XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The UK Government’s Crown Commercial Services (CCS) picked ARuVR as its first-ever virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) training solution provider approved for supplier status to help HM Government’s digital outcomes and specialists framework, it announced on Tuesday.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

A group of researchers at the Stanford Internet Observatory has determined that Clubhouse’s data protection practices allowed its users’ data, possibly including their raw audio, to potentially be accessed by the Chinese government. Read more.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 19, 2022

The NRA finally admitted to the attack it suffered in the filing because it needed to explain discrepancies in its financial reports previously submitted to the government. In October 2021, a ransomware group known as Grief targeted the NRA and boasted about the data it had stolen from the gun organization.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2022

Chinese firm Sinobo Group recently revealed it had launched a metaverse platform in a bid to chart its course across the digital landscape, the company announced at an event on Tuesday. Sinobo Group chairman Zhou Jinhui said in a statement, “[The] Metaverse is not only a concept.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 19, 2021

of their purchase costs to the Indiana chapter of the armed anti-government group Oath Keepers, one member of which was just charged with… Read more. Militia members are tapping at least one revenue stream through Amazon’s charity partnership program, Amazon Smile. As of Tuesday evening, Amazon shoppers can choose to donate 0.5%

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GizModo VR

MAY 23, 2022

A shady private surveillance company sold access to nearly half a dozen powerful security flaws in Chrome and Android last year to government-affiliated hackers, Google revealed Monday. Read more.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Everybody hopes that their phone calls and text messages are kept private but, in reality, we know the truth: Lots of entities—from dark web criminals to the government —have ways of intercepting intimate communications. Well, add another group to that anxiety-inducing list: A hacker gang, potentially based in China,… Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The news comes as institutions and organisations debut their virtual spaces for several key purposes, leading to a spike in interest in the Metaverse as an exhibitive platform for large groups. The group’s Capacity Building and Training Directorate opened a module on verifying and screening travel documents.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Among many things, we collaborate with government entities, other trade union associations (in and out of Chile), academics, and scientists to figure out ways to reap more benefits than problems for our society through the use of these technologies. I think that governments in Latin America are interested but they face bigger issues.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 18, 2023

The Khronos Group has been financially bootstrapping the Metaverse Standards Forum’s efforts to see if there was enough interest, and they went from 37 founding members in June 2022 to now having over “2,400 members and multiple active Working and Exploratory Groups focused on driving pragmatic interoperability advances.”

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Mashable VR

JUNE 22, 2022

This is where patient advocacy groups, or PAGs, have stepped up to meet the evolving needs of patients. Patient advocacy groups are organizations that provide education, resources, support services and more to patients and their caregivers.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 24, 2020

After downloading the app and filling out the quiz, you’ll have the ability to interact with other members of the group by sending private messages and posting to the board. This post created in partnership with the Economic Development Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government AD *. For more information visit toii.io/urban-legend-hunters.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 12, 2021

government and military. Facebook has banned thousands of individuals and organizations allegedly involved in terrorism, according to a Tuesday report by the Intercept , as part of a sprawling blacklist called Dangerous Individuals and Organizations (DIO) that appears to mirror the interests of the U.S. Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JANUARY 25, 2023

Last Thursday, Lloyds Banking Group’s Fintech Investment Director Kirsty Rutter named Web3 as a key fintech trend for 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.

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Voices of VR

APRIL 18, 2023

The Khronos Group has been financially bootstrapping the Metaverse Standards Forum’s efforts to see if there was enough interest, and they went from 37 founding members in June 2022 to now having over “2,400 members and multiple active Working and Exploratory Groups focused on driving pragmatic interoperability advances.”

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GizModo VR

MARCH 17, 2022

Ever since launching a horrific assault on Ukraine, things haven’t been going particularly well for Russia. The country and its invading horde have been condemned , blacklisted , thwacked by crippling sanctions , droned , blocked , and told to go f**k themselves. Now, to top it all off, Russia appears to also be getting… Read more.

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2022

This includes the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Tour, which saw a decrease in viewers as a result of the government-mandated lockdowns. In addition to sharing these AR visuals with friends and family, attendees can also vote as a group to view replays of their favorite PGA athletes.

