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08-10-2016, 01:07 AM
Google uses dogs playing poker to combat harassment in virtual reality
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After some 60 years (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ar-vr-tech**logy-discussion,3811-2.html) in the making, it's been exciting to watch virtual reality (VR) develop so rapidly this year.*
It's cheaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/samsung-gear-vr-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and lighter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/dlodlo-v-one-vr-headset-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) than ever, and at this point, it may be safe to anticipate it will be everywhere very soon (http://mashable.com/2016/05/29/arm-cortex-a73/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
But a recent project from Google's Daydream Labs (https://vr.google.com/daydream/) points to a huge, unresolved problem for VR users and developers: harassment.*
SEE ALSO: We’ll never stop workplace ***ual harassment as long as we ig**re everyday ***ism (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/how-to-stop-***ual-harassment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As explained at the Google I/O conference earlier this year, developers saw how comfortable users were in moving around VR scenes, but also how easy it was to intentionally or inadvertently cross boundaries.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/vr-dogs-playing-poker/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Dogs Playing Poker (http://mashable.com/category/dogs-playing-poker/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dogs (http://mashable.com/category/dogs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr (http://mashable.com/category/vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Virtual Reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/eJMs0AD7fIM
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After some 60 years (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ar-vr-tech**logy-discussion,3811-2.html) in the making, it's been exciting to watch virtual reality (VR) develop so rapidly this year.*
It's cheaper (http://mashable.com/2016/08/02/samsung-gear-vr-2016/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and lighter (http://mashable.com/2016/08/08/dlodlo-v-one-vr-headset-hands-on/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) than ever, and at this point, it may be safe to anticipate it will be everywhere very soon (http://mashable.com/2016/05/29/arm-cortex-a73/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial).*
But a recent project from Google's Daydream Labs (https://vr.google.com/daydream/) points to a huge, unresolved problem for VR users and developers: harassment.*
SEE ALSO: We’ll never stop workplace ***ual harassment as long as we ig**re everyday ***ism (http://mashable.com/2016/08/06/how-to-stop-***ual-harassment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
As explained at the Google I/O conference earlier this year, developers saw how comfortable users were in moving around VR scenes, but also how easy it was to intentionally or inadvertently cross boundaries.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/09/vr-dogs-playing-poker/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
More about Dogs Playing Poker (http://mashable.com/category/dogs-playing-poker/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Dogs (http://mashable.com/category/dogs/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Google (http://mashable.com/category/google/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Vr (http://mashable.com/category/vr/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Virtual Reality (http://mashable.com/category/virtual-reality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/eJMs0AD7fIM