Promotion: tech company Olive Union has introduced its latest set of wireless hearing aids and headphones that use AI to automatically optimise the sound settings to suit the user's environment. More about Olive Union introduces intelligent wireless hearing aids that look like earbuds
Social media brand Meta, formerly the Facebook Company, is opening its first permanent Meta Store for customers to purchase its virtual reality products as a "gateway to the metaverse". More about Meta to open first physical retail shop for virtual reality products
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has designed a pair of smart glasses for tech company Viture that puts a virtual screen in the wearer's line of sight so they can play games or stream media. More about Layer designs Viture One smart glasses to stream immersive video anywhere
Research company OpenAI has developed a programme that can turn simple text instructions into high-quality images. More about OpenAI's DALL-E 2 generates illustrations from written descriptions
An exhibition in Mexico curated in collaboration with Danish research lab Space10 has showcased five novel uses for local biomaterials. More about Five designers in Mexico exhibit new uses for biomaterials
California-based startup Air Protein has developed a meat alternative called Air Meat, which is made using microbes that turn recycled carbon dioxide into protein. More about Air Protein creates fake steak from CO2 that replicates taste and texture of meat
Space tourism company Space Perspective has revealed the interior design for its lounge-style travel capsule, which will be hauled into the stratosphere by a giant balloon. More about Space Perspective reveals design for "world's first" space lounge
Hotel developer CitizenM has announced plans to build a hotel in the metaverse, which will be set in gaming world The Sandbox and could eventually become a real-life location. More about CitizenM to become "first hospitality company to build in the metaverse"
Display screens that roll up into speakers, digital room dividers and transparent OLED screens that integrate into furniture are among the finalists in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition. More about Top five designs in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition revealed
German car brand Mercedes-Benz has unveiled a car designed in collaboration with Virgil Abloh along with a collection of clothing designed by the late fashion designer's Off-White brand. More about Mercedes-Benz launches limited-edition car designed by Virgil Abloh
British technology company Dyson has unveiled Dyson Zone, a set of headphones with a removable visor designed to be used in urban environments to filter air pollution and reduce unwanted noise. More about Dyson launches "bizarre" noise-cancelling headphones with air-purifying visor
Space tourism company World View has unveiled designs by PriestmanGoode for a capsule-shaped spacecraft that will fly passengers to the edge of the Earth's atmosphere under a giant balloon in two years' time. More about World View unveils balloon spacecraft that will begin passenger flights in 2024
The latest edition of our Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a hemp alternative to steel rebar, which could avoid the problem of corrosion and cut carbon emissions from construction. More about A hemp alternative to steel rebar features in today's Dezeen Agenda newsletter
The Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) at the University of Stuttgart has released prototypes for self-forming wood furniture that requires no assembly. More about Flat-pack wood furniture uses "nature-powered shaping" to self assemble
Following news that hemp could be used as a low-cost, low-carbon way of reinforcing concrete, here are 10 promising new construction materials including plastic that's stronger than steel and 3D-printed mushroom columns. More about Ten future materials that could change the way we build
Car interiors are set to become more like homes with conventional automobiles confined to racetracks, Hyundai's global design lead SangYup Lee tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. More about Cars of the future will be "living spaces on wheels" says Hyundai design chief
Researchers at the USA's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have invented an alternative to steel rebar made from hemp, which they claim avoids the problem of corrosion while cutting carbon emissions from construction. More about Hemp rebar could offer low-cost non-corroding alternative to steel
British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. More about Zaha Hadid Architects designs virtual Liberland Metaverse city
Televisions that fold into lamps, cabinets with digital displays for doors and screens that roll up into speakers are among the designs shortlisted in Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition, which called for creative uses for OLED technology. More about Twenty innovative designs shortlisted in the second edition of Dezeen and LG Display's OLEDs Go! competition
American musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, and design technology company Kano have launched Stem Player, a pebble-shaped device that allows users to customise songs in the palm of their hand. More about Ye and Kano release MP3 player designed to "challenge what an album can be"