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VR Simulation Teaches Canadian Children The Importance Of Road Safety

VRScout

In response to these ongoing safety concerns, Morrongiello and her team of researchers at the University of Guelph have begun introducing a brand new virtual reality program designed to educate children on the proper safety procedures when crossing a busy intersection.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

These institutions, currently actively engaging in immersive learning, are hosting classes in virtual reality (VR) to determine the efficacy of XR technologies in the educational curriculum. Germany and Austria have teamed up with GoStudent, leading to major gains in language learning with virtual reality.

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Policing In The Metaverse: What’s Happening Now

Bernard Marr

Using virtual reality headsets, the INTERPOL metaverse enables users to: Tour a virtual version of the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, France. adults experience severe mental illness, but that group is involved in 20% of police calls and is overrepresented in fatal interactions with law enforcement.

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A Year of Saying Goodbye

ARVR

A lot of people just need permission; that’s the part I figured out in late March, 2020 when I started organizing and hosting events in the only place we could be close— a virtual reality place, with its superpower of shared presence. A 15 year old boy from northern Alabama spoke with poise about his great-grandfather dying.

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