navigation — stare at a hotspot, a 5-second progress ring fills, you move hands-free. No controller needed. Works on JioDive, Meta Quest, Pico, and Cardboard. Interactive Campus Map Isometric SVG map, color-coded by zone. Every building clickable, every navigation checkpoint plotted. Outdoor Walk Mode Guided tour through every outdoor checkpoint with a scrollable scene strip, step counter, and one-tap VR entry anywhere. Gamification Points per building, achievements, visual unlocks — persists across your session. Admin Portal Upload a 360 photo, Gemini Vision auto-identifies the building. Two steps, live update. Live now: maya-verse.vercel.app

Just stepped out of a VR study that completely shifted how I think about human-computer interaction. 🥽 I recently had the chance to participate in a practical study led by my senior, Yuzheng Chen, exploring head, hand, and eye commands in virtual reality—using a full VR headset and hand-tracking setup. The goal wasn't just immersion. It was about precision: 👉 How quickly does the system interpret a glance as a command? 👉 Can hand tracking + head movement replace traditional controllers for complex tasks? 👉 What happens when your eyes select, your hand confirms, and your head navigates—simultaneously? The answer? A surprisingly intuitive, low-friction way to interact with digital space. Eye-tracking alone cut decision time dramatically. Adding hand and head data made actions feel less like "input" and more like an extension of thought. Why this matters: As VR/AR moves from gaming into training, design, surgery, and remote collaboration, multimodal commands will define the next generation of user experience. We're moving from click to intend. Huge thanks to Yuzheng for letting me be a data point. If you're working on spatial computing, gaze interfaces, or embodied interaction—let's connect. This field is moving fast. Side note - my eyes and neck hurt after this study however this was a great experience to learn new innovative stuff and the Amazon gift voucher was the cherry on top. #VirtualReality #VR #HumanComputerInteraction #EyeTracking #SpatialComputing #UXResearch #lancasterUniversity