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AR Fashion Show In Iran Features Invisible Models

VRScout

Created with the support of Lotus, Iran’s first fashion & art magazine, the event featured computer-generated models strutting their invisible stuff up and down of a real runway in some of Iran’s hottest clothing and apparel. It’ll be fascinating to see just how VR/AR technology continues to impact the fashion scene.

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Signal Blocked by Iran as Encrypted Messaging App's Popularity Explodes

GizModo VR

With great popularity comes great scrutiny. Following WhatsApp’s controversial announcement of changes to its privacy policy, users have flocked to the encrypted messaging app Signal. The app has maintained a relatively small userbase for years, but in the last month, it has reportedly doubled in size. And now it’s… Read more.

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Hey, It Happens: Iran Just Sunk Its Own Fake Aircraft Carrier

GizModo VR

The Iranian military accidentally sunk a target barge used as a mockup U.S. aircraft carrier in recent exercises while towing it back to port, according to a report by Forbes , causing a major sea-lane hazard. Read more.

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Hackers Derail Iran's Train System, Post Supreme Leader's Phone Number as Help Line

GizModo VR

Cyberattacks reportedly disrupted Iran’s railway system on Friday, causing “unprecedented chaos” at stations throughout the country, according to state media. Read more.

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Iranian Chat App Gets Its Data Wiped Out in a Cyberattack

GizModo VR

A startup in Iran recently suffered a large data breach in which millions of its user records were exposed to the internet and then subsequently destroyed by a cyberattack involving a bot. The disruption appears to be part of an ongoing trend in which bad actors surf the web looking for insecure databases, then pounce… Read more.

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How to guarantee privacy and safety in the metaverse: an interview with Kavya Pearlman

The Ghost Howls

We talked about the sweet spot between human rights and technology advancements, how to guarantee a safe environment for children in immersive worlds, and how we hope the metaverse of the future could be. It’s been almost five years now, and we have been focused on so many issues that are so important for emerging technologies.

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Blindfold Is A Disturbing VR Tale About The Torture Of Journalists

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

It’s short but urgent, a snippet of what it’s like to be a journalist in Iran who’s being forced to confess to crimes by an oppressive regime. Lajevardi was an actual prison warden of the infamous Evin Prison in Iran, and at the end of the game, I saw a photo gallery of journalists who had been killed for reporting on their governments. “It

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