MedXRSI Announces Strategic Partnership with the Journal of Medical Extended Reality (JMedXR)  

San Francisco (USA), August 30th, 2024 – MedXRSI is thrilled to announce a significant partnership with the Journal of Medical Extended Reality (JMedXR), a leading publication, by Mary Ann Leibert Inc., at the forefront of Medical XR research and innovations. MedXRSI, also a host of the Medical XR Advisory Council, is a critical program of […]

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XRSI Welcomes April Boyd-Noronha as Interim CEO as the Founder & CEO, Kavya Pearlman Steps Away on Maternity Leave 

San Francisco (USA), January 30th, 2023 – XRSI – X Reality Safety Intelligence is a 501(c)(3) global non-profit Standards Developing Organization (SDO) promoting privacy, safety, security, and ethics in immersive and emerging technologies. Headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States and Torino, Italy in Europe, XRSI is the world’s leading organization […]

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X Reality Safety Initiative (XRSI) Rebrands to X Reality Safety Intelligence: A Renewed Commitment to Safeguarding Emerging Realities

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, June 1st, 2023 — X Reality Safety Initiative (XRSI), a leading non-profit organization globally recognized for advocating safety, privacy, security, and inclusion in the domain of emerging technology, today unveils a significant brand evolution. This transformation reinforces its commitment to protecting emerging realities through intelligence gathering and rigorous research. Transitioning to X […]

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XRSI and RMA contribute to first ever Metaverse standard whitepaper by Standards Australia

The Whitepaper, developed with support from the Australian Commonwealth Government, explores the opportunities and risks stemming from the Metaverse, its potential impact on society and the economy.   More importantly, it addresses measures that must be put in place to mitigate these risks and the need for, and role of, standards. With the potential to generate up […]

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XRSI’s Ongoing Collaboration with Metaverse Standards Forum Reinforces Focus on Privacy, Cybersecurity & Identity

San Francisco (USA), April 11th, 2023 – XR Safety Initiative(XRSI), a 501(c)(3) global non-profit Standards Developing Organization (SDO) promoting privacy, safety, security, and ethics in immersive and emerging technologies, is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing partnership with The Metaverse Standards Forum. Since joining as a Principal Member last year, XRSI has been […]

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UN-ESCWA becomes the first UN agency to adopt Metaverse Safety Week Global Awareness Campaign: Announced during Arab SME Summit in Amman, Jordan

Amman (Jordan), San Francisco (United States), November 1st, 2022 – A new hope for Human Rights in the Metaverse emerges as the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA) adopts Metaverse Safety Week, an annual global awareness campaign led by X Reality Safety Intelligence (XRSI) that brings the world together to safeguard […]

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Can XR Avoid the Privacy Missteps of the Past?

Originally published on Arinsider.co One factor that’s defined the tech world in the past half-decade is privacy reform. There’s been swift backlash to the unchecked era of ad tech, which went into hyperdrive with the advanced targeting capabilities of smartphones, starting around 2007 (read: iPhone). The resulting privacy reform has been taxing for players in […]

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EM360 talks about FTC’s recent complaint against Meta.

Is Meta monopolising the Metaverse? Mark Zuckerberg is being criticised by industry experts for potentially trying to take over the whole virtual reality industry. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently filed a complaint against the tech giant for acquiring Within, the company that produced the VR game Supernatural. The reason behind the case was that […]

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VentureBeat highlights the Beyond Inclusion Scholarship

While the deadline for the Beyond Inclusion Scholarship application is approaching (Have you applied? It takes just a few minutes and you can start clicking here!), VentureBeat reporter Dean Takahashi covered the initiative aimed at removing entry barriers in the XR industry. “Representation matters. We’re committed to reaching a candidate pool that is as broad […]

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Kavya Pearlman at WEF’s Global Technology Governance Retreat

XRSI Founder and CEO, Kavya Pearlman, who is a key member of the Global Coalition for Digital Safety at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and part of its new Metaverse Initiative, is joining its Global Technology Governance Retreat in San Francisco between 21 and 23 June 2022. “Behind every avatar — Kavya says — there […]

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