LOS ANGELES, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — A Costco-exclusive Luna Ultra Bundle is now available on Costco.com, giving customers more ways to create with Luna Ultra from day one. The bundle includes the Luna Ultra Standard Bundle, featuring the Protective Cover, 1/4″ Thread Handle, and Wrist Strap, plus three additional accessories worth over US$169: the Mic Air Transmitter, Black Mist Filter, and Carry Bag, all at no extra cost.

Designed for everyday creators, travelers, families, and first-time filmmakers alike, the Costco-exclusive bundle helps users get more out of Luna Ultra right out of the box.

“Luna Ultra is all about making powerful, flexible content creation more accessible,” said Max Richter, co-founder and VP of Marketing at Insta360. “This Costco-exclusive bundle is a great example of how the Luna ecosystem can support different kinds of creators. By pairing Luna Ultra with accessories that enhance audio, image quality, and portability, we’re giving users a simple, accessible way to expand what they can create.”

More flexibility for everyday creators

The Luna Ultra Costco Exclusive Bundle offers a more approachable and versatile setup for everyday users who want more creative freedom without stepping up to a more professional package.

Compared with the standard offering, the Costco bundle gives users more tools to improve both sound and image quality, while also making the system easier to carry and store. It also offers a more affordable alternative to the Creator Bundle, which includes the updated Mic Pro accessory.

The result is a package that strikes a practical balance: more capability than a standard setup, with a simpler and more accessible accessory mix for casual and aspiring creators.

Included accessories

Each accessory in the Costco-exclusive bundle was selected to support a different part of the creative process:

Mic Air Transmitter: An easy way to upgrade audio quality for vlogs, interviews, travel clips, and everyday storytelling. Better sound helps users create more immersive, polished content with minimal setup.
Black Mist Filter: Adds a softer, more cinematic image texture by gently diffusing highlights. It can also create a more flattering portrait look, giving footage a beauty filter-like softness that works especially well for lifestyle, portrait, and atmospheric scenes.
Carry Bag: Keeps your Luna Ultra and accessories organized, protected, and ready to go, making it easier to shoot on the move and store everything in one place.

Together, these accessories make Luna Ultra an ideal choice for a wide audience—from casual social content and travel videos to portraits, day-in-the-life footage, and cinematic experiments.

A closer look at the Luna ecosystem

The Costco-exclusive bundle also reflects Insta360’s broader vision for the Luna ecosystem: using accessories to help more people build a setup that fits the way they create.

Whether users want cleaner audio, a new visual style, or better portability, accessories play an important role in helping Luna Ultra adapt to different shooting scenarios and styles of storytelling. The Costco bundle shows how a few practical additions can unlock more flexibility and help users create better footage with less friction.

Pricing and Availability

The Luna Ultra Costco Exclusive Bundle is available now and includes:

• Insta360 Luna Ultra Standard Bundle
  • Protective Cover
  • 1/4″ Thread Handle
  • Wrist Strap
• Mic Air Transmitter
• Black Mist Filter
• Carry Bag

To learn more or shop this exclusive bundle, visit Costco.com.

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SINGAPORE, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At the 2026 Global Digital Economy Conference, ShengShu Technology today unveiled Vidu S1, its next-generation video foundation model, delivering real-time interactive video generation that transforms AI video from creating single clips to enabling continuous, live interaction.

Vidu S1 supports real-time video conversations with voice-guided character control, allowing users to control AI avatars naturally through voice input while engaging in unlimited, continuous interactions. The model delivers 540P (960×540) resolution at 25 FPS (up to 42 FPS) and enables users to instantly create personalized interactive characters from a single image—whether a real person, an anime character, or even a pet—paired with a customizable voice. Together, these capabilities create a more natural, fluid, and immersive real-time interactive experience. Notably, the entire system runs on consumer-grade GPUs, significantly reducing the hardware requirements for real-time interactive video generation.

From Offline Video Generation to Real-Time Interaction

Most existing video generation models operate in an offline workflow: users submit a prompt, wait for the video to be generated, and then view the completed result. Once generated, the content remains fixed. Making changes to an AI avatar’s actions or the storyline typically requires generating a new video, limiting interaction to a one-way creation-and-viewing experience.

