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Europe Wants to Ban Facial Recognition—Take Note, America

GizModo VR

The European Parliament has called for EU lawmakers to institute a ban on law enforcement’s use of facial recognition, as well as other surveillance tools commonly used in the course of algorithm-driven predictive policing. Read more.

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These companies will pay for employee abortion care

Mashable VR

SEE ALSO: 5 interactive tools for learning about abortion access in your state. Also important to note: many of these businesses have balked at, or directly contributed to, other harmful legislation that fails to protect the rights of those within the LGBTQ community.

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Vancouver’s VR/AR Global Summit Puts Content First

VRScout

One of the largest industry events in North America, the Vancouver-based conference will spotlight how tech giants and startups are creating new ways to visualize and interact with virtual worlds. Speakers from goliaths like Amazon, Ford, and IKEA will rub shoulders with Vancouver up-and-comers including Motive.io

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Spatial Beats: Microsoft Mesh, Niantic & VR Training

AR Insider

This week, we look at takeaways from Microsoft Ignite, Space X, Pokemon Go and VR training from Bank of America. The company is going all in on Mixed Reality, to paraphrase its chief executive Satya Nadella, who used Microsoft’s AltspaceVR platform for his keynote. Bank of America is bringing VR instruction to its 4,000 banks.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.19): HTC launches Vive Flow, Magic Leap 2 announced, and more!

The Ghost Howls

VR training goes big with Accenture and Bank of America. Accenture’s Julie Sweet highlighted how in a time where people work from home, the company needs new tools to train its employees in an effective way and also to create a bond between the new employees and the company. VR came into mind as the ideal tool to provide both.

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How to be a good VR startupper – Part 1

The Ghost Howls

For example, sometimes I read about amazing exhibitions in America, that I would love to attend. Here on my blog I am experimenting with different income sources (Patreon, Adsense, Amazon Affiliate, Sponsored Posts, etc…). Maquette by Microsoft). Evaluate the pros and cons. So, should I go?

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Letting Workers Qualify Themselves in AR, with AR Expert’s Dr. Björn Schwerdtfeger

XR for Business Podcast

And the core of augmented reality is not– it’s not a measurement tool, it’s not a tool for everything. This is a tool to improve the way you’re telling stories, basically. AR is a good tool to make things visible. Also, for training processes, AR is really good thing, a tool to make things visible.

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