Multimodal AI

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Tuesday, 25 August 2026

AgentHands: Generating interactive hand gestures for spatially grounded agent conversations in XR

Google Research 1 month ago 11

AgentHands, a CHI 2026 research prototype, generates spatially grounded hand gestures in XR by mapping LLM responses to synchronized 3D co-speech motion tied to word timestamps and headset scene understanding. The prototype was evaluated in a within-subjects study with N = 12 participants versus a speech-only baseline, showing significant gains in spatial grounding (p < 0.05). As a result, XR instructions become easier to locate, follow, and notice for spatial and safety cues, with reduced cognitive load from embodied, timed gestures.

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Gamma acquires Accel-backed design startup Lica

TechCrunch 1 month ago 10

Gamma acquired design startup Lica to expand its design research lab, with Lica’s co-founders leading the effort. Lica was founded in 2023 and raised $4 million a year later from investors including Accel. Gamma will keep helping people build presentations while using the new division to explore multimodal, AI-driven communication formats and personalize presentation styles for different audiences.

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