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VR Training Company Gemba Secures $18M Series A to Expand Enterprise Metaverse

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Gemba, the corporate VR learning platform, announced it’s closed an $18 million Series A funding round, which the company says will be used to continue expansion into Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and North America. The latest funding round was led by Parkway Venture Capital, now valuing the UK-based company at $60 million.

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Celebrate Earth Day With These Nature Themed VR Experiences

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Thankfully, immersive technology—such as VR—has proven to be the ideal tool for educating the public on environmental issues and spread awareness through immersive projects designed to envoke a sense of empathy with the user. GOOGLE EARTH VR. THE STANFORD OCEAN ACIDIFICATION EXPERIENCE.

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UNAIDS Launches Educational 360-Degree Series Ahead Of World AIDS Day

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UNAIDS partners with Google & Makhulu Media for a series of VR films about HIV testing. South Africa alone currently has 7.2 We hope that this highly engaging tool will help to dispel fears and show the simple steps that people can take to find out their HIV status.”. “We You can learn more about the program right here.

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NVIDIA announces Unity connector for Omniverse at GTC 2022

The Ghost Howls

Omniverse is the collaborative and simulation tool by NVIDIA. The online collaboration works in a way similar to Google Docs. Everything integrates seamlessly so that a team of different professionals can work together with the tool they work best with. NVIDIA Omniverse.

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Virtual Reality in the Movie Industry

ARVR

Often, the audience interacts with virtual reality using a headset , such as Google Cardboard , to experience an entire virtual realm. Photo: Matthew Kwong Virtual cameras In George Lucas’ second Star Wars trilogy, he used digital tools to such an extent that it took the viewer out of the story in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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This All-Female Founders Pitch Event Was Held in VR

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Morgan Mercer // Vantage Point (Los Angeles, CA) – immersive training tools for corporate HR departments who are aiming to effectively train their employees on how to prevent and solve workplace issues like sexual harassment. Women and allies from Canada to Latvia to South Africa joined in on the festivities.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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Some of the biggest names in social impact will be in attendance, including: Participant Media, Conservation International, the Rainforest Alliance, Connect for Climate/World Bank, and the Milken Institute, as well as tech companies like Google, Microsoft, and Oculus.

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