Vidu S1 introduces a real-time interactive video generation framework that enables users to provide voice input continuously throughout a real-time video conversation. The model processes voice input alongside conversational context and the current visual context, allowing subsequent video content to be generated and updated in real time.

Beyond real-time generation, Vidu S1 also advances voice interaction from simple lip synchronization to full AI avatar control. Rather than relying on audio-driven lip movements and predefined animation libraries, the model interprets the semantic meaning, intent, and emotional context of spoken input to generate synchronized lip movements, facial expressions, eye movements, gestures, body posture, and full-body actions in real time.

Together, these capabilities enable AI avatars to understand user instructions, respond naturally during conversations, and support continuous, real-time interaction.

Unlimited Real-Time Video Generation

Most video generation models today produce clips with a fixed duration, typically ranging from a few seconds to several tens of seconds. Once generation begins, users have limited ability to influence how the video evolves.

Vidu S1 adopts an autoregressive diffusion (AR + Diffusion) architecture. Rather than generating an entire video upfront, it continuously predicts and generates subsequent video content based on previously generated frames, current voice instructions, and conversational context. As users provide new instructions, the model updates the character’s expressions, movements, and subsequent actions in real time, enabling the interaction to evolve continuously throughout the conversation.

In addition to real-time interaction, Vidu S1 is a leading model for unlimited-duration real-time video generation. This requires more than continuous generation alone. The model must simultaneously preserve character identity, maintain natural and coherent motion, continuously process user input, and respond in real time throughout extended conversations.

By combining these capabilities, Vidu S1 enables persistent generative video interaction, allowing characters to remain responsive, visually consistent, and continuously interactive over extended periods.

540P at 25 FPS for Video-Call-Quality Interaction

Delivering real-time interactive video requires not only streaming generation, but also the resolution and frame rate needed to support natural, responsive conversations.

To meet these requirements, ShengShu Technology optimized Vidu S1 across model acceleration, inference, and system deployment, enabling real-time interactive video generation at 540P (960×540) resolution and 25 FPS, with support for up to 42 FPS.

At the model level, Vidu S1 is powered by ShengShu Technology’s inference acceleration techniques, including TurboDiffusion [1], low-bit SageAttention [2], and sparse attention methods such as SLA [3] and SpargeAttention [4]. Through few-step generation, model quantization, and optimized inference kernels, Vidu S1 significantly reduces the computational cost of generating each frame while supporting high-frame-rate output. This efficiency allows Vidu S1 to run real-time interactive generation on consumer-grade GPUs, rather than the large server clusters such workloads typically require.

At the system level, TurboServe [5], ShengShu Technology’s inference serving engine, efficiently schedules inference workloads while maintaining user inputs, character states, and visual context throughout an interaction. Compute resources are dynamically allocated based on the interaction state to support stable, low-latency real-time interactive video generation.

Together, these model- and system-level optimizations enable Vidu S1 to deliver continuous, stable, and responsive real-time interactive video generation throughout extended interactions.

These capabilities provide the technical foundation for applications such as real-time video conversations, interactive livestreaming, AI companionship, interactive gaming, and XR experiences.

Create Interactive Characters from a Single Image

Creating traditional AI avatars typically requires multiple images or video assets, followed by character modeling, rigging, lip-sync configuration, and dedicated training before the character can be used for interaction.

Vidu S1 introduces a fully generative workflow that eliminates the need for character-specific modeling and training. Users simply upload a single image, and the model captures the character’s identity, appearance, and visual style to generate synchronized lip movements, facial expressions, gestures, and full-body motion in real time.

Whether based on a real person, an anime character, or a pet, a single image can be turned into a real-time interactive character. Vidu S1 also supports customizable voices, enabling a consistent visual and vocal identity for each character.

By reducing character creation from a multi-step production pipeline to a single-image workflow, Vidu S1 makes personalized real-time interactive characters significantly easier to create.

A New Chapter for Interactive AI Video

As video foundation models continue to evolve, industry competition is expanding beyond image quality, generation speed, and video duration toward broader capabilities in real-time responsiveness, continuity, controllability, and interaction.

