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XR Blocks: Accelerating AI + XR innovation

Google Research 9 October 2025, 09:56

Google introduced XR Blocks, a cross-platform framework presented at ACM UIST 2025 that combines AI and extended reality to simplify building immersive intelligent applications. The framework uses modular components built on accessible technologies like WebXR, threejs, LiteRT, and Gemini to abstract away low-level sensor fusion and AI integration. Developers can now prototype AI-driven XR experiences more rapidly by focusing on user experience rather than complex underlying system integrations.

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The open-weight AI model market hit an inflection point today as Alibaba and Kimi released trillion-parameter competitors that challenge the closed-model orthodoxy—just as Washington moved to restrict them. Alibaba's Qwen 3.8 Max (2.4 trillion parameters) and Kimi K3 (2.8T) are going open-weight, with K3 ranking first on Frontend Web App Arena and fourth on agentic benchmarks, signaling that scale and transparency can coexist. The timing matters: while U.S. policymakers weigh layered restrictions on Chinese open models, technical experts are pushing back hard, arguing that closed gardens actually hurt security and competition more than they help. The real fragmentation risk isn't technical—it's regulatory.

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