XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 25, 2023

.” Although, the Fintech Investment Director explained that Web3 communities present a massive potential for new methods of digital monetization, tokenization, and self-governing decentralized economics. Financial institutions, central banks and governments are looking at this together to understand what this could mean.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 5, 2022

As Russia's war in Ukraine enters its 40th day, social media platforms are still working to update their policies to reflect the ongoing situation. The company says this will apply to all state-run accounts, regardless of whether that particular government has blocked Twitter in its country or not. Tweet may have been deleted.

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ARPost

AUGUST 8, 2023

See Also: Understanding the Atmosphere Around Policy in Emerging Technologies There’s also the need for a new framework tailored to fit emerging technologies, but legislative attempts at regulation may face several hurdles. The XR Association (XRA) has also provided guidelines to help create safe and inclusive immersive spaces.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Local governments in Orlando and Orange County have also expressed their support. Partnerships between the local government, higher education institutions, and the local industry helped launch the Creative Village, a 68-acre innovation district.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 11, 2022

Twitter, which has a spotty history of applying policies governing misinformation, hate speech, and inciting rhetoric from government officials , elected representatives , and unverified propagandists , said Thursday that it is working to ensure “healthy civic conversation” ahead of the U.S. Read more.

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2021

As vaccines continue to roll out across the United States as well as the rest of the globe, we’re beginning to see a slow return to normalcy after what feels like an eternity of government-mandated lockdowns and social distancing restrictions. Understand how mathematical modeling can inform public policies.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

A group of technology experts is trying to warn the government of the dangers of the crypto industry. policy makers, 26 computer scientists and engineers called on lawmakers to block efforts to create a ‘regulatory safe haven’ for cryptocurrency. In a letter to U.S. They want leaders in Washington to instead focus on… Read more.

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XROM

MARCH 13, 2024

In a significant move towards nurturing the thriving Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and Extended Reality (AVGC-XR) sector, the Karnataka cabinet has given the green light to the revised AVGC-XR Policy 3.0 The objectives of the revised AVGC-XR Policy 3.0 In addition to the approval of the AVGC-XR Policy 3.0,

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 21, 2020

China’s efforts to purge its government of CIA moles has been aided significantly by a massive database of personnel information stolen from the U.S. government nearly a decade ago, as well as other hacked or leaked data sets, Foreign Policy reported on Monday. Read more.

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ARVR

JUNE 2, 2022

Towards a Policy Position Kelsie Nabben 9 May, 2022 This piece presents the concept of “Metaverse Cities”, as an exploration of how “crypto cities” and “crypto states” are melding with the physical infrastructure of cities to offer new potentialities in how people organise, work, rest, and play.

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ARPost

MARCH 16, 2023

According to Joan O’Hara, XRA’s SVP of Public Policy, “2022 was truly a banner year for XRA Policy. Through collaboration with experts from the academe, industry, and government, XRA is expected to continue developing best practices and guidelines for the industry.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Facebook accounts are government by the Facebook Community Standards , and Facebook has confirmed that users violating those standards risk losing access to their headset. Similar to the Facebook Community Standards, the policy protects against illegal harms and legal speech that is deemed “offensive, hateful, or vulgar.”

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

government agencies announced a plan to fix Puerto Rico’s ailing electrical grid and move it toward renewable energy. Department of Energy, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department Housing and Urban Development along with local policies to… Read more. Several U.S. The initiative will combine efforts from the U.S.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

According to the document “Taxing the Metaverse,” Kim argues that authorities should treat the Metaverse like “a laboratory” for exploring novel policy development. Doing so could allow governments to tax income in real time, triggering sweeping changes across tax laws in the United States.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 24, 2020

They’re just making things easier for them unifying all the backend, the privacy policy, and such. While the community protests against Facebook in the West, it seems that in China the government is working for a real name policy in gaming. A real name policy would help to avoid these cases for the future.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On the seventy-fourth Human Rights Day, we’ve assembled world leaders, technology professionals, global regulators, policy experts, ethicists, ethics organizations, researchers, and under-represented voices,” said Pearlman. This same day saw the announcement of the XR 2030 Policy Fund from the Minderoo Foundation.

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ARPost

MARCH 30, 2020

As a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, governments have imposed travel restrictions and lockdowns. With cities enforcing work-from-home policies, these companies are hastening to equip their employees with the tools they need for remote work to ensure business continuity. Some also lack training on how to handle remote work.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 10, 2023

This is the reason why we are bringing in so many global experts, many governments, many multidisciplinary human rights advocates, child safety advocates, and policy people from all around the world to the Metaverse Safety Week. Several organizations and governments are looking to adopt Metaverse Safety Week as well.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 13, 2022

The XR Association (XRA) is set to host its second-ever Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Policy Conference to tap fresh opportunities to discuss policy around spatial communications, it recently announced. 14, the XRA will host its 2nd annual #AR /VR #Policy #Conference ! Register here: [link]. — Metaverse Rennaisance?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Some 82 percent of our clients feel actually relaxed by seeing the films,” the organization’s policy advisor Johan Elbers told AFP. The Dutch government provided a 50,000 euro ($59,000) grant to develop the waterproof VR goggles, which contain a Samsung smartphone mounted on a 3D-printed rig made of recycled plastic.

