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New VR boots aim to make walking realistic for job training

Hypergrid Business

The company website  states that Ekto VR is bridging the skills gap by simulating full-scale working environments, and their demo video shows some virtual onsite training. One 2004 study from Japan states that the sensation of walking affects the way our brains process distance and movement.

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How Watson, IBM’s Artificial Intelligence, Is Powering Audio-Interactive VR/AR Environments

VRScout

So from a personality perspective, if you’re starting to train agents, they will be trying to understand not just what is being said, but how it’s being said,” says Pavitt. Fun Fact: Watson itself was only developed in 2004 as a part of IBMs DeepQA project to compete in Jeopardy, and it eventually appeared on Jeopardy!

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Editorial: How the Crypto Crash—and Meta’s Missteps—Are Souring the General Public on the Metaverse

Ryan Schultz

As somebody who writes about social VR and flatscreen virtual worlds on this blog, with a popular Discord server packed with metaverse fanatics and a front-row seat on pretty much everything that has been happening in this space, let me tell you, the past twelve months have been a wild ride.