Happy Deepavali from our home to yours... The #S24 Ultra Galaxy AI has taken a bit more artistic flare than expected but I will accept it 😀

EssilorLuxottica bets on glasses replacing smartphones as value hits €100bn ft.com/content/17bbc4… via @ft

'Despite the iffy headline, the piece is quite well written' There is such a thing as British culture ft.com/content/c14ed3… via @ft

Exclusive: Walt Disney forms business unit to coordinate use of AI, augmented reality reuters.com/technology/art…

[An enjoyable read - playing the long game and all that jazz] How a stubborn computer scientist accidentally launched the deep learning boom arstechnica.com/ai/2024/11/how…

Thoughts on humanity, fame and love (Shah Rukh Khan | TED2017) go.ted.com/6WPr via TED Talks

Should we be fretting over AI’s feelings? ft.com/content/502580… via @ft

These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance techcrunch.com/2024/11/24/the… via @techcrunch

UK news coverage at risk of ‘fracturing irreparably’ within 10 years, peers warn ft.com/content/b062ce… via @ft

Existing EV batteries may last about a third longer than expected techxplore.com/news/2024-12-e… via @techxplore_com

Unlock the Infinite Possibilities of XR With Galaxy AI samsungmobilepress.com/feature-storie…

I love when people notice the secret sauce that is: things should just work! Scott Stein is on Bluesky 👓🎲🪄: “I lifted my hand off the mouse, hand tracking was instantly back in action. Android XR made to whatever inputs are available: hands, eyes, voice, keyboards, mice or connected phones” 🧵

An objective analysis of XR in 2024 skarredghost.com/2024/12/30/ana… via @Skarredghost

Personal highlights from Claude's snarky AI comedy set.

Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg to be replaced by Republican Joel Kaplan ft.com/content/e5fea0… via @ft

Got a reminder of this from my #SIGCHI co social chair (Abdo El Ali) from 2023 - fun times at Hamburg... thinking of ACM CHI Conference coming to one of my favourite cities (Barcelona) in 2026.

Went to Liberty London and got a lipstick Hourglass Cosmetics lipstick. Lady behind the counter had one job, so of course, she gave me the wrong lipstick. One job!

"Multisensory Experiences: Formation, Realization, and Responsibilities," by @ObristMarianna (@UCL) and Carlos @Velascop (Handelshøyskolen BI), discusses the implications of sensory manipulation and privacy when #interactions engage multiple senses, bit.ly/4iqTiPH

Pleased to see our article published in Communications of the ACM - promoting our research on #multisensoryexperiences with the wider computing community. UCL Computer Science Enterprise Hub European Research Council (ERC) Carlos Velasco What *impressions* do you imagine at the intersection between the senses & technology? 🌻 🚀

Fun times on the motorways 😆