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Arkansas Governor Says in Hindsight, He Slightly Regrets Siding With the Virus

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For example, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a bill into law in April that bans mask mandates across the state. Across the country, Republican leaders have signed into law measures functionally indistinguishable from deliberate efforts to aid the novel coronavirus.

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Arkansas Reports 33 New Covid-19 Patients Placed on Ventilators in Single Day

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Arkansas hospitals placed 33 new covid-19 patients on ventilators Tuesday, according to the state’s department of health, bringing the total to 205 patients struggling for life on the machines.

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Charter Lied to Get Customers to Switch ISPs and Now It Must Pay

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Apple said to be working a high-priced standalone VR headset as debut mixed reality product

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Apple and Snap partner JigSpace, the ‘Canva for 3D,’ raises a $4.7M Series A

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The Official US Civil Rights Trail Book Adds AR Experience to Engage the Young Generations

ARPost

Some of the places are Birmingham (Alabama), Memphis (Tennessee), Atlanta (Georgia), Charleston (South Carolina), already mentioned Little Rock (Arkansas) and Selma (Alabama), and more. History must be known by everyone, so we do not repeat its mistakes.

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The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts

TechCrunch VR

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Facebook VR exec Hugo Barra is leaving

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Powerful Tornadoes Leave at Least 50 Dead Across 6 States

GizModo VR

The sun has risen on scenes of widespread destruction from Arkansas to Illinois following a series of deadly tornadoes that hit overnight on Friday.

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AR will mean dystopia if we don’t act today

TechCrunch VR

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Using augmented reality, Altoida is identifying the likely onset of neurodegenerative diseases

TechCrunch VR

Augmented Reality Health TC Altoida Alzheimer's arkansas Bern dementia Disease Food and Drug Administration Houston iPad Japan medicine Mental Illness Merck New York Pharmaceutical san diego switzerland United States Virtual realityFor the past 19 years, Ioannis Tarnanas, the founder and chief scientific officer at Altoida , has been developing virtual and augmented reality tools to offer predictions about the onset of mental illness in older patients.

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7 Satellite Images Reveal the Shocking Toll of the Quad State Tornado Outbreak

GizModo VR

Thousands of residents from Arkansas to Illinois are reeling from a weekend of devastating tornadoes that touched down across six states and left at least 88 dead.

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XR Gaming Case Study: Groove Jones, Be Pro Be Proud

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

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Augmented reality and the next century of the web

TechCrunch VR

Howdy friends, this is the web version of my Week in Review newsletter, it’s here to entice you to sign up and get it in your inbox every week.

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U.S. Air Force Using VR For Sexual Assault Prevention Training

VRScout

Moth + Flame’s SAPR training is expected to be deployed at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas later this summer. Members of the Air Force will train in intervention skills, victim advocacy, and reporting protocols.

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Infrastructure Bleak: Vital Memphis Bridge Closed Over Massive Crack

GizModo VR

The Hernando DeSoto bridge—a vital highway crossing that’s about two miles long and located between Memphis and eastern Arkansas—was forced to close earlier this week after transportation officials discovered a massive crack in a core part of its skeleton.

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This Restaurant Will Let You Paint With Sauces in VR

VRScout

10 – TCU vs. Arkansas. 17 – Arkansas vs. Texas State. Zaxby’s is taking an interactive HTC VIVE experience on tour to tailgaters across the country. With over 700 locations across 17 states, quick service chicken restaurant Zaxby’s is giving college football fans a taste of something new while tailgating this season.

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Walmart and STRIVR Partner To Train Employees In VR

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Walmart partnered with STRIVR Labs to create these experiences after one of the company’s executives saw the University of Arkansas football team training using VR too. US supermarket chain Walmart is betting big on VR to help improve its employee training techniques, and it’s turned to a new company to help. TechCrunch is reporting that Walmart plans to install VR training platforms at each of its 200 Academy training centers across the US by the end of the year.

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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

The Ghost Howls

One of the teams we work with is the Arkansas Razorbacks. In Arkansas, there is the largest company in the world. Brock, the head of training from Walmart, decided to come to the Arkansas Razorback football office.

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Walmart Brings Tricked Out ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ VR Experience to Select Stores

Road to VR

Rogers, Arkansas (4208 S Pleasant Crossing Boulevard) – April 5-6. Bentonville, Arkansas (406 S Walton Boulevard) – April 7-9. Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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Oculus Go Pre-order Page Hits Amazon, Best Buy Stocks Shelves

Road to VR

Lending more credence to a nearby launch, Reddit user ‘theDarthonly’ revealed an image featuring a loaded glass case (behind lock and key) of Oculus Go boxes at a Best Buy at his hometown of Fayetteville, Arkansas. Oculus Go, the company’s upcoming standalone VR headset, may already be waiting in the wings at Amazon distribution centers—they’re certainly already on Best Buy shelves, as both retailers are gearing up for what appears to be an imminent launch.

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Here’s How VR is Helping Athletes Prepare for Games

VRScout

STRIVR boasts clients such as the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, the University of Arkansas, Stanford University and the Washington Wizards. A rookie quarterback walks from the huddle to the line of scrimmage, facing a scowling defense ready to tear him apart. But he’s not scared. He’s seen this all before. The rookie knows exactly what coverage the defense is in and what they’ll try to do next. He’s gone through this specific scenario hundreds of times.

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What are Colleges & Universities Using VR For?