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ARPost

JULY 18, 2023

Europe is, in many ways, a first mover on metaverse policy, and it is putting forward a positive vision for the future of immersive technology,” the XRA ’s VP of Public Policy Joan O’Hara said in an email to ARPost. “We Thinking Globally About Web 4.0 This will serve as a model going forward,” said O’Hara.

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2022

He believes that governments should step in and create new laws to protect people in the metaverse. We are also seeing companies reexamine their own HR and business policies to possibly include employee behavior in virtual spaces. They also have built-in tools that you can easily access to create your own virtual safe space.

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Voices of VR

JULY 13, 2023

I had a chance to speak with Ward about the pending work that has to be done in order to specify XR accessibility experimentation within government contracts. Right now XR accessibility is in a bit of a Catch-22, because if something is not specified within a contract to be worked on, then it most likely won't happen.

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ARPost

MARCH 30, 2020

As a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, governments have imposed travel restrictions and lockdowns. With cities enforcing work-from-home policies, these companies are hastening to equip their employees with the tools they need for remote work to ensure business continuity. Some also lack training on how to handle remote work.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 24, 2022

The announcement comes as Meta revamps its policies, price points, and privacy features after rebranding at its Facebook Connect event last year, leading to a metaverse-centric business approach while also switching its Oculus label to Meta in a similar move. Meta Moves, Major Challenges.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 13, 2023

Four Key Pillars to Regulating the Metaverse As part of its more comprehensive Digital Decade policy programme, the EC is building its regulatory metaverse guidelines to promote digital skills, business, infrastructures, and public services.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

VN Express International reported on Tuesday that Joel Kaplan, Vice President for US Public Policy, Meta , said his company had begun shifting production to the nation four years ago. Further Partnership Details Additionally, Kaplan noted further partnerships with Hanoi, including its National Innovation Center and Vietnam Government Portal.

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XROM

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Led by Devendra Fadnavis as he constructs his Maharashtra@75 vision, the Mumbai Megapolis Metaverse is an ambitious endeavour that utilizes cutting-edge technology to create a virtual representation of Mumbai in the metaverse and is a first-of-its-kind initiative revolutionising urban governance and citizen engagement in the country.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 12, 2022

Our teams have now removed more than 1,000 channels and over 15,000 videos for violating not only our hate speech policy, but also our policies around misinformation, graphic content and more," the company tweeted alongside the announcement. The panel reads, "funded in whole or in part by the Russian government.".

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Anand Tech

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Advancing government policies that invest in R&D, strengthen the semiconductor workforce, and reduce barriers to trade will help the industry continue to grow and innovate for many years to come."

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Bernard Marr

MAY 30, 2023

Read on to find out how AI is transforming our approach to renewable energy, carbon capture, policy development, and more. Machine learning algorithms can identify patterns in the data that may not be apparent to human researchers — and this helps refine predictions about future climate conditions and inform policy decisions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 25, 2022

Despite this, evidence from an archived Meta Horizon’s Mature Worlds Policy Page, Meta will allow previously barred content with sexual, drug and alcohol, or violent themes with mature labels, the report said, adding restrictions would still apply to specific content, the report said.

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Anand Tech

MAY 19, 2023

billion ($320 million) grant from the Japanese government last September. Meanwhile, Micron says it will invest ¥500 billion ($3.618 billion) in the technology 'over the next few years, with close support from the Japanese government.' To equip its fab with advanced tools, Micron secured ¥46.5 ”

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 1, 2023

During the group’s annual meeting in Davos 2022, WEF outlined a new initiative titled “ Defining and Building in the Metaverse ”. The new program aims to bring together leading voices from across the policy, academia, private, and civil society landscapes to help formulate a new strategy for the future of digital interactions.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 14, 2022

The Shanghai City Government has unveiled plans to step up its efforts to build a metaverse industry by 2025, it revealed in a policy paper on Friday last week.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Nathaniel Gleicher, head of security policy at Facebook, also said the platform has launched a new feature in Ukraine, allowing users to lock their profiles in order to provide an extra layer of privacy and security. Tweet may have been deleted. Tweet may have been deleted.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Additionally, the government is involved and has played a critical role in the Chinese market, and its policies, both local and national, have effectively promoted the application of VR technology in China. Their overall investment is not much and they haven’t selected VR as a strategic technology at the moment.

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