IOTA (MIOTA) Doubles Effort On Trinity Project, Hires UX/UI Lead
To perfect the Trinity Project, IOTA (MIOTA) has hired a London based senior UX/UI designer Andrew Brough, having more than 12 years of agency experience.
Now that he is part of IOTA, Andrew says “as a long-term supporter of the IOTA vision, I’m delighted to work alongside both talented Foundation members and a brilliant community, as we build upon industry-leading innovation and usability.”
“I’m also excited about the possibilities that emerge as IOTA continues to set new paradigms in the machine-to-machine economy. I’m confident that alongside this technological revolution, IOTA will be a standard bearer for excellence in human-centered design.”
See the full story here: https://todaysgazette.com/iota-miota-doubles-effort-on-trinity-project-hires-nokia-disney-oxford-university-chelsea-fc-uxui-lead/
Hyatt Taps Into Virtual Reality to Hire 10,000 Young Workers
The unemployment rate may be at a record low, but there are still vast pockets of workers in the United States struggling to find jobs.
Global hotel chain Hyatt Corp. is tapping into one of these talent pools with RiseHY, its new community-hiring program, which uses virtual reality and gaming to introduce young people looking for career opportunities to the hospitality industry.
As part of the initiative, Hyatt hotels around the world have committed to hiring 10,000 “opportunity youth” — people ages 18 to 24 who are neither in school nor working — by 2025.
Opportunity youth often come from disadvantaged neighborhoods and have limited work experience and education. “Hospitality jobs aren’t even on their radar,” Schultz said. When Schultz and Williams-Lee began designing the project, they knew they would need to close that gap and find a way to help young people imagine building a career in hospitality.
To give them a sense of what life would be like working in a hotel, they worked with a vendor to build a virtual reality app, called YouVisit, where candidates can take a virtual guided tour of a hotel, see what workers do and learn what’s required of different roles including room attendants, hostesses, wait staff and concierge. “The virtual reality lets them see what their career path could be, and to think about whether this is a good fit for them,” Williams-Lee said.
See the full story here: https://www.workforce.com/2018/11/07/hyatt-taps-into-virtual-reality-to-hire-10000-young-workers/
Art meets augmented reality in new Orlando installation ‘CITY unseen’
‘CITY unseen’ is a new [AR]t installation, merging traditional art forms with modern augmented reality technology to create a public, always-accessible installation throughout Orlando.
There are currently nine digital artworks available for viewing around the city for anyone with a mobile device who downloads the CITY unseen app.
See the full story here: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/os-et-s4-snap-orlando-ar-exhibit-city-unseen-20181106-story.html
VRTIGO lets you test your nerves in virtual reality
Why do some people react more strongly than others when faced with the unknown? Researchers at EPFL's Laboratory of Behavioral Genetics, headed by Professor Carmen Sandi, have set out to learn more with a new virtual reality program. Their system evaluates how users' personality traits and prior experience influence their responses to anxiety-inducing situations. Designed to be tested on a large sample of volunteers, it will be available for visitors to try out during the Geneva International Film Festival on 5–10 November, where it will be featured in the Digital Out of Competition category.
Crucial data for research
The VRTIGO experience, although amusing, provides valuable data for scientists studying human anxiety. The data are completely anonymous; volunteers are asked to fill out a short questionnaire on their antecedents and emotional state. During the experiment, the system's sensors relay information about users' physiological responses, while accelerometers track their body positions, movements and the directions in which they are looking. Samples are also taken of users' saliva to determine their cortisol levels – an indicator of how much stress they feel.
"These tests carried out among the general public will give us data from people of many different ages and backgrounds, and help advance our research on this issue," says Studer. The research team hopes to publish their findings in 2019.
Read the full story here: https://phys.org/news/2018-11-vrtigo-nerves-virtual-reality.html
Disney and Universal put a spin on reality with latest patents
Universal has filed five ride-related patent applications that have been published within the past week or so:
- Passenger Restraint With Integrated Lighting
- Dome Theater Ride System And Method
- Motion Simulation Amusement Park Attraction
- Annular Motion Simulation Amusement Park Attraction
- Seated Motion Simulation Amusement Park Attraction
...while Disney has filed for a "Multisensory Augmented Reality" system. Let's start with that one. Basically, Disney has created an interactive version of those souvenir videos where you stand in front of a green screen and then they make it look like you are in some other location.
See the full story here: https://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201811/6387/
Oregon Senator Proposes a Consumer Data Protection Bill
Oregon Democratic Senator Ron Wyden drafted a data privacy bill akin to the recent General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation in Europe. Dubbed the Consumer Data Protection Act, Wyden’s bill would give users more control over selling and sharing their data, and would give the Federal Trade Commission authority to set privacy and security standards and fine those companies that do not protect consumer data. One provision is a “Do Not Track” feature that would allow people to opt out of being tracked.
Digital Trends reports that the latter is “the digital equivalent of the popular Do Not Call Registry established by the FTC in 2003, which allows people to opt out of receiving phone calls from telemarketers.”
Companies would have to offer alternative payment options “such as subscription fees instead of ad-supported ‘free’ models.”
At Georgetown Law’s Communication & Techology Clinic, teaching fellow and attorney Lindsey Barrett tweeted that Wyden’s bill “injects sorely needed accountability” into today’s flawed “information ecosystem.” But Rendition InfoSec co-founder Jake Williams, a National Security Agency veteran, noted that the bill is unlikely to pass. “Even if it does, it won’t mean what you might think,” he said. “It won’t create a SOX-style environment around cyber. Sorry.”
See the full story here: http://www.etcentric.org/oregon-senator-proposes-a-consumer-data-protection-bill/