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Top Client Examples: University of Arkansas, Pulaski Technical College – They’re a real innovator in using VR for multiple marketing purposes — virtual college tours, showing off how their culinary school works, winning awards for their VR library tour, etc. Colleges and universities were some of the earliest adopters of InstaVR — and some of the most innovative current users.

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InstaVR Launches Academic Organization-wide Tier Pricing to Accommodate Distance Learning and Campus Virtual Tour Needs

InstaVR

Top Client Examples: University of Arkansas, Pulaski Technical College – They’re a real innovator in using VR for multiple marketing purposes — virtual college tours, showing off how their culinary school works, winning awards for their VR library tour, etc.

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What is WebVR, How to Create It, and Main Use Cases

InstaVR

Image courtesy of University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College. University of Arkansas – Pulaski Technical College – Read our interview with UA – PTC Digital Marketing Specialist Lennon Parker to find out why they chose InstaVR and added WebVR to their site. WebVR is an underappreciated virtual reality publishing outlet. It’s likely because the medium is not ideal for 360 video, not fully immersive, and doesn’t involve a powerful headset.

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Three Reasons Higher Education Has Embraced Virtual Reality

InstaVR

InstaVR Academic users leveraging the immersive properties of VR range from Stanford University School of Medicine training new doctors to avoid distractions to University of Arkansas – Pulaski Tech helping students to relax in front of classrooms while giving speeches to Emporia State University students using InstaVR apps to view simulated crime scenes that were staged at an FBI office hundreds of miles away. Virtual Reality has always been of interest to higher education.

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Abortion funds and reproductive justice networks need our help

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Arkansas Abortion Support Network (AASN) The Arkansas Abortion Support Network is a volunteer nonprofit dedicated to reducing the barriers to abortion access in Arkansas through clinic escorts, abortion service and funding help, and educational outreach. On May 2, a U.S.

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STRIVR Introduces VR Training On and Off the Field

Road to VR

Fast forward to 2016 and STRIVR Labs counts the likes of Texas Tech, Arkansas, Stanford, Dallas Cowboys, and Arizona Cardinals, among others, as clients using STRIVR’s VR solutions to enhance training. With industries outside of entertainment expected to account for the majority of virtual reality industry revenues, the question of utility seems ever-pressing. How can virtual reality transcend novelty into utility and become truly useful?

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InstaVR Launches Academic Organization-Wide Tier Pricing in Response to Coronavirus (COVID-19)

InstaVR

Top Client Examples: University of Arkansas, Pulaski Technical College – They’re a real innovator in using VR for multiple marketing purposes — virtual college tours, showing off how their culinary school works, winning awards for their VR library tour, etc.

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EON Reality Presents at Nordic VR Forum

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At the 2018 edition of the Nordic VR Forum, EON Reality Norway didn’t just attend Hamar’s distinguished virtual reality conference but also presented the “ Jesper on Wheels ” project to an eager crowd. With hundreds of attendees from 10 different nations and even more viewers following along with the event’s livestreams online, the annual event proved successful in every way.

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How to Create a VR Soft Skills App Using InstaVR

InstaVR

Our client, University of Arkansas – Pulaski Tech, for instance created a VR application to help students better engage in public speaking. VR for training humans on soft skills — ie interacting with other humans — has really taken off over the last year. There’s many examples of successes, from doctors learning to better relate to patients all the way to retail workers learning how to deal with unusual client circumstances.

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Smart Nations Powered By Augmented Virtual Reality

EON Reality

Advances in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality are reshaping the way we learn and interact with our world. Workers with access to real-time contextual information, displayed when and where they need it will reshape the workplace and dramatically improve the efficiency, productivity, and safety of the average worker. The future is here, with EON Reality’s Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR) technology. CONTACT US. Name *. First. Job Title * Email *.

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Scale Learning and Teaching for the Online Classroom

EON Reality

At EON Reality, we are working at lightning speed to help classrooms around the world transition safely and effectively to an online classroom. As we shift towards preparing for tomorrow it is now more important than ever to build resilience into our online classrooms.

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Ouverture des inscriptions à EON Entrepreneur School

EON Reality

Vous rêvez de créer les nouvelles applications en Réalité Virtuelle et Augmentée ? Saisissez cette opportunité avec EON ENTREPRENEUR SCHOOL. Cette formation est le fruit d’un partenariat entre EON Reality, le leader mondial de la Réalité Virtuelle et Augmentée, et l’IMIE, école de la filière numérique présente sur 7 campus (Nantes, Angers, Rennes, Le Mans, Caen, Paris et Laval).

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Using VR Revolutionize Sports Training with STRIVR Labs

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They quickly signed up Stanford, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Auburn, Arkansas and Dartmouth as their first official partners to continue their research, and they also started working with NFL teams including the Cowboys, Cardinals, Giants, Vikings, and Jets. When Derek Belch was a kicker on Stanford’s football team in 2007, he took a class with the Virtual Human Interaction Lab’s Jeremy Bailenson where he was exposed to virtual reality technologies for the first time.

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The AVR Platform and Classroom 3.0 Showcased at EduTECH Asia 2018

EON Reality

At EduTECH Asia 2018 this week in Singapore, EON Reality spent two full days speaking, promoting, and demonstrating the latest updates to the AVR Platform to the thousands of education and technology professionals in attendance.

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Now Recruiting: Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Enthusiasts of Dubai, UAE

EON Reality

EON Reality and EAIT (Emirates Advanced Investments Trading) have partnered to form EON Reality UAE LLC , an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) focused on vocational skills training and higher education utilizing Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality. The IDC houses an Entrepreneur School, which teaches the skills needed to be successful in creating Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality content and applications for industry and training.

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