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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

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Facebook has said that it is now focusing on building the virtual reality Metaverse, which will be the successor to the web. To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. Virtual Reality. Facebook is committing to the OpenXR standard for its Virtual Reality products.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

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These companies are involved in activities like planting spyware on web sites to collect users’ personal data. Their geography, culture, and national sovereignty could be preserved in a virtual world. When is VR too connected to the real world? When is VR too connected to the real world?

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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But after a couple of years coming to you virtually, the world’s most impactful tech startup conference is coming back to real life. Disrupt is turning 12 years old. If it were a human, it would be addicted to technology (which it is) and starting to get an attitude (again, yes). TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 1.