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AllThingsVR

MARCH 27, 2017

Experts set to meet with fed government about need for VR ethics, more research Virtual worlds are coming for humanity and a group of researchers and technologists wants to make sure we’re ready when they arrive.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2020

Despite multiple warnings from government health officials around the world, a surprisingly large portion of the public seem unfazed by recent developments and committed to gathering in large groups with little to no protection. The UK government, for instance, recommends citizens remain at least 6.6

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ARPost

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The Freedom Riders were a group of white and Black American civil rights activists who joined the Freedom Rides in 1961. The group was met with resistance in Virginia. Members of the group were beaten. When they arrived in Anniston, Alabama, the group was met with violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan, led by William Chappell.

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2021

Since reopening its locations outside of Chicago and in Austin with government-mandated restrictions, Sandbox VR says its seen an increased demand of 30% from before the pandemic. The company aims to have 15 locations up-and-running worldwide by the end of the year by targeting commercial real estate locations also affected by COVID-19.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 1, 2022

The CEO of the notorious spyware vendor NSO Group apparently has a new plan to rebound from the company’s ongoing legal and fiscal tailspin: start re-selling its noxious spyware to the very governments that got it into trouble in the first place. Read more.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 21, 2022

” INTERPOL put its global police metaverse to the test during a live demonstration in which a group students underwent a training course led by experts from the INTERPOL Capacity Building and Training Directorate. We may be entering a new world, but our commitment remains the same.”

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EON Reality

MARCH 11, 2024

Phase 1 Rollout Overview: Diverse Engagement : Targeting 9 distinct groups spanning academia, industry, and government sectors, with an emphasis on the leading 10 organizations within each category.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 18, 2022

Chamath Palihapitiya, the chairman of Virgin Galactic and CEO of Social Capital, doesn’t care about the plight of Uyghurs—a Muslim-majority ethnic group that’s faced persecution by the Chinese government. Numerous reports out of China have documented how the Uyghurs have been subject to forced abortions , systematic… Read more.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Meta has faced such issues from the UK government after a young woman ended her life after such exposure. Meta also aims to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) to boost minority group representation. This is evidenced by groups such as the Gatherverse and the Virtual and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 13, 2023

The group also is setting up regulatory sandboxes which invite creators, media companies, and enterprise end-users to promote an industrial metaverse space supporting numerous use cases. Moreover, the guidelines provide openness and global governance to companies adopting metaverse solutions. We want to make sure Web 4.0

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

With research a fundamental part of the faculty’s work, it has 20 research groups undertaking sustainable future projects, with over 20 countries having benefitted so far. The research has also helped three governments and 500 companies, as well as creating jobs for roughly 3,000 people around the world.

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ARPost

AUGUST 2, 2021

The respondents were made up of a 20-person focus group consisting of “industry leaders” as well as 164 “industry executives.” The report pointed out that, as a cohort, this group was more likely to support government intervention and more immersive content. Industry leaders in the field of XR. The XR Industry’s Road Ahead.

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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. In a letter to U.S. policy makers, 26 computer scientists and engineers called on lawmakers to block efforts to create a ‘regulatory safe haven’ for cryptocurrency. They want leaders in Washington to instead focus on… Read more.

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ARPost

JUNE 22, 2022

“The collaboration with Esri and Unity will help government agencies, architects and engineers envision, evaluate and analyze how certain changes in a city will look, and how these changes can meet the needs of the future generations, whether it’s the impact of traffic or weather changes,” said Rhodes. .

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company whose spyware has been peddled to authoritarian governments around the world, has been sanctioned by the U.S. Commerce Department. The new restrictions, which the agency announced in a press release Wednesday, will limit the degree to which American firms can provide parts or… Read more.

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2021

In order to prevent a global pandemic, the United States government has stacked thousands of shipping containers around the neon capital of the world, forming a makeshift prison for the hordes of undead now occupying the desert oasis. Here’s the deal: Las Vegas is crawling with zombies.

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ARPost

JULY 18, 2023

A number of standards groups have formed in the US, but all of them are independent groups rather than governmental initiatives – though some groups are calling for regulators to step into the space over concerns like privacy. Thinking Globally About Web 4.0 This will serve as a model going forward,” said O’Hara.

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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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Anand Tech

APRIL 5, 2024

government, which indicates parties financially involved in the project, but this week's event did not disclose whether SK hynix will receive any money from the U.S. government under the CHIPS Act or other funding initiatives. In fact, $3.87

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2022

A group of House lawmakers charged with investigating the implications of biometric surveillance empaneled three experts Wednesday to testify about the future of facial recognition and other tools widely employed by the U.S. government with little regard for citizens’ privacy. Read more.

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