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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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Epic Games is using the new 'Fortnite' season launch to support Ukraine

Mashable VR

In a corresponding move, Microsoft joined Epic in making the same pledge: Net profits from Fortnite sales on Xbox platforms will go to the same spread of charities. Of the four charities Epic and Microsoft are supporting, three are led by the United Nations: U.N. Tweet may have been deleted. Children's Fund (UNICEF), U.N.

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The XR Week Peek (2022.02.12): Altspace VR to introduce safety measures, Horizon audience is growing, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Image by Microsoft). Microsoft to tighten safety measures in Altspace VR. After a similar announcement performed by Meta last week, this week Microsoft has announced the tightening of the safety measures inside its social VR platform Altspace VR. Removing them removes lots of potential problems from Microsoft.

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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. Now, these tools have become simple enough to use that anyone can harness the power of AI, the report said.

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

ARVR

© Poly by Google Augmented reality (AR ) technology is a unique tool empowering restaurants, delivery services, and other vendors in the food service industry. A number of startups offer this great AR visualization tool. © Ronen Horovitz. Don’t forget to give us your ?? !

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

Air New Zealand is one airlines provider that is testing how the Microsoft Hololens can help improve in-flight customer service. Topshop is no stranger to using VR as a marketing tool (they live-streamed a virtual catwalk all the way back in 2014), but they’ve really taken the plunge on this one. Apparently the $1.4B