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VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers

VRScout

Axon, a weapons technology company based out of Arizona, today launched a new VR simulation designed to train law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics by immersing them in realistic scenarios they may face out in the field. Axon’s VR simulation training is already being used by the Phoenix Police Department.

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‘Sense Arena’ is a VR Hockey Trainer That’s Being Adopted by NHL Teams

Road to VR

Since the system only tracks the player’s head and hands there’s a lot of the player’s body and motions that can’t be accounted for, meaning it is far from a perfect physical simulation. However, Sense Arena pitches itself as being a cognitive training tool as much as being about working on technique.

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zSpace to Demo VR/AR Learning Tools at ACTE Careertech Vision Event

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The new hardware will be showcased at the ACTE Careertech Vision event from 29 November to 2 December at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. Labtech : With its Renewable Energy Fundamentals’ simulations, Labtech will leverage zSpace’s technologies and users to train for renewable energy technologies.

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Tesla’s data advantage. Can Apple, or others, keep up?

Robert Scoble

The programmers have a simulator where they can load all that data and actually “walk around” what happened. Chooch shows that the training is so good that an engineer could just circle the bucket and “teach” the AI systems about what that is. Plus, Tesla has a huge advantage in brand too over Waymo.

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ANNOUNCEMENT and Why the Tesla Humanoid Robot Matters

Robert Scoble

Once cars start driving without a human in the car, something that GM’s Cruise, Waymo (spun out of Google), and others are already doing in San Francisco, California and Phoenix, Arizona, then the car can bring other robots AND let the robots be shared among a number of different houses, which defrays their cost.