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As part of the MoU, Flipkart will offer research grants and market insights to FITT to generate granular, data-backed segments of users linked to different e-commerce categories based on shopping behaviour, demographics, and others.E-commerce major Flipkart on Tuesday said that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), the industry interface organisation of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) for joint research on personas to enhance…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETIt's only been about a month since the release of the Apple Vision Pro, but we're already getting the first visionOS update.Most notably, personas – 3D representations of a user's head and upper body that can be used for video calls like Zoom and FaceTime – are getting better. In version 1.1 of visionOS, personas will have improved hair and makeup appearance, plus better neck and mouth representation, Apple said. Early reports from Reddit and other online forums confirm that virtual avatars are…

The first big visionOS update is here, and it brings some welcome improvements and additions to Apple Vision Pro. visionOS 1.1 is available to download now, bringing improvments to your Persona and adding enterprise support to email, among other exciting features.Your digital Persona is key to the way you interact with others when using Vision Pro, used as your avatar when making FaceTime calls, or even when joining in a work conference call on Zoom. In visionOS 1.1, Personas have been drastically improved to give a more…

Apple is seeding visionOS 1.1 beta 3 to Vision Pro developers. This is the first main testing version of this spatial computer since it’s been released at the beginning of February. Among the changes are several usability improvements and other new features.visionOS 1.1 beta 3 can be downloaded on the device’s Settings app by allowing developer betas. One of the new features is Apple Device Management to Vision Pro. With that, IT departments can manage these headsets in the same way they manage other Apple…

Apple is seeding visionOS 1.1 beta 2 to Vision Pro developers. This is the first main testing version of this spatial computer since it’s been released at the beginning of February. Among the changes are several usability improvements and other new features.visionOS 1.1 beta 2 can be downloaded on the device’s Settings app by allowing developer betas. One of the new features is Apple Device Management to Vision Pro. With that, IT departments can manage these headsets in the same way they manage other Apple…

One of Apple Vision Pro’s breakthrough features is the digital personas, which are used on FaceTime calls when you’re wearing the spatial computer. While, in theory, it should almost feel like Apple is showing your face without Vision Pro, this is not how it works.With the spatial computer available since the beginning of February, social media users have been laughing at the terrible personas Apple is generating. Although Cupertino highlights that this function is currently in beta, it looks worse than it…

A key feature of Apple's Vision Pro VR, er, spatial computing headset is Personas that that lets people see a digital version of themselves during calls, Zoom meetings, etc. At launch, they looked a bit creepy, but Apple has improved them considerably in the latest release, according to posts on X spotted by MacRumors. They're now more realistic, so users look less like impressionist paintings and more like humans.Once the visionOS 1.1 update is installed, you'll be prompted to recapture your Persona to get the "latest…

Zoom, the video conferencing platform, has unveiled a new app for the Apple Vision Pro. The app has added multiple new features for the mixed reality headset. The company claims that the app will make virtual meetings more immersive by including elements from the participants' physical space. The Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US starting February 2, and the new Zoom app will be available to download from the App Store the same day.In a post shared Monday, Zoom provided details on the app for the AR/VR headset and…

Ahead of the launch of Apple’s Vision Pro on Friday, Zoom revealed today its upcoming visionOS app, which is set to release on February 2. The new app brings capabilities such as “persona” support for users to use a digital avatar during calls, 3D object sharing, its chat feature “Team Chat” and more. Apple’s Persona feature takes a face scan of the user and lets them have a spatial representation of themselves in Vision Pro. Zoom’s dedicated app supports Persona, allowing meeting participants to see their facial and…

As we venture into building on-device models, we're on the cusp of a surge in GenAI-related APIs and SaaS products. This shift resembles the past decade's trend towards backend and cloud services, and it behooves us to learn from that experience. I'm revisiting my earlier discussion on how to tailor SaaS APIs for mobile developers, using mobile developer personas for illustration.  A UX (User Experience) persona is essentially a fictional character embodying a particular user group that might interact with a product,…