Ready Hacker One and Beyond Stereo Entertainment Team up to bring an immersive experience in a winter wonderland
December 7th kicked off a week of XR Safety Awareness. Ready Hacker One hosted an amazing week of discussion panels in VR with the industries greatest innovators and developers. Ready Hacker One raises awareness around the risks of XR and related technologies to enable a safe exploration of multiverses. They do this by practicing unbiased reporting and leading XR safety awareness campaigns around the globe.
December 7th was filled with insight from the parents themselves and their thoughts on child safety in XR. Speakers Maria Tamellini, Tamas Henning, Tim Stiffler-Dean, Cathy Hackl, and XRSI CEO Kavya Pearlman.
December 8th followed with the Medical XR panel session. Medical XR is rapidly evolving to engage with a post-pandemic world where people will have different expectations for what to expect with regards to medical care and healthy and privacy-aware use of XR tech at home and in the workplace. Beginning with the questions, How can technology help us live more fully and support us in our final moments? What are the ethical implications of bringing emerging technologies into hospices, or helping us reunite with loved ones passed? Covid-19 has forced us to confront challenging subjects around mortality, and transformed how we grieve and attend funerals into the digital sphere. This event recording explores the role immersive technologies can play in palliative care, and new ways we can create a more grief literate society.
December 9th was Diversity & Inclusion day. There is no discussion about XR Safety that can be considered complete without diving deep into the implications of Diversity & Inclusion. Wednesday was jam packed with a full day of streaming discussions.
December 10th was dedicated to Media & Arts day. The immersive domain is shaping a new world of opportunities for storytellers, journalists, and artists. The horizon is so wide and deep we have the impression we are just scratching the surface of the potential in communication. That’s why we must take care of all the challenges that come along with this: privacy, security, truth, intellectual property, and more. This was the them of the day for Media & Arts day.
December 11th, the day everyone has longed for. The XR Community Celebration in VR on AltSpaceVR supported by Beyond Stereo Entertainment, XRSI, Ready Hacker One. This event consisted of 6 performers and was live streamed to Twitch. The events intention was to gather the community in a safe XR environment to enjoy all that there is to offer in a safe extended reality.
The replay of the event can be found on the Beyond Stereo Entertainment YouTube channel. You can also find the individual artist performances on their social profiles. Tune in to the closing set by Ziron below with the SoundCloud link.
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