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Speedtest data confirms Starlink internet is a rare win for Elon Musk

Mashable VR

Another minor oddity is that median upload speeds (a less important metric measuring how quickly your devices send data to the network) decreased from 16Mbps to 9Mbps over the past year. For reference, Ookla’s latest data shows a median download speed of 152Mbps for fixed broadband in the U.S.

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How We Determined Predictive Policing Software Disproportionately Targeted Low-Income, Black, and Latino Neighborhoods

GizModo VR

in the 1990s ushered in the era of data-driven policing. Huge metropolises like New York City crunched reams of crime and arrest data to find and target “hot spots” for extra policing. The expansion of digital record-keeping by police departments across the U.S.

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Psychic VR Lab’s Metaverse Platform STYLY Aims to Transform Urban Entertainment With XR Experiences

ARPost

Imagine strolling through the bustling streets of New York City or the vibrant alleys of Tokyo—while also immersed in breathtaking XR experiences seamlessly integrated with your surroundings. one of the investors.

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Snap Launches Long-Anticipated Custom Landmarkers Tool

ARPost

This and other updates that year developed the ability of the Snap Camera to learn about the environment in real time rather than relying on asynchronously collected data as Landmarkers had. The following year at the 2020 Snap Partner Summit , the company released “Local Lenses” which were among the first multi-user real-time AR effects.

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VR Firm Moth+Flame Opens AI Generative Content Beta

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Moth+Flame, a New York City-based provider of virtual reality (VR) immersive learning, launched an artificial intelligence (AI) generative content authoring tool for VR content this week. Companies have begun leveraging them to build immersive worlds, images and paintings, and full-text articles from aggregated data.

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VR Quiz Game ‘Go Guess’ Uses Google 360 Captures to Make You Guess Where You Are

Road to VR

Rounds take place periodically, although avatars are named randomly currently, so it may be difficult to find and make friends in between matches, which is represented as a 3D render of Times Square in New York City. Image courtesy Oblix.

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Virtual Reality With a Social Mission

Tech Trends VR

Described as an “Interactive Virtual Reality Memorial,” The Day the World Changed will premiere at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival in New York City Click To Tweet.