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Police Wrongly Arrested a Black Man Using Racist Facial Recognition Technology

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On Wednesday, the civil rights litigation group lodged a complaint against the Detroit Police… Read more. In a spectacularly rare admission of likely very common fuckery, police copped to using face recognition to make a wrongful arrest, according to the ACLU, confirming a long-suspected but nearly-impossible-to-prove practice.

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Is Spatial Computing the Future of Automotive Safety?

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Serg Bell, the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Constructor Group , also added: Finland has produced many category-leading software companies in the world and I see Basemark having an opportunity to become one in the professional augmented reality field.

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Intel Cuts 3-Year Deal With MLB For VR Broadcast Content

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Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners on June 20 at 10:10 p.m. As a VR partner of MLB, Intel is delivering a truly immersive virtual reality live stream where fans can experience the excitement of being at the ballpark every week,” says the general manager of Intel Sports Group James Carwana, in a prepared statement. “As ET / 5:40 p.m.

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MTV VMAs Debut Historic XR Metaverse Show

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Blackpink, a South Korean girl group, took the first award at the event, with a Meta Platforms spokesperson tweeting their excitement on the groundbreaking win. BLACKPINK crushing it in and out of the metaverse. Meta (@Meta) August 29, 2022.

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Sundance Film Festival to Feature 18 VR & AR Experiences Next Month

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Yuki live streams her love life as usual to a group of supportive netizens, though an uninvited guest crashes the party and strips her of her disguise. Marshall from Detroit. Growing up, Marshall Mathers dreamed of rapping his way out of Detroit. Growing up, Marshall Mathers dreamed of rapping his way out of Detroit.

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It’s Time To Develop A Consent Framework For Virtual Beings

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And for a third group, the value in virtual beings isn’t the ability to create a new person: it’s to recreate an existing one. Virtual being music group Auxuman (Image Credit: Auxuman). For others, the value is in creating non-player characters that provide a rich backstory to further immerse players in the game and enrich quests.

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BMW Unveils Mixed Reality Driving Experience

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The German CEO joined Heiko Wenczel, Epic Games’ Head of Detroit Lab , to explore how ‘human centricity’ allowed developers to create more meaningful technologies amid the partnerships. Bringing the vehicles into the virtual world already turns out pretty well – also thanks to our great partners.”. Test Driving the Future.