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Five ways to stay safe online while playing Pokémon Go

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No one has expected to see a mobile gaming app become so popular so fast and affect people the way it has. Indeed, the introduction of Pokémon Go—plus the sharp rise of popularity of augmented reality—has opened a lot of opportunities for cross-industry innovation and growth. Unfortunately, it’s not all fun and games for every player and those caught in the experience of others.

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Pokemon GO: Pokecoins survey scams choose you

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Virtual reality is when you wear a helmet and flail your arms around at a computer generated game, hopefully without walking into a wall. Augmented reality is when you overlay computer generated elements onto the real world, using eyeglasses or looking… Continue reading Pokemon GO: Pokecoins survey scams choose you→

Wild Transhumanist Campaign Tech We’ll See in Future Presidential Elections

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If we’re lucky, given how crazy these elections have made America look, maybe technology will make future elections disappear altogether. Continue reading Wild Transhumanist Campaign Tech We’ll See in Future Presidential Elections→

Behold: Valve’s VR and AR Prototypes

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Just in case anyone secretly had the idea that Valve Software’s VR and other hardware somehow sprang fully-formed from a lab, here are some great photos and video of early prototypes, and interviews with the people who made them. Some of the hardware is quite raw-looking, some of it is recognizable, and some are from directions that were explored but went nowhere, but it’s all fascinating.

The accompanying video (embedded below) has some great background and stories about the research process, which began with a mandate to explore the concepts of AR and VR and determine what could be done …read more

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