Stijn Spanhove

Software engineer @itpocket | Sharing my experiments with AI and XR

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

🚫🕶️ I've been building an XR app for a real-world ad blocker using Snap @Spectacles. It uses Gemini to detect and block ads in the environment.

It’s still early and experimental, but it’s exciting to imagine a future where you control the physical content you see.

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

Planning to make a public version of this connected with Strava. Please follow I will keep you posted!

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

🏃‍♂️ I've gamified my own run so I can race my own ghost with the Meta Ray-Ban Display.

I built a web app for the glasses, loaded a previous GPX from Strava, and dropped game mechanics on top.

Pick up coins when you keep pace, sprint zones reward extra points if you push, and a mini leaderboard on the lens shows how you're tracking against your past self in real time.

Best part: it actually works. Seeing your ghost 20 m ahead is a way stronger nudge than any number on a watch. 😅

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@ThisisLocke Thanks! 🙏

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@sdiepend Cycling is definitely next thing I want to try out!

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@rolandsmeenk haha yes! I did make a "simulator" to test some things (read automatic pacing). I also did some tests by bike. Today I did the full run 😀

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@cmcwain Fair worry, but two things: it's a webapp, so no chunky flagship phone needed, browser running on the glasses.
Been wearing a lot of AR glasses, these feel ok. Honestly comfortable to run in.

[Pavlo Tkachenko @pt_pavlo]

Built a WebXR shooting game for Meta Ray-Ban Display. No hands, no controllers - just your head rotation. Turns out years of AR development rewired my brain to think spatially even on non-AR hardware. Then realised - it’s a web app, why not make it work everywhere?
#webxr #mrbd

[Pavlo Tkachenko @pt_pavlo]

AR Cave is live 👻 Our dev blog where we share what's really going on behind building AR for @Spectacles

https://t.co/LHiqNhrMDX

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@tom_krikorian Kiosk mode 🙏

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@XRarchitect Insane! I love it!

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@krazyykrunal @MichaelPacifi20 @Spectacles Same here! And people on the street don't even look at you. But if I wear a Vision Pro, I get a few different looks 🤣

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@XRarchitect We need it indeed on the AVP, please please 🙏

[armand @armandsumo]

Finally got around to teleoperating this robotic arm😍

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@rolandsmeenk @vrhermit 🔥

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@xenovacom @JohannesTscharn 👀

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@AndyFidel_ @tovanbo I like this idea a lot 💡

[Stijn Spanhove @stspanho]

@xrdevrob Same here in Belgium... 🤷

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@danny_marree Maybe? Tell me more

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@JohannesTscharn @lenslist @Spectacles @SensAIHackademy @huggingface @pollenrobotics Very nice work!

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@StijnMaenhaut @sciencegirl Very very cool 🤩