Road to VR

Meta’s Language Learning App for Quest Combines Mixed Reality and AI

Meta released an open source language learning app for Quest 3 that combines mixed reality passthrough and AI-powered object ...

When Efficiency Meets the Duty to Verify: Reflections on The Verification-Value Paradox

The Verification-Value Paradox states that increases in efficiency from AI use “will be met by a correspondingly greater ...

Databricks' Instructed Retriever beats traditional RAG data retrieval by 70% — enterprise metadata was the missing link

Instructed Retriever leverages contextual memory for system-level specifications while using retrieval to access the broader ...
IEEE

Sign Language to text Conversion Using Machine Learning (For Deaf and Mute People)

Abstract: This study is intended for those with speech problems, hearing loss, or deafness. For those who are hard of hearing or deaf, sign language is unique in that it serves as their primary and ...
CNET

I Just Had a 10 Minute Conversation in Polish (I Don't Speak Any Polish)

The Vasco Translator Q1 is a purpose-built, stand-alone language device -- not just another app on your phone. It's ...

This 15th-Century Book Has Defied Translation. Cards and Dice May Be Key

A newly-developed cipher could finally shine light on how the strange text of the Voynich manuscript was devised.
IEEE

A Real-time Sign Language Recognition System using MediaPipe and Random Forest Classifier combining with Text-to-Speech Technique

Abstract: This research study introduces a real-time sign language detection system utilizing hand gestures, specifically developed to bridge the communication gap for deaf and hard-of-hearing ...
Opinion

New Platform Challenges AI Industry Hype, Advocates for Embodied Intelligence Over Language Models

Emerging Voice in Tech Analysis Questions Trillion-Dollar AI Valuations and Points to Robotics as True Future of Artificial Intelligence The real value of AI will come from the systems we build around ...