With Vidu S1, real-time interactive video generation enables AI video to move beyond pre-generated content toward dynamic, responsive experiences in which AI can understand user input, respond in real time, and evolve continuously throughout an interaction.

Looking ahead, Vidu S1 has the potential to support a wide range of applications, including AI companions, AI virtual influencers, interactive livestreaming, game NPCs, branded AI avatars, intelligent customer service, online education, and XR experiences. These capabilities enable AI avatars to evolve from one-time content assets into persistent, always-on interactive agents.

From generating individual video clips to enabling continuous interaction, and from one-way content creation to real-time two-way engagement, Vidu S1 expands the capabilities of video foundation models and lays the foundation for the next generation of interactive AI experiences.

Availability

Vidu S1 is now publicly available, enabling users to create and interact with AI avatars from their own custom images in real time. An API platform is also available for developers and enterprise partners to build real-time interactive applications.

Global Experience: https://www.vidu.com/vidu-stream

API: https://platform.vidu.com/live/landing

References
[1] TurboDiffusion: Accelerating Video Diffusion Models by 100–200 Times.
[2] SageAttention: Accurate 8-bit Attention for Plug-and-Play Inference Acceleration.
[3] SLA: Beyond Sparsity in Diffusion Transformers via Fine-Tunable Sparse-Linear Attention.
[4] SpargeAttention: Accurate and Training-Free Sparse Attention Accelerating Any Model Inference.
[5] TurboServe: Serving Streaming Video Generation Efficiently and Economically.

Deployed across retail, hospitality and public spaces, Pudu Robotics demonstrates how commercial service robots are already creating value in real-world environments.

DAVOS, Switzerland, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Pudu Robotics, a global leader in commercial service robotics, is showcasing how autonomous robots create real operational value at Davos Tech Summit 2026, one of Europe’s premier events exploring the future of Physical AI.

Held under the theme “Touching Intelligence,” this year’s summit focuses on how embodied intelligence is moving beyond technological breakthroughs into real-world deployment. As part of the event’s Robot City initiative, robots are deployed across everyday commercial environments throughout Davos, giving industry leaders, customers, and the public the opportunity to observe autonomous systems performing practical tasks in live operating environments.

As one of the featured robotics companies participating in Robot City, Pudu Robotics has deployed four robots across three operational locations in Davos, demonstrating how embodied intelligence is already delivering measurable value in everyday business scenarios.

Four Robots Across Three Real-World Scenarios

Throughout the Robot City program, visitors can follow guided tours to observe Pudu robots performing daily tasks across retail, hospitality, and public infrastructure.

• Retail Cleaning at SPAR Supermarket

At a SPAR supermarket, PUDU CC1 Pro carried out autonomous floor cleaning during normal business operations. Navigating customer traffic, shelving layouts and changing aisle conditions, the robot combined vision, LiDAR and AI perception to plan routes dynamically while continuously evaluating cleaning results. Equipped with a rear AI camera, CC1 Pro can detect residual stains after cleaning and automatically perform targeted re-cleaning, allowing it to verify task completion rather than simply execute a predefined route.

• Hotel Services at Hilton

At Hilton Davos, FlashBot Max and BellaBot Pro work together to support both back-of-house delivery and guest-facing services. FlashBot Max autonomously delivered supplies between floors by integrating with the building’s elevator system, while BellaBot Pro welcomed guests and delivered food and beverages through autonomous navigation and multimodal interaction. Hotel service requires robots to coordinate multiple interconnected processes—from order pickup and elevator access to guest interaction—while adapting to unexpected changes throughout the workflow.

• Public Space Cleaning at Davos Train Station Plaza

At the Davos train station plaza, PUDU MT1 Max demonstrated autonomous cleaning in outdoor and semi-outdoor public spaces. Leveraging 3D perception, LiDAR and multi-sensor fusion, the robot safely navigated crowded environments while adapting to moving pedestrians and changing surroundings. Its IP54 protection rating and active rain avoidance further enhanced operational reliability in outdoor conditions.

Although each robot addressed different operational needs, together they demonstrated a common capability: embodied AI that can perceive, understand, adapt and complete real-world tasks autonomously.

The Technology Behind the Scale: One Brain, Multiple Embodiments

Delivering reliable robotic operations across multiple industries and city-scale environments requires more than advanced hardware—it depends on years of real-world deployment experience and an AI architecture designed for scalability.

