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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisExciting to see Project Aura getting hands-on coverage at Google I/O. One of the new things we showed today include Wired Mirror, the ability to bring or extend your laptop screen to anywhere within your 70 degrees field of view, is something I poured a significant amount of time and effort into, and I am so happy to see people experience. Proud of what the Project Aura team has built. Tremendous value in productivity, entertainment, and AI. We still have work to do before launch but the strong foundation is there. Can't wait for people to actually use them! #GoogleIO #Aura #ProjectAura https://lnkd.in/g39BsjjHGoogle and Xreal's 'Project Aura' XR Smart Glasses Are LegitGoogle and Xreal's 'Project Aura' XR Smart Glasses Are Legit
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Zeyar Htet liked thisVery nice summary by Dieter of the Aura demos today at #GoogleIO As I watched it, I found myself in the background when he is in the music line app demo. I am there setting up another device for a demo. Right there where the action is. It was a fun day today. Lots of enthusiasm.Zeyar Htet liked thisHere at #GoogleIO, I got a look at Project Aura from XREAL , running Android XR. I'm really excited for this one and I will definitely come back and tell you more soon. In the meantime, though, here is a quick look! Also, IO is a dev show! So gotta say that Android apps can run easily on Android XR, and our Catalyst program has tons of resources for devs to try out the latest tech. Apply for Catalyst here: https://lnkd.in/gwm5mSYB
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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisWe're hiring! We are seeking talented System Engineers and Tech Lead Managers (TLMs) to join us in building the future. We invite C++ or Rust engineers who have a strong passion for AI inference, performance, large system design, or memory management to connect with us. Additionally, we are looking for experienced, technical, hands-on engineering managers who are passionate about technical rigor and system design, and who can lead from the front. If you are interested, please reach out. NOTE: we are currently only hiring in-person in the Bay Area, CA at this time.
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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisSorry to hear about the layoffs at Meta. If you’re an affected compiler engineer with experience in graphics / ray tracing / GPUs, lets talk.
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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisTook a little break exploring the undersea 🤿 Scuba diving is the sort of activity that really forces you to slow down and enter a state of zen. It would really be awesome to capture some of this in immersive! Anyway back to coding :-)
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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisMy father sent a message to someone recently. It was in slightly broken English, but it was heartfelt, authentic, and direct thoughts. It was so evident AI was nowhere in the picture. And he won the deal. I’ve sent a few negotiation emails to customer support and banks recently. I did what most of us do now: I took my raw thoughts and rephrased them using Gemini or other AI agents. The output looked perfect, professionally polished, and sleek. But most of them just hit a wall and got blank template replies. I can see this showing up in multiple places now. AI-generated marketing food images look flawless, but they don't look as appetizing as real food images with all its flaws and reality. Real written message >> AI written or rephrased text. A child's drawing >> a perfect AI-generated image. A person being vulnerable, real, and sharing what's actually going on >> A person who just says they are having a brilliant, hyper-productive day. A sculpture is not beautiful because it is perfect..it is beautiful because it captures the person's exact state of mind at that time. Working deeply in the AI space, I see this shift happening so fast. When data and synthesis become a free commodity, authenticity becomes the ultimate premium. That's what I am looking for in talented peeps these days. I’m no longer looking for polished, rehearsed answers. I want the ability to talk your raw thoughts and mental models on the spot. I want to see how you think and how fast, not how well you can mirror a dataset. Even watching my own child, her thinking far surpasses any LLM. AI has all the world's info, but many times it just is too agreeable, too verbose, and entirely devoid of conviction. In this age of synthetic abundance, "Take the mask off and be real" What’s a recent moment where you chose raw human expression over AI perfection? Let's talk in the comments.
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Zeyar Htet liked thisZeyar Htet liked thisHappy to share that I’ve come out of retirement for a very interesting opportunity as CMO of a startup focused on the intersection of AI and structured knowledge for creators. We’re still flying under the radar, so I can’t reveal much just yet, but the vision immediately resonated with me. We’re beginning to recruit funding and build momentum, and I’m excited to be part of what comes next. Looking forward to the adventure.
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Zeyar Htet reacted on thisZeyar Htet reacted on thisAnd that’s a wrap on my master’s degree at UC Berkeley. Over the past two years, I learned what I expected to learn: data science, machine learning, and AI engineering. But I also learned so much more: storytelling, visualization, presentation, communication, and teamwork. Most importantly, I met incredible people along the way. Early in the program, I was challenged by the statistics and math. I truly believe that is one of the biggest hurdles for many people trying to break into data science. Professor D. Alex Hughes, PhD helped instill the confidence and intuition I needed to overcome that challenge. Vinicio De Sola’s class helped prepare us for the real world: building, explaining, defending, being challenged, and pushing our work to a level I still cannot believe we achieved. My capstone professor, Joyce J. Shen, guided me through the process of turning an idea into an end-to-end prototype. That experience taught me how much goes into building something real, from concept to execution. There were many others who shaped my journey, but these three played a pivotal role in my development and deserve a special shoutout. And then there were my fellow students, the people I met in office hours, breakout sessions, project groups, and study groups that often became support groups. I will not list every name out of fear of leaving someone important out, but you know who you are. Truly elite. Thank you all for being part of this journey. Now I finally get a chance to breathe, reflect, and gather my thoughts. But not for long. MIDS lit a fire in me, and I will continue chasing knowledge, building on everything I have learned over these past two years. Onward.
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Zeyar Htet reacted on thisZeyar Htet reacted on thisI'm excited to see everyone in Orlando for #NAFSA2026 next week! Here comes the sunshine, warm weather, and connections with my favorite people!! ✨
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Tony Caton
GDC 2026 Wrapup (2 of 2): A Shift in the Craft In Part 1 I covered what I learned at GDC this year. This one's more personal. I've spent 30+ years working professionally on traditional game AI. Behavior trees, GOAP, utility AI, finite state machines, genetic programming, neural networks, battle pattern matching and tactics, etc. That was my craft. GDC used to include a two-day AI Summit with multiple overlapping sessions to choose from throughout. This year you could count the traditional game AI sessions on one hand and still have fingers to spare. In the Game AI Roundtable, one of the few surviving AI sessions, people kept steering toward ML and LLMs while the host kept pulling it back to traditional game AI. It felt like watching our community process the loss in real time. I know I was. The Fireside Chat with Damian Isla and Jeff Orkin hit the same note. Veterans reminiscing about what felt like the golden age of traditional game AI. I knew some of those people from previous GDCs. Worked at some of the same companies. Bittersweet is the right word. But the PUBG Ally session I mentioned in Part 1? An AI buddy that learns your play style, remembers your favorite weapons, talks to you in combat through two-way voice? That's where it's all heading. And honestly, it's exciting even for someone who grew up in the old school. What I'm Taking Home Between the two posts, here's what I'm bringing back to the studio for The Realm: Return Home: - AI companions and villagers you can actually talk to and who learn from you - Adaptive music that matches gameplay, layering tracks and crossfading between themes so the soundtrack reacts to what's happening in real time - Polish and marketing fundamentals so our players can actually find us on Steam - VR gesture-based interactions that skip the controller entirely - Steam localization to reach a wider audience - And a personal favorite throwaway: texture-trained neural network shaders that dramatically improve both compression and fidelity at the same time 25 sessions. 20-30 pages of notes. A head full of ideas and a craft that's changing under our feet. It's a strange place to be, but exciting at the same time. What sessions stood out to you? #GDC2026 #GameDev #GameAI #IndieGame #VR
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