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US Fire Administration Advocates The Use Of VR For Firefighter Training

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An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers. Their special firefighter trainer simulator is the first to use both VR and haptic technology through an HTC Vive Pro, heat suit, breathing apparatus, hose with haptic technology, and scenario software.

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VisionDevCamp To Jumpstart Apple Vision Pro Developers In Early 2024

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As Apple's new development platform took shape in 2008 and beyond, the dev camp series grew too with iPadDevCamp and iOSDevCamp. Organizers say apps like Square, TestFlight, and Barack Obama's 2008 election year app got their start at these events. Hundreds attended the first iPhoneDevCamp in July 2007, just a week after the U.S.

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‘Assetto Corsa Competizione’ Announced With VR Support, Coming This Summer

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While the development focus appears to be on bringing the FIA GT3 homologated championship to life, the title clearly represents a new chapter in Kunos’ simulation technology as a whole. Further improvements over Assetto Corsa include driver swap support, motion captured pit animations, and a “well-structured ranking system” for multiplayer.

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A Different Kind of Puzzle: ‘Wrench’ Tasks You With Assembling Cars Right Down to the Nuts & Bolts

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The years of experience as a 3D artist in the games industry, creating high quality assets for games like The Order: 1886 (2015) , along with various work for vehicle simulators like iRacing (2008) and Game Stock Car (2012) is clearly apparent in the stunning models featured in Wrench.

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Logitech Acquired Saitek For its Future VR Controllers?

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Logitech announced the news in a blog post, calling it an “exciting day for Logitech” and heralding Saitek as the “go-to” source for fans of spacefaring and simulation-style games such as Elite Dangerous, Eve Valkyrie, Star Citizen, Microsoft Flight Simulator and Farm Simulator.

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5 Case Studies showing the ROI of AR/VR in Industrial Manufacturing

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Virtual Reality (VR) , an advanced technology, places the user in a virtual environment or simulated space. JLR started using VR in 2008, and has saved over USD 8 million on vehicle development costs. This technology is being used today in healthcare, tourism, education and art and design. AR was valued at USD 14.7 Billion in 2020.

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EON Reality Partners with Metta Schools, Singapore – Leading Special Needs Institute

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In this partnership, Metta Schools and EON Reality have co-developed 3 Modules aimed to helping Special Needs students with accomplishing basic traveling skills in a risk-free simulation based environment. The students are excited to learn with the technology as learning becomes alive with the interactions and simulations.