Rather than developing isolated intelligence stacks for individual product lines, Pudu has built a unified embodied AI architecture centered on its proprietary PuduFM foundation model and PuduAgent general-purpose agent platform. This shared intelligence enables robots with different categories—including service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial delivery, and general embodied AI—to share a common cognitive framework for environmental perception, task execution, and multi-agent collaboration.

The architecture significantly reduces deployment complexity, improves fleet coordination and accelerates localization across international markets, providing customers with scalable automation solutions rather than standalone robotic devices.

Real-World Deployment Accelerates Embodied AI

This technology strategy has supported Pudu’s rapid global expansion. As of 2026, the company has delivered more than 130,000 robots worldwide, serving customers across 85 countries and regions, with overseas markets contributing more than 80% of total revenue.

These long-term deployments expose robots to diverse real-world challenges—from changing pedestrian flows and temporary obstacles to varying building infrastructures, weather conditions and local operational requirements. After compliant data collection, evaluation and model optimization, these experiences become reusable capabilities that can be deployed across additional products and customer scenarios.

This continuous feedback loop is already translating into commercial scale. In June 2026, Pudu Robotics and regional partner Robobee announced a partnership with Swiss retailer Denner to deploy 200 PUDU CC1 cleaning robots across its store network, helping improve operational efficiency through human-robot collaboration. Together with Robot City, these deployments demonstrate how embodied AI is being validated through both commercial operations and public urban environments.

From Demonstrations to Real-World Deployment

At Robot City, Pudu Robotics demonstrated that the future of embodied AI is not defined by isolated demonstrations, but by reliable deployment in real-world environments. With a shared intelligence foundation powering multiple robot forms, the company continues to bring embodied AI into everyday operations across industries worldwide.

About Pudu Robotics

Pudu Robotics, a global leader in the commercial service robotics sector, is dedicated to empowering easier work and better lives through AI and robotics, with a vision of building a global intelligent robotics infrastructure that serves 10 billion people worldwide.

Pudu Robotics has developed key core technologies and components, including robotic joint modules and motion controllers, and has filed more than 1,800 patent applications worldwide. Built on three core technologies—Embodied Navigation, Embodied Manipulation, and Embodied Interaction—Pudu Robotics has pioneered an “One Brain, Multiple Embodiments” architecture, establishing a comprehensive product portfolio that includes specialized, semi-humanoid, and humanoid robots.

Currently, Pudu offers four major product lines: service delivery, commercial cleaning, industrial delivery and general embodied AI. Its solutions are widely deployed across industries such as retail, hospitality, manufacturing, real estate and property services, healthcare, entertainment and sport, education, and public services.

To date, Pudu Robotics has shipped over 130,000 units globally, with a presence in more than 85 countries and regions.

HONG KONG, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Harbour City, Hong Kong’s most iconic shopping mall and tourist destination, has been transformed into a grand Toy Story 5 celebration with “FOREVER TOYS @Harbour City”. Since its launch on 19 June 2026, the event has brought together immersive installations, interactive gaming experiences, exclusive exhibitions and limited-edition retail concepts — creating one of the city’s most comprehensive Toy Story experiences to date.

Various themed experience zones, including the “Toy Meets Tech” Playroom, Hong Kong’s only official “The Forever Toy House” Toy Story 5–themed Pop-Up Store, and city’s exclusive “Buzz Lightyear” Project Car Landing, have successfully attracted large crowds of fans eager to explore, take photos, and immerse themselves in the excitement. From 1 July, the second wave of “FOREVER TOYS @ Harbour City” has rolled out an upgraded and dynamic line-up of highlights. Exclusive stamp rally activities and limited-edition merchandise collections have debuted, alongside an impressive 4.5-metre-tall “Buzz Lightyear! To Infinity and Beyond!” installation, themed around Hong Kong Disneyland’s “Pixar Summer Rally”. Additionally, “The Art of Disney and Pixar’s Toy Story 5” exhibition has officially opened, offering fans an immersive artistic journey into the world of the film.

