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Stuxnet Documentary ‘Zero Days VR’ Wins an Emmy

Road to VR

” Here’s Scatter’s description of Zero Days VR: Early in the Obama administration, the United States created plans for a crippling cyber attack against Iran in the event that diplomatic efforts to constrain the Iranian nuclear program were unsuccessful.

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Tonight TheWaveVR and Ash Koosha challenge the boundaries of music and take on tyranny with the power of VR.

Cats and VR

Originally from Iran, Koosha is currently hindered by Trump’s travel ban, which targets people from majority-Muslim countries and bars them from entering the United States. London-based electronic musician Ash Koosha will perform in the US for the first time via virtual reality in TheWaveVR.

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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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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable VR

Aside from the few countries that have restricted or outright banned them (including Belarus, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates), VPNs are perfectly legal in most of the world. Hold up — are VPNs legal? Split tunneling. Multihop connections. Should I pay for a VPN?

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XR via Sexy Sunglasses, with Vuzix’ Paul Travers

XR for Business Podcast

You’re not using AI to say, “OK, you look like you’re from Iran. ” Like, this is actually a much better tool than just giving some photos to some people and saying, here, pick these ones out of a haystack. These technologies didn’t go away, they just became part of a complete communications tool box.

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XR via Sexy Sunglasses, with Vuzix’ Paul Travers

XR for Business Podcast

You’re not using AI to say, “OK, you look like you’re from Iran. ” Like, this is actually a much better tool than just giving some photos to some people and saying, here, pick these ones out of a haystack. These technologies didn’t go away, they just became part of a complete communications tool box.

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XR via Sexy Sunglasses, with Vuzix' Paul Travers

XR for Business Podcast

You're not using AI to say, "OK, you look like you're from Iran. Like, this is actually a much better tool than just giving some photos to some people and saying, here, pick these ones out of a haystack. This is a tool that can give those manufacturers an upper hand in keeping those machines up and running faster. Paul: Yeah.