Hacker News with Generative AI: Mixed Reality

Single RGB camera turns your palm into a keyboard for mixed reality interaction (arduino.cc)
Interactions in mixed reality are a challenge. Nobody wants to hold bulky controllers and type by clicking on big virtual keys one at a time. But people also don’t want to carry around dedicated physical keyboard devices just to type every now and then. That’s why a team of computer scientists from China’s Tsinghua University developed interaction technology called Palmpad that enables typing with just a single RGB camera and an Arduino.
Google Confirms Android XR Allows Passthrough Camera Access (roadtovr.com)
Developers of mixed reality games have been clamoring for passthrough camera access on Quest for a while now, something now-departed Meta VP of XR Mark Rabkin said would come with the release of a new camera Passthrough API sometime in early 2025. Now, Google has confirmed that Android XR includes access to passthrough cameras, letting developers fine tune their mixed reality experiences from the get-go.
Meta cancels high-end mixed reality headset after Apple Vision Pro struggles (macrumors.com)
Microsoft confirms layoffs in mixed reality, will keep selling HoloLens headsets (cnbc.com)
Lufthansa brings the inflight experience to life with mixed reality (meta.com)