Located along the world-renowned Victoria Harbour, the “Toy Meets Tech” Playroom at the Ocean Terminal Forecourt offers an immersive interactive experience. Upon entering, guests are greeted by giant sculptures of Woody, Jessie and Bullseye—each standing over two metres tall — posed in eye-catching scenes ideal for photos. Visitors then pass through a whimsical tunnel inspired by the Lilypad tablet from the movie, featuring twin LED screens designed as blinking eyes for a lively effect.

Beyond the tunnel are four interactive game zones. In “JESSIE & BULLSEYE: COWGIRL IN CHARGE”, participants take on a Western-themed ring toss challenge. “FORKY & KAREN: ALWAYS CONNECTED” features a block-building challenge inspired by their dream wedding. At “BUZZ LIGHTYEAR & ALIENS: SPACE RANGERS,” guests test their skills in a ball-scoring game, while “LILYPAD & TECH TRIO: ALWAYS IN SYNC” presents an electronic memory challenge.

Fans can also explore immersive installations at Ocean Terminal Deck. The 4.5-metre-tall “Buzz Lightyear — To Infinity and Beyond!” installation stands prominently against the Victoria Harbour skyline. Striking his iconic heroic pose, Buzz gazes over the harbour as if embarking on his next space mission.

Hong Kong Disneyland has also presented vibrant “Pixar Summer Rally”-themed installations, including a splash-filled “Pixar Water Play Street Party!” parade float–inspired display, a 4-metre-tall Pixar pals–themed block castle, and a dynamic installation inspired by the beloved “RC Racer” attraction. Together, these displays create a playful summer atmosphere for visitors of all ages, extending the energy of “Pixar Summer Fest” beyond the park to Ocean Terminal Deck.

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Event Details: https://www.harbourcity.com.hk/en/article/forever-toys-harbour-city/

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SYDNEY, July 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — BLUETTI, a global leader in clean energy, today launches its Prime Day Australia 2026 Deals on BLUETTI Store, active from July 1 through July 16. This announcement features discounts on portable power stations, solar generators and home battery backup systems designed for winter chills, cozy indoor living, and snow sports or winter getaways during the school holiday season.

Flexible Home Backup & RV And Caravan Travel: Elite 300

Recognized as the “Best Overall” by WIRED on its curated Best Portable Power Station List, Elite 300 delivers a 2,400W continuous output (4,800W surge) through 8 versatile ports. Tailored for travel trailers, the high-current 12V/30A DC output directly powers heavy loads like diesel heaters, eliminating energy conversion losses. For camping, boondocking, and more off-grid road trips, the Elite 300 solar generator pairs with a 500W solar panel and the 1,200W Charger 2 solar/alternator charger for fast, renewable recharging on the go. 

• Pricing: The Elite 300 with a 500W solar panel are available for A$3,449 via BLUETTI Store.

World’s smartest off-grid portable power solution: Expandable Home Backup: Apex 300

From larger households to more scenarios, the Apex 300 home battery backup delivers steady, long-lasting energy for RVs, Caravans, remote cabins, outdoor studios and essential devices like fridges, routers, and lights. Delivering 2,764.8Wh of standalone capacity and 3,840W of output, the system is able to expand up to 58kWh capacity and 11.52kW output for more comprehensive home battery backup. 

• Pricing: The Apex 300 with B500K is available for A$5,499 via BLUETTI Store.

Everyday Portability: Elite 200 V2, Elite 100 V2

• Camping & Emergency Backup :
  The Elite 200 V2 portable power station serves as a versatile solution featuring a 17-year LiFePO₄ lifespan and 16dB whisper-quiet operation. It is now available for A$1,899 via BLUETTI Store. 
• Go Light & Power Big:
  The Elite 100 V2 is now available for A$949, provides an ultralight option tailored from daily essentials to high-demand appliances.

BLUETTI Prime Picks Now Available

Available through July 16, BLUETTI’s Prime Picks are offering exclusive discounts on its official online store, backed by a 30-day price guarantee. Grab your portable power deals and shop now to secure your winter adventures, power backup and school holidays.

About BLUETTI

Established in 2013, BLUETTI’s portfolio of solar generators and home battery backup solutions ensures reliable power for emergency preparedness, RV travel, and off-grid lifestyles.