Topic: real-time interaction

  • Google Genie: Create Interactive Worlds from Photos & Prompts

    Google Genie: Create Interactive Worlds from Photos & Prompts

    Google's Project Genie is now more widely available, generating interactive, explorable video worlds from text or images through its premium AI subscription. The tool uses an enhanced world model with improved long-term memory to create consistent, responsive video sequences where a user's moveme...

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  • Razer's AI Assistant: A Holographic Desk Buddy That Helps, Not Judges

    Razer's AI Assistant: A Holographic Desk Buddy That Helps, Not Judges

    Razer's Project Ava is an AI-powered holographic desktop companion designed as a dynamic personality that assists with tasks, from work to gaming, through a 3D display and natural conversation. It features selectable animated characters with distinct styles and leverages advanced vision/audio sen...

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  • Runway's GWM-1 "World Models" Signal Ambitions Beyond Hollywood

    Runway's GWM-1 "World Models" Signal Ambitions Beyond Hollywood

    Runway has launched its first "world model" suite, GWM-1, expanding beyond video generation to create interactive, simulated environments for fields like entertainment and robotics. The GWM-1 suite consists of three specialized models built on its existing video technology, with the first, GWM Wo...

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  • Kaltura Buys eSelf, Snap AI Founder's Startup, for $27M

    Kaltura Buys eSelf, Snap AI Founder's Startup, for $27M

    Kaltura has acquired eSelf.ai for approximately $27 million to integrate advanced conversational avatar technology, enhancing real-time user interaction with photorealistic digital humans across over thirty languages. The acquisition brings eSelf's expertise in speech-to-video generation and low-...

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  • Yelp's New Tools Boost Real-Time Customer Engagement

    Yelp's New Tools Boost Real-Time Customer Engagement

    Yelp's 2025 Fall Release introduces over thirty-five AI features, including Yelp Assistant and Menu Vision, to make local search more intuitive and conversational for users. The update includes AI-powered call handling and enhanced search with natural language processing, helping businesses autom...

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  • Google Search Live Launches in U.S. with Voice & Camera AI

    Google Search Live Launches in U.S. with Voice & Camera AI

    Google Search Live has officially launched in the U.S., enabling real-time conversational search through voice and live camera input for instant, contextual answers. The feature integrates voice commands with the ability to analyze surroundings via the phone's camera, providing spoken and on-scre...

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  • Mercedes-Benz Ends Music-Syncing Driving Feature

    Mercedes-Benz Ends Music-Syncing Driving Feature

    Mercedes-Benz is discontinuing its MBUX Sound Drive feature on December 17, ending an interactive audio system that synchronized music with a vehicle's movements, launched less than a year ago. The feature used car sensors to link specially composed tracks to driving actions like acceleration and...

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  • Miral and e& Launch Yas Island Metaverse for Virtual Events

    Miral and e& Launch Yas Island Metaverse for Virtual Events

    The Yas Island Metaverse provides global clients with instant virtual access to the island's event venues via any web browser, enabling remote exploration and engagement with its facilities. It offers an interactive event planning experience through advanced technology like 3D modeling, augmented...

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  • YouTube Shorts Ads Now Feature Comments & Creator Links

    YouTube Shorts Ads Now Feature Comments & Creator Links

    YouTube is introducing new interactive ad features for Shorts, including enabling comments on ads and allowing creators to add direct website links, to boost engagement and conversions for the holiday season. The platform is expanding Shorts ad placement to include the mobile web, increasing camp...

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