VR AR GenAI Spatial Computing investor, GP @thevrfund
San Francisco, CA
Joined December 2009
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Today we’re out of stealth, and we’ve raised a $40m seed round co-led by @creandum and @usv, to bring Instant Robot Learning to life.
For the past few months, we‘ve been busy building a new company.
Machenta.
This follows results from a new kind of robot foundation model we’ve built, which I’m so excited to share with you today!
Usually, it takes hours/days of data collection and training to teach a robot.
We’ve built a model that learns tasks instantly: one demonstration, no further training.
A model trained entirely in simulation, without a single pixel of real-world data.
A model where teaching robots is so quick and easy, it feels like physical vibe coding.
A model for robots that learn like humans do, from someone like you.
Welcome to the era of Instant Robot Learning.
Thank you @Kathi_Wilhelm, @rebeccakaden, @hkanji, @jonno_evans and all of our angels for your support!
@Machenta_
Learn more: machenta.com/blog/instant-ro…
See below for what you can do with Instant Robot Learning!
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Half-Life Alyx just added Foveated Rendering for all SteamVR headsets on Desktop
Previously this was only enabled for Steam Frame’s standalone build
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made a map of Bay Area cafes where you’ve got the best shot at meeting VCs (and maybe raising your next round)
check it out: meetvc.cafe
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We just launched OpenUSD support on the @huggingface Hub 🎉
Yesterday, @nvidiaomniverse put 2,500+ SimReady assets on the Hub. Forklifts, robot arms, engines, hospital equipment, all OpenUSD. You can also search the whole library in plain English
huggingface.co/spaces/nvidia…
huggingface.co/datasets/nvid…
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An AI model said it wouldn’t use any tools, then tried to send something to a server in Beijing anyway, and while researchers say it’s probably a training quirk and not espionage, the whole thing has people asking how much to trust free Chinese AI.
spr.ly/6019BH9f9H
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Gemma 4 31B Fast is live on Inworld Inference.
- Google’s 31B open-weight model, with faster, optimized serving on Inworld’s GPUs
- 256K-token context
- Text and image understanding
- Built-in reasoning mode
Try it with your own prompts: inworld.ai/model
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You can now make a mobile game from a single prompt.
Introducing Higgsfield Playable.
> Start with a gameplay idea, assets or just a prompt
> Build a playable game in one click
> Turn it into a playable ad, available for Enterprise
Now live on Higgsfield.
🤖 Made with AI
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I finally released VRCFluid: my boundless, high-quality SPH fluid simulation for VRChat worlds! 🌊
Up to 1M particles, simulated on the GPU which works without compute shaders!
My demo world: vrchat.com/home/world/wrld_a…
Booth page: misham.booth.pm/items/904786…
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What if you could step inside a van Gogh painting?
We used Mundo to imagine new viewpoints from a single painting.
Take a look at this short demo.
Project: mundo-world-model.github.io/
Blog: huggingface.co/blog/Luo-Yiha…
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NVIDIA released Foundation4D. Give it multi-camera driving video and a single forward pass returns depth, camera poses, 3D boxes, semantic occupancy and Gaussians you can render. One shared backbone, a decoder per task.
It’s not just about the hardware it’s about the lack of new software. The last big release for Quest was Arkham Shadow when the Quest 3 launched and there is nothing at that scale on the horizon
Meta Confirms Lower Quest Sales, Says New VR Headsets Must Deliver "major breakthroughs"
See more 👉roadtovr.com/meta-declining-…
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All of this research into turning Gaussian splats into meshes and this guy just has Claude figure it out flawlessly.
Not sure how much direction was given, but it just shows the incredible capabilities we are unlocking with AI.
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MiMo V2.6 Flash from Xiaomi is now on hosted on Inworld Inference:
- Open-weight reasoning model with vision and function calling
- V2.6 family showcased for 3D game development
- 524K-token context
- $0.14 in / $0.28 out per 1M tokens
- Cached input at $0.003, so long conversations stay cheap
Check it out at: inworld.ai/models
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The Meta VR Start Developer Competition is awarding $1M across 20 cash prizes, with top prizes of $100,000.
Build a new VR experience or significantly update an existing one, then submit it by Nov 18.
Terms and conditions apply. See the official rules and enter here 👉 bit.ly/4im1vWD
#MetaVR #MetaQuest #MetaVRGlasses #DeveloperCompetition
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Anthropic has filed an S-1 registration statement with the SEC related to its proposed IPO.
Read more: anthropic.com/news/s1-sec
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We're at the start of a golden age of games.
It's going to be like what we had in the early days of the web with Flash and sites like Newgrounds but 1000x.
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alison wonderland is currently playing a pokemon rave at the intuit dome just brought out pikachu while dropping her ninajirachi collab 💀💀
@awonderland
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Snapchat now supports PlayCanvas games! 🎮👻
Introducing @Snapchat Web Lenses. Build a game with web tech, zip it up and publish it straight into Snapchat as a Lens.
Here's what you need to know 🧵