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Every Choice You Make Is Life Or Death In This Daydream Impact VR Experience

VRScout

The film is a product of the Google Daydream Impact Project which aims to make a positive difference in society through the application of immersive technologies such as VR and AR. Put simply, urban conflict accounted for 70% of all civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria during that time. Image Credit: Red Cross.

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Google warns of 'hermit spyware' infecting Android and iOS devices

Mashable VR

As part of Google's efforts to track the activities of commercial spyware vendors, the company's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) released a report Thursday on spyware campaigns targeting Android and iOS users. Google TAG researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne go into detail about the use of entrepreneurial grade spyware dubbed "Hermit."

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Bringing War Home

Tech Trends VR

The film is a product of the Google Daydream Impact Project which aims to make a positive difference in society through the application of immersive technologies such as VR and AR. This means that urban conflict accounted for 70% of all civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria.

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Why VR Will Change The Way We Absorb The News

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Project Syria , the refugee piece that we made for the World Economic Forum, is now up on Steam (where it’s been getting a lot of racist, anti-immigrant feedback, fyi.) And we co-developed one of the first apps to be launched on the Google Daydream with The Wall Street Journal , which you can find on Google Play. stock markets.

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What is Hermit spyware and how do you protect yourself from it?

Mashable VR

Described in detail by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) , the Hermit spyware (it was dubbed Hermit by security firm Lookout , which first reported its discovery) is part of a dangerous and sophisticated malware attack that's actively being used in the wild. SEE ALSO: Google warns of 'hermit spyware' infecting Android and iOS devices.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned — Google expeditions for the classroom — they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. So the Dolby Atmos tool kit, or the Facebook 360 tool kit; all that spatial audio stuff. Alex: Oh, yeah, positional audio, right?

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

And to your point, by the way, what you mentioned -- Google expeditions for the classroom -- they started off by tackling that problem of bringing VR and synchronizing it across headsets. So the Dolby Atmos tool kit, or the Facebook 360 tool kit; all that spatial audio stuff. But that use case is. It's mind-blowing.