<div dir="auto">Search deaf rooms on Discord. People are already using VRChat and Discord together.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See SignWritiing for non-animated sign language.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">See Protactile for those who cannot see or hear.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also ASCII Braille.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">One friend suggested Natural Semantic Metalanguage. I think machine learning might be more successful in the short term.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Also Tesla suits and DanceLogic.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><span style="border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">I would love to swap information on such technologies.</span></div><div style="background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(255,255,255)" dir="auto"><font face="-apple-system, HelveticaNeue" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></span></font><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 10:07 AM Brutzman, Donald (Don) (CIV) <<a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu">brutzman@nps.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_8044673286156834355WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Suggested reading:<u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt;border-bottom-color:windowtext"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">Building Responsible, Safe, and Inclusive Extended Reality Ecosystems (the Metaverse)<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">XRSI Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration<u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://xrsi.org/publication/biden-harris-recommendations" target="_blank">https://xrsi.org/publication/biden-harris-recommendations</a><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">“The United States is facing the unprecedented challenge of building responsible, safe, and inclusive XR and Metaverse related Information and Communication Technology ecosystems.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">We need pragmatic policy decisions and governance frameworks that help build responsibility, safety, and inclusion for new and emerging fields of XR technologies (an umbrella term for AR/VR/MR). With the pandemic catalyzing and fueling the growth and adoption of these technologies, we need to pause and reflect: if we are going to extend realities via the immersive domain of XR, what kind of world will we wish to create?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt;border-bottom-color:windowtext"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in">Lawmakers must proactively address the issue of privacy and data protection while enabling responsible research and innovation. This area is particularly relevant today as our dependency on smart technologies grows, and we embrace immersive and emerging technologies to build the future.“<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Primary contributor:<u></u><u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://xrsi.org/who-we-are" target="_blank">https://xrsi.org/who-we-are</a><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://twitter.com/XRSIdotorg" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/XRSIdotorg</a><u></u><u></u></li><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in">XR Safety Initiative (XRSI) is a global non profit Standards Developing Organization(SDO) that promotes privacy, safety, security, and ethics in immersive environments. Founded in 2019 by Kavya Pearlman, known as the “Cyber Guardian,” an award-winning cybersecurity professional with a deep interest in immersive and emerging technologies. Headquartered in San Francisco Bay Area, XRSI currently has over 150 diverse and multidisciplinary advisors from around the globe.<u></u><u></u></li></ul><div style="border-style:none none solid;border-bottom-width:1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1pt;border-bottom-color:windowtext"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><u></u> <u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Related work is commencing in Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF)., where Web3D Consortium is a participating SDO member.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="m_8044673286156834355MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in"><a href="https://metaverse-standards.org" target="_blank">https://metaverse-standards.org</a><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">All comments and feedback welcome. Thanks for considering the possibilities.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u> <u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">all the best, Don<u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">-- <u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Don Brutzman Naval Postgraduate School, Code USW/Br <a href="mailto:brutzman@nps.edu" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Courier New"">brutzman@nps.edu</a><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">Watkins 270, MOVES Institute, Monterey CA 93943-5000 USA +1.831.656.2149<u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New"">X3D graphics, virtual worlds, Navy robotics https://</span> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New""><a href="http://faculty.nps.edu/brutzman" target="_blank" style="font-family:"Courier New"">faculty.nps.edu/brutzman</a><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u><u style="font-family:"Courier New""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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