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@KatiePhang @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth Thanks, @KatiePhang!!! We need to catch up-- it's been far too long!

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@rabovitz @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth

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@zaphodgjd @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth Thanks, @zaphodgjd! Really excited to get started. I'm definitely taking you up on that coffee!

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@jamespowderly @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @SakinaGroth Thanks, @jamespowderly!! Let's meet up!

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@Yeraze @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth

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@chrismatthieu @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth Thanks, @chrismatthieu!! Looking forward to connecting with you soon!

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@timstutts @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth Glad to be here!

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@matthaggman @saif305 @magicleap @AmiraIshoof @rabovitz @cpenzini @HenkVlietstra @riozilla @zaphodgjd @jamespowderly @SakinaGroth Thanks, @matthaggman!

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@my1blood Hi I’m 100% Pakistani and from Miami. I’d like to organize a blood drive for Zainab asap at one (or several mosques) in South FL. On Fridays many individuals that are eager to give blood & likely satisfy the donor criteria will already be gathered for Friday prayers. Pls DM. Thx!

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@jamespowderly @ImmersionXR @_LucasRizzotto 4/ admittedly this may not be an accessible option for many nonusers who don’t know the gestures or don’t have physical capabilities (voice alternative?) to perform them. Point im trying to get across is that this is a tough but interesting/rewarding design challenge.

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@jamespowderly @ImmersionXR @_LucasRizzotto 3/ a thought re the above situation may be that the nonuser performs some sort of hand gesture or handshake of sorts (eg making an “X” in the air). On the users end the XR app would have already detected that a face is present in that space but no further processing is permitted

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@jamespowderly @ImmersionXR @_LucasRizzotto 2/ for example, in a user-nonuser interaction in a private setting, how would a nonuser optout to being recorded or having his/her face “scanned” (another question about what “data” is “scanned”/stored, eg raw/pseudonymized/ or anonymized data)?

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@jamespowderly @ImmersionXR @_LucasRizzotto 1/ I generally agree w many of the points in this thread. XR will likely need new privacy and security trust models (eps between user-user, user-nonuser, assumes n number of users and nonusers) that will need to be defined by blending cultural/behavioral design w the new specs

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@saif305 @rabovitz @magicleap @AmiraIshoof Literally tho. You’re gonna have to replace my *spoiler alert* mind egg because it broke thinking about doing a #westworldverse in the #305 for Halloween next year. A pg-13 version for somewhat obvious reasons. Yo @att hmu.

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Just finished seeing @rabovitz’s remarks @magicleap #LEAPcon. My brain is currently experiencing a 404 server error about the possibilities for the #MagicVerse in #Education #HigherEd #SpatialComputing

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This is both fascinating and nerve wracking. @mfroomkin and @ma_franks you each may be interested in this. Here’s a few topics of interest to me: 1. Social construction of Mica’s identity; 2. Even as a POC, this shows the potential for #deepfakes in XR; 3. Human-avatar relations

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Meet Mica. A human-centered AI with eye-gaze tracking and more to make characteristics more humanlike. An ongoing project by an internal #magicleap team who wanted to push systems and explore digital human representations. #LEAPcon

[Magic Leap Developers @magicleapdevs]

"The world is but a canvas to our imagination." - Henry David Thoreau

#LEAPcon

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@sannabh @timstutts @jamespowderly @magicleap @kroncorde Awesome! So excited to hear that. My cousins (and millions of other Muslim women and girls) will be very happy ;)

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Great job @sannabh, @timstutts, @jamespowderly and the rest of the @magicleap team on the thoughtful #design and attention to representation and diversity in the MagicLeap avatars and assets. Especially impressed with, and grateful for, the inclusion of Muslim characters/motifs.

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An important/timely point on #privacy and #security by @magicleap @ #LEAPcon. Especially relevant given recent @facebook breach, @google data vuln, and today's @SenateCommerce's hearing Consumer Data #Privacy: Lessons from #GDPR and #CCPA. #respecttheuser