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Welcome to your weekly briefing on immersive technologies and spatial computing. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:
Top story: A new series on smart glasses (more below).
Other stories: The US Department of War has commissioned Project Meridian, a study into future warfare technologies due by 28 January 2027.
I went to a Queen gig on Saturday, which was effectively just a massive screen showing a concert from 1986. It was a bit alternative, but everyone seemed to be crying around me anyway.
Top story
For the next few weeks, I'll be publishing stories about smart glasses, analysing particular areas. These will be deep dives into what's happening, with a lot of insights from a fair number of people. This may culminate in a book that will be published and available to read.
The first of these was published on Tuesday focusing on privacy, and the one tomorrow will be a surprise. All of these will be published on Tuesdays for the next few weeks. After polling news newsletter readers, the overwhelming majority would like them delivered to the inbox, so your equivalent of Immersive Tech Christmas shall come every week from now on!
If you have any questions or thoughts, please respond to this email. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the first edition!
This week’s stories
Apple has released The World of Red Bull: Big Wave Surfing, an Apple Immersive film of around eight minutes shot at Teahupo'o in Tahiti, for Apple Vision Pro.
Beat Games has added ROSÉ and Bruno Mars' "APT." to Beat Saber as its fourth Shock Drop of 2026, available on Quest and PC VR for $1.99.
Blue Frog Immersive has launched paid subscriptions for its Apple Vision Pro concert app, with a $9.99 monthly plan for the full catalogue and a $6.99 introductory bundle of three songs.
London Contemporary Voices will bring UN/VEIL, a free choral installation combining AI voice modelling trained with its singers' consent, spatial audio and 360 degree visuals.
MemoMind has expanded two-way translation on its MemoMind One glasses, which have no camera, alongside a closed developer beta due in October.
Mighty Coconut, developer of Walkabout Mini Golf, will lay off 10 staff over the coming months in its second round of cuts this year, citing a shrinking stream of new VR players.
Samsung has (reportedly!!) confirmed a November launch for its first Android XR smart glasses, after two models with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster frames cleared FCC testing.
Sega has revealed The House of the Dead: Reawakened, a walk in VR arcade attraction for two players with haptic recoil guns.
Snap has opened a Specs First Look pop up at Westfield Century City in Los Angeles.
The US Department of War has commissioned Project Meridian, a study into future warfare technologies due by 28 January 2027.
XREAL has received FCC approval for an unannounced folding Bluetooth keyboard, with filing documents that reference its upcoming Aura Android XR glasses.
I Almost Threw Out My Keurig. It Wasn't Broken.
Every cup from my Keurig started tasting weak, flat, stale — so I unplugged it and stuck it in a closet. Then I learned the dirty secret of grocery store K-Cups: by the time a pod reaches your kitchen, it's usually spent months going from factory to warehouse to truck to shelf. The flavor oils are long gone. Some brands even over-roast to hide it.
The fix wasn't a new machine. It was fresh pods from Angelino's, a family-owned L.A. roastery that roasts, packs, and ships within 3–5 days — straight to your door, from 39¢ a cup. Over 1,000,000 happy customers. 50+ flavors, no subscription required, and 15% off your first order, applied automatically at checkout.
Note: The Immersive Wire is run by Tom Ffiske, who also works at Accenture. The contents of the newsletter should not be regarded as Accenture’s views.
All spelling mistakes are deliberate, actually.
