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Every Choice You Make Is Life Or Death In This Daydream Impact VR Experience

VRScout

In 2015, American entrepeneur Chris Milk brought us Clouds Over Sidra , showing audiences how VR technology could be employed as a powerful “empathy machine,” a term he used to describe the medium during a TED talk that has since gathered over 1.5 million views. .

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Bringing War Home

Tech Trends VR

As early as 2015, Chris Milk brought us Clouds Over Sidra and showed how VR was indeed a powerful “empathy machine” as he described the medium in a TED talk that gathered over 1.5 This means that urban conflict accounted for 70% of all civilian deaths in Iraq and Syria. million views since then. VRScout (@VRScout) October 31, 2018.

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

VRScout

Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. In VR, the patient is fully emotionally immersed in the traumatic situation while physically remaining in a safe, controlled setting. Founded by psychotherapist Thomas J.

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Why Smells Are So Difficult To Simulate For Virtual Reality

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Having served with the US military in Iraq, Kenya and Djibouti, one of his key research interests is getting former soldiers to don VR headsets so they can face up to, and overcome, their traumatic memories. Figuring Out How Smell Affects Presence.

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Making of ‘Sun Ladies VR’, the Story of Former ISIS Sex Slaves Who Form an All-Female Fighting Unit

Road to VR

The Sun Ladies VR is an amazing story about a group of Yazidi women from the Northern Iraq community of Sinjar, who escaped as sex slaves and started an all-female unit to fight the terrorist organization ISIS. Celine Tricart. ISIS raided the Sinjar District in August 2014 and massacred over 2,000 Yazidis, selling many women into slavery.

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This Degree Will Actually Land You a Job and Prepare You for the Future

EON Reality

Since the Inauguration of Mauritius’ EON Reality Entrepreneur School in November of 2015, twenty-five students successfully completed the requirements to earn a Postgraduate Diploma in Virtual Reality , per the requirements set by the University of Mauritius. Immersive Systems Development Techniques.