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Privacy Advocates Lambast Virginia for Ditching Police Facial Recognition Ban

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Virginia, which approved a ban on local police use of biometric identification tools around a year ago, formally bailed on the law’s most substantive measures on Friday. A patchwork of individual state privacy laws isn’t filling the hole left by absent federal government regulation on facial recognition. Now, under an… Read more.

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Newly Sworn-In West Virginia Lawmaker Streamed Video Of Himself Storming the Capitol

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Newly-elected member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates Derrick Evans was among the insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and we know this because he streamed video of himself doing it in which he referred to himself in the third person. Read more.

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10 “Metaversities” Are Opening Across The US This Fall

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Participating universities include West Virginia University, the University of Maryland, and Morehouse College just to name a few. VR headsets such as the Meta Quest and HTC Vive have set the stage for the next generation of video games, allowing players to immerse themselves even further in their favorite worlds.

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The Guy Behind 'Unite the Right' Would Rather Focus on Video Games Before Upcoming Trial

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The month before a massive federal civil trial is set to begin over the horrifying “Unite the Right” march in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, one of the deadly rally’s main architects has a different priority: logging off and playing video games. Read more.

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Agora Present Fresh SDK Updates at RTE 2022

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Agora is redesigning its immersive development ecosystem as a more “flexible, simple and powerful” offering, Virginia Liu, the company’s Chief Experience Officer said. The firm is releasing the updates via its Agora Voice and Video SDK 4.0 The firm is releasing the updates via its Agora Voice and Video SDK 4.0

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Sandbox VR and Netflix Preparing Squid Game VR Experience

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Each player will receive a personalized video showing the highlights of their actions in the game and a summary of their Squid Game storyline. Sandbox VR – San Francisco, CA More locations are set to open in the near future in Kentucky, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

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Journey to Freedom and Equality: How an AR Experience Makes History Come Alive

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The group was met with resistance in Virginia. Seven Days of 1961: A Dangerous Ride on the Road to Freedom is narrated by Jarrad Henderson, Senior Video Producer for USA TODAY. The Freedom Riders tried to use amenities at bus stations that were made available only to white people in Southern states. ?. Members of the group were beaten.

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