09/10/2026
๐ AI Creative Tech News Round-up - 9 Oct 2026
๐ AMD to Acquire Fei-Fei Li's World Labs for $8.2 Billion
AMD has agreed to buy World Labs, the spatial-intelligence lab led by Dr Fei-Fei Li, in an all-stock deal worth about $8.2 billion. World Labs builds models that generate and simulate interactive 3D environments from text, images and video, and Li will join AMD as chief scientist.
๐ Meta Announces 100g VR Glasses With Meta AI Built In
Meta's VR Glasses weigh about 100g, with compute in a pocket puck, a 5K micro-OLED display and a Meta AI agent controlled by voice, eye tracking and hand gestures. They are the first IMAX Enhanced VR device and go on sale in spring 2027 at $1,299.99.
๐ MediaRadar Launches Insights Studio, an AI-Native Ad Intelligence Platform
MediaRadar launched Insights Studio, a platform built for people and AI agents to query its advertising intelligence on spend, creative and brand activity. It connects to customer systems through APIs and supports MCP and agentic workflows, starting with a publisher version.
๐ MultiVision Creative Publishes AI Video Production Cost Benchmarks
New York agency MultiVision Creative published cost benchmarks and workflow guides for AI video. It says AI tools cut pre- and post-production timelines by up to 60% and specialist asset costs by 30% to 50%, with experienced crews still needed for brand-quality work.
๐ Liverpool and Hertsmere Sign Creative & Innovation Corridor Partnership
Liverpool City Council and Hertsmere Borough Council, home of Elstree Film Studios, signed a three-year agreement linking their creative economies. It covers film and TV production, gaming, animation, immersive technology, skills and inward investment.
๐ Pimax Announces Crystal Pro Wireless VR Headset With Eye-Tracked Streaming
Pimax announced the Crystal Pro, a wireless PC VR headset with 2880 x 2880 pixels per eye. An optional 60GHz link uses eye tracking to stream the GPU's native image with under 2ms of added latency. It costs $1,399, with deliveries starting in 2027.
๐Takeaway: AMD's $8.2 billion deal for World Labs and Meta's 100g VR Glasses put spatial AI at the centre of this week's news. MediaRadar opened its ad data to AI agents, and MultiVision Creative put real numbers on what AI video costs a brand.
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