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Prepared Motion:

Students should be allowed to wear AR (Augmented Reality) glasses at school

Suggested Readings:

Wait... Smart Glasses are Suddenly Good?
MKBHD's review of the Meta Rayban Display glasses.
Here’s what it’s like to use Meta’s new Ray-Ban Display glasses
Have you ever wished you could quickly and quietly respond to a text while in a movie theatre without pulling out your phone. Or that you could see directions to the closest coffee shop without having to look down at your maps app? A new pair of Meta smart glasses with a tiny display inside the lens makes those things possible.
The billion dollar race for truly smart glasses
From the Apple Vision Pro to the Meta Quest 3 and the Meta Raybans, VR, AR and spatial computing is having a moment again. But how do smart see-through AR glasses actually work?
HoloLens 2: inside Microsoft's new headset
Microsoft is making a new HoloLens headset, called HoloLens 2. But, it's only getting sold to companies, not consumers. Meant for professionals who work with their hands and not on computers, the new HoloLens has an improved field of view and doesn’t clip as much as the original.

Research Area:

Tuvalu

Context
The actual topic will be provided at the venue. Students should research the nation of Tuvalu as deeply as possible.

Suggested Readings:

Geography Now! TUVALU
This video has more views than the population of Tuvalu.
Life in a ‘sinking nation’: Tuvalu’s dreams of dry land
With sea levels rising, much of the nation’s population is confronting the prospect that their home may soon cease to exist. Where are they going to go?
The Maldives, a paradise threatened by rising sea levels • FRANCE 24 English
The Maldives, a dream destination in the Indian Ocean that's popular with tourists from around the world, is threatened by rising sea levels – a direct consequence of climate change. Scientists warn the archipelago could even disappear by the end of the century. The country is building artificial islands to support its economy, which is heavily dependent on tourism.
What is a country? | The 4 criteria to be a state
1933 Montevideo Convention outlines four key attributes any country must possess if it was to be accepted as a sovereign independent state. But what do these requirements for statehood mean in real terms?

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