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How Businesses Are Cutting Employee Training Costs With VR

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VR is the future of employee training, and businesses are taking notice. . It’s no secret an increasing number of businesses are turning to virtual and augmented reality for employee training. STRIVR is one leading US-based startup developing VR training apps and has worked with companies such as Walmart, Chipotle and Tyson.

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Where is VR/AR and Education Now?

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In March 2014 Facebook bought Oculus and the current wave of interest in VR and AR was reborn. In both corporate training and K-12, companies and schools are reporting positive results about the impact of VR/AR on retention, engagement, and efficiency. 3 – Corporate training with VR/AR has expanded to more industries. . #3

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Report: Meta in Talks with Magic Leap for Multiyear AR Headset Tech Deal

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” Since it exited stealth in 2014, Magic Leap has released two AR headsets, Magic Leap 1 and Magic Leap 2, which have been compared in functionality to Microsoft’s HoloLens AR headsets. The company has raised over $4 billion, with minority investors including Google, Alibaba, Qualcomm, AT&T, and Axel Springer.

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What Is a Digital Twin?

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The digital model may be used internally to train engineers or develop new products. Dr. Martine Rothblatt’s 2014 book Virtually Human explores the idea of “mindclones” – AI versions of real people trained from things like the living person’s social media posts. It may even be used in a video game.

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XR Training Offers Major Boost to Learner Outcomes, CWRU Exec Says

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Farrow stated that her medical school, one of the top 25 institutions in the United States, developed a new facility in 2014. IGS and the Future of XR Training. Nancy Farrow, Executive Director of Global HoloAnatomy & HoloNeuroAnatomy Software Suite at Case Western Reserve University.

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How XR Is Shaping the Future of Recruitment?

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Hershey leveraged augmented reality in 2014 to give an experience to the potential hires of what it looks like working in the company. See Also: Talespin Adds New Content and Desktop Streaming to Its VR Soft Skills Training Platform. Offers Hands-On Training. Testing Candidate Skills.

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‘Robo Recall’ Behind-the-scenes: Insights and Artwork from Epic Games

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StrategyVR – CES 2014. Couch Knights – GDC 2014 | Read More. Showdown – Oculus Connect 2014 | Read More. Bullet Train – Oculus Connect 2015 | Read More. Epic’s first public tech demo to accompany the Oculus Touch controllers, Bullet Train introduces teleportation and weapon wielding mechanics. Apparently not.

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