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Radar trends to watch: August 2020

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Here’s a glimpse at Facebook’s VR glasses. They are still proof-of-concept, but this prototype (along with Apple’s rumored product, and Google’s continued interest ) means that nobody can count VR out. Gestural interfaces have so far been rather lame; this could give the field a new start. Technology and Society.

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Radar Trends to Watch: June 2023

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By the time you read this, Apple may have announced their ultra-expensive, ultra-stylish AR headset; that may be enough to break the Metaverse out of its AR/VR winter. PyPI has been plagued with malware submissions, account takeovers, and other security issues. But that’s hardly news. Or maybe not. Will this slow Rust’s momentum?

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The Four 5G Edge Environments and How to Secure Them

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Smoothly working applications — for example, video content, AR/VR, and gaming — promote service providers’ customer retention rate. Organizations are able to protect their mobile devices across attack vectors including vulnerability exploits, ransomware, malware, phishing, and data theft.

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Radar Trends to Watch: August 2024

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We’re also seeing a surge in malware traffic, along with bogus vulnerability reports in CVE. After a user downloads the malware—which does nothing overtly hostile—SnailLoad monitors internet latency. Transfer Thought is an open source platform for developing WebXR (VR, AR, any other kind of R) experiences.

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Radar trends to watch: May 2022

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It’s probably a better experience in VR. The NSA, Department of Energy, and other federal agencies have discovered a new malware toolkit named “pipedream” that is designed to disable power infrastructure. Cyber warfare on the home front: The FBI remotely accessed devices at some US companies to remove Russian botnet malware.

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What Happens When the Metaverse Enters Your Attack Surface?

Tenable

It’s easy to think of “the metaverse” as one monolithic online world of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences. Vulnerabilities in VR software could open the door to “peeping Tom” scenarios, with (78%) of respondents saying such attacks are very likely or somewhat likely.

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Radar Trends to Watch: July 2023

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Apple did it: they unveiled their AR/VR goggles. AI Package Hallucination is a new technique for distributing malware. Create malware with that package name, and put it in an appropriate repository. Wait for someone else to get the same recommendation and install the malware.