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Space Force Using Holodeck-like VR For Medical Training

VRScout

Space Force—to develop VR training programs for special operations forces that will focus primarily on enhancing current medical training systems for both divisions. Space Force will receive Tactical Combat Casualty Care based experience as well as standard medical training across the continuum of care in various medical roles.

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Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform

Road to VR

TRANSFRVR , one such company working to bring immersive VR learning to accredited job training programs across the United States, today announced its secured $12 million in Series A financing. The post Transfr Secures $12M Series A Financing to Scale Immersive VR Job Training Platform appeared first on Road to VR.

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VR Simulation Teaches Canadian Children The Importance Of Road Safety

VRScout

A test involving 130 children, age 7 to 10, indicated that children who received virtual road safety training made 75-98% fewer mistakes than those educated in a conventional manner. Morrongiello’s program, on the other hand, provides a much more in-depth simulation for children to interact with, complete with real-time user feedback.

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Transfr raises $12M Series A to bring virtual reality to manufacturing-plant floors

TechCrunch VR

However, training and recruitment can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars for companies, a heavy investment that is hard to explain during volatile times. Transfr leverages virtual reality to create simulations of manufacturing-plant shop floors or warehouses for training purposes.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

Dozens of leading companies around the world in the automotive, aerospace, industrial, and government sectors are already seeing incredible results with the HaptX Gloves Development Kit for design and training applications.”. Our haptic technology complemented their first responder field medical training module.

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the exercises, the companies used a Boeing TA-4J aircraft to simulate scenarios during air combat, setting the stage for integrating and trialling the system on a T-7 advanced trainer. This unique combination will usher in a new paradigm in training, directly impacting readiness and lethality.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The programme will include the following universities and their respective programmes: Stanford University and its Business School partnership with BodySwaps to learn soft skills Arizona State University to teach language skills in virtual environments New Mexico State University , who has applied VR to criminal justice for crime scene evaluations (..)

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