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Video game publishers and developers are cutting off Russia, too

Mashable VR

The global business community is increasingly moving to isolate Russia for the war it's waging in Ukraine, and video games are no exception. Here's a rundown of what we've seen so far from key players in the video game space as efforts to isolate Russia have snowballed in the midst of Ukraine's calls for the industry to take action.

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What social media platforms are doing to stop misinformation about Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Mashable VR

As Russia's war in Ukraine continues, the information war is picking up online. Meta Facebook and Instagram are certainly no strangers to disinformation campaigns stemming from Russia. Meta has blocked Russian state-run media, such as Russia Today and Sputnik, in the EU and in Ukraine. What is Meta doing this time around?

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Microsoft Sinks Attempted Hacks on Ukraine By Russian Spies

GizModo VR

Microsoft said that it had intercepted yet another string of Russian hacking attempts , this one coming from military spies targeting a wide range of think tanks, media orgs, and government institutions across Ukraine, the European Union, and the United States. Read more.

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How Augmented Reality (AR) is Reshaping the Food Service Industry

ARVR

Menu AR , a startup based in Russia, offers the ability to also see a dish on your table in 3D, allowing you to visualize the texture of different dishes, their ingredients and size. A group of students from the University of Georgia also created ChopChop , an AR delivery app, using echoAR (and you can too!). © Ronen Horovitz.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.10.25): Quest 2 Pro leaked, Facebook to change its name, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The video shows a pretty clunky device, and the website seems made in Microsoft Word… but this does not mean that the underline technology can’t be interesting. The negative reputation could stick with the social network, but not influence products like Oculus headsets, for instance.

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Report: AI is weapon of ‘mass disruption’

Hypergrid Business

Generative AI is one of the world’s top three geopolitical risks this year — right after Russia and China — according to a report released last month by the Eurasia Group , a US-based risk consultancy. (Image by Maria Korolov via Midjourney.)

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Honey, I Shrunk the XR, with MEL Science’s Kai Liang

XR for Business Podcast

And I can’t help but notice that the difference from auto-stereoscopic 3D, VR was a technology and an ecosystem that is joined by a lot of leading global brands such as Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Huawei, etc. And so we needed an easier version, so that the message of the experience can be enjoyed by a wider group of people.