Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

In general, Meta frames many of its recent moves as a pivot away from first-party development of VR experiences to a focus on a third-party developer ecosystem, with stats like “86% of the effective ...
GitHub

Rankify: A Comprehensive Python Toolkit for Retrieval, Re-Ranking, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation

[2025-06-01] Many thanks to @aherzinger for implementing and refactoring the Generator and RAG models. [2025-05-30] Huge thanks to @baraayusry for implementing the Online Retriever using CrawAI and ...
IEEE

When Flames Feel Real in Augmented Reality: Effects of Plausibility and Placement of Virtual Flames on the Burning Hand Illusion and Physiological Responses

Abstract: In the Burning Hand Illusion (BHI), participants perceive illusory heat as they observe virtual flames on their hands in Augmented Reality. In this study, we investigate the role of stimulus ...