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US Fire Administration Advocates The Use Of VR For Firefighter Training

VRScout

An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers. If you are a training officer looking for a practical, safe alternative to dangerous live fire scenarios, take a look at virtual reality training.”.

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Top 25 Virtual Reality Software Development Companies

ARVR

Virtual reality is a groundbreaking technology that immerses people in any surrounding they want and allows them to gain experience that is impossible to receive in the real world. Listed below are the 25 finest companies working on virtual reality that provide outsourcing and insourcing development.

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BRCvr to Host Day Long Film Festival of Burning Man Documentaries

ARPost

BRCvr – the official virtual Burning Man event) to AltspaceVR last year, is giving us a little something between burns. See Also: 2021 Burning Man: A Virtual Reality Experience Is Coming Your Way. VR participants will appreciate the truly immersive elements that invite you to have an active viewing experience.”.

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What Virtual Reality Means For Marketers

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

In 2008, marketing agencies were inundated with app requests from clients claiming ‘we want to be on the App store.’ We’re currently exploring a solution for an immersive live-sporting experience.” When new technology is introduced, businesses are never quite sure how to react.

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Living Stories: What VR Can Learn from Immersive Theater

Road to VR

When the recession hit in 2008, book publisher Charlie Melcher looked to reinvent how Melcher Media told stories using the latest smart phone technologies. So in 2012, Charlie founded The Future of Storytelling Summit to gather together the most cutting-edge innovators of telling immersive and interactive stories. Support Voices of VR.

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Layers of Fear VR Brings Critically Acclaimed Psychological Horror Hit to Life, Out Now for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive

Cats and VR

Based on the critically acclaimed 2016 title, Layers of Fear VR immerses players into the depths of madness as a painter aiming to finish his Magnum Opus. to bring the true depth of horror in Layers of Fear to life for virtual reality,” said Piotr Babieno, CEO at Bloober Team. MSRP, with a 10% discount through launch week.

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Why Apple Can’t Ignore VR Forever

Road to VR

At $3,500, Vision Pro is undoubtedly an expensive steppingstone to the company’s future augmented reality ambitions, but even if it’s ostensibly ignoring virtual reality in the meantime, it probably won’t forever.

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