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Cowards Hit Papua New Guinea With Ransomware During Covid-19 Surge

GizModo VR

Papua New Guinea’s government finance office has been hit with a ransomware cyberattack and the hackers are demanding bitcoin, according to Bloomberg News. And while many of the specifics surrounding the attack are still unclear, it’s becoming obvious that hackers won’t just target the wealthiest countries and richest… Read more.

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Health Official in Papua New Guinea Explains How Facebook Spreads Misinformation

GizModo VR

Papua New Guinea’s health minister, Jelta Wong, spoke with an Australian think tank over videochat on Thursday about challenges PNG faces in combatting the covid-19 pandemic. PNG is seeing a resurgence of the disease along with a growing wave of misinformation being spread online about vaccines, and the talk is an… Read more.

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What’s new in VR for 2019?

InstaVR

While VR hardware and software continues to improve, what we’re really excited about is *you* , the content creators. Rather than have a small group being the guinea pigs to test the effectiveness of VR, we’ll see whole departments at companies (or the entire companies themselves) adopt the technology to make them more effective.

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Virtual Reality Headset Demos for Newbies: Some Do’s and Don’ts

Ryan Schultz

Make sure that any software you plan to demo is fully updated to the latest version. A special thank you to John, for being my guinea pig, and the first person to whom I have demoed my new HTC Vive Pro 2 headset at work! Make sure all your equipment is ready to go and up-to-date.

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Pico Neo 3 Link Review: A Decent Quest 2 Alternative That Signals Bigger Things To Come

Upload VR

Note: Please keep in mind that the Pico Neo 3 Link is described as a beta product and is still getting software updates with new features and fixes. Make no mistake then, the Neo 3 Link is very much a beta product in search of guinea pigs. Read on for our Pico Neo 3 Link review.

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EON Reality Advances Educational Programs in Papua New Guinea with a Nationwide Launch of 10,000 Customized Courses, Opening a New Spatial AI Center and Introducing EON AI Autonomous Agents

EON Reality

IRVINE, CA, February 23 – EON Reality is excited to unveil a pioneering educational initiative in Papua New Guinea, featuring the first-ever Spatial AI Center in the nation. EON Reality is committed to assisting Papua New Guinea through this pivotal transformation, ensuring the initiative’s prosperity and expandability.

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The Age of Smart Information is Now, with Microsoft Garage Envisioneer Mike Pell

XR for Business Podcast

You really needed some hardware and software that didn’t exist at that point to enjoy the information, right. And they’re just getting more and more comfortable having conversational exchanges with pieces of hardware and software. To enjoy whether it was book or documents or reports, whatever it is you were reading.