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CrashCourse: The VR Experience That Teaches Young Football Players About the Dangers of Concussion

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It features well-known football players, such as Bryce Love of Washington Redskins, JJ Arcega-Whiteside of Philadelphia Eagles, as well as Trenton Irwin of Miami Dolphins. The entire action of this virtual reality interactive educational software is a first-person experience. The Team behind the CrashCourse VR Experience.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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FACEBOOK KEEPS PUSHING THE VIRTUAL ENVELOPE. Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. Department of Education just announced a $680K prize for new VR/AR experiences. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A.

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Training Against Bias with VR

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Recent events in Philadelphia show why Starbucks should use immersive technologies like Virtual Reality to train employees on empathy skills. On Thursday April 12, 2018 two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks while waiting for a colleague.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. HOW DO YOU HELP THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED WITH VR/AR? It’s too bad this just exists in a lab and we can’t play with it.

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Playing With XR

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Simultaneously, AR has been coming on strong since the launch of PokemonGo. There are many things that keep gaming groups apart for weeks or months at a time, which is a shame. With some of the capabilities AR literally “brings to the table”, groups can play together online, and see the same game “board”. Increased Design Space.

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Powering The Next Generation Of Virtual Music Experiences

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On Saturday May 16th, Minecraft hosted the Block by Blockwest in-game music festival, produced by Philadelphia band Courier Club in partnership with the cloud platform Digital Ocean. The Scotts ’ cover art was designed by prominent AR artist Kaws (Brian Donnely).To To experience “The Scotts” in AR download the Acute Art app here.

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The (uncomplete) Immersive Technology in Healthcare digest?—?Decembre 20, 2020

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Trending AR VR Articles: 1. How AR/VR Are Transforming the Real Estate Industry 2. Optimizing 3D models for Augmented Reality 3. Introducing the new AR-media platform & plugins 4. USA) has been made with the Xvision AR system from Augmedics company.