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Google and Amazon Workers Fill Streets To Protest Israel's 'Project Nimbus'

GizModo VR

Those words echoed through the air outside Google’s New York City office as workers left for the day on Thursday evening. Outside, they faced a street packed with dozens of Google and Amazon employees opposed to Project Nimbus , a $1.2 billion cloud computing… Read more.

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Transit Navigation App Moovit Adds Augmented Reality Way Finder Feature to Challenge Google Maps Live View

Next Reality AR

As helpful as it is, Google Maps isn't the only mapping app with augmented reality walking navigation anymore. This week, Israel-based startup Moovit introduced a new AR navigation feature called Way Finder for its eponymous navigation app for public transit and ridesharing services.

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Software engineer creates AI that identifies anonymous faces in WWII photos

Mashable VR

In a story originally reported by The Times of Israel , a software engineer in New York has created and developed an AI that scans through hundreds of thousands of photos to help identify victims and survivors of the Holocaust. 1914–1945), linking them to people living today. 1914–1945), linking them to people living today.

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Intel Continues to Rehire Veterans: At Some Point They’ll Run Out

Anand Tech

News on the wire today is that Intel has rehired 28-year veteran Shlomit Weiss into the position of Senior VP and Co-General Manager of Intel’s Design Engineering Group (DEG), a position recently vacated by Uri Frank who left to head up Google’s SoC development.

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EyeWay Vision Joins Technology Innovation Collective the LaSAR Alliance

ARPost

They’ve been “flying under the radar” for the last seven years doing early-stage research and development in Israel. Dr. Nikhil Balram, formerly a Google executive, was announced the head of the Silicon Valley subsidiary late last year in the release announcing the new US branch. Meet EyeWay Vision. Driving Technology Innovation in XR.

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‘Nazi VR’ Documentary Shows How VR is Helping to Convict Nazi War Criminals

Road to VR

To my knowledge, there is no more exact model of Auschwitz,” Brekertold The Times of Israel. “It It is much, much more precise than Google Earth.” The laser scans provided the basis of a more complete version, which was reconstructed to return the now crumbling buildings to their wartime state. “To

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‘The Secret Of Retropolis’: A VR Adventure Built In A Bunker

VRScout

Simply being in a space and opening draws, playing with items, and speaking to people works incredibly well in VR, not to mention the fact that wearing a headset makes it hard to google “ how do I solve the goat puzzle.”. Image Credit: Peanut Button.

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