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Walmart and STRIVR Partner To Train Employees In VR

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Each will have an Oculus Rift and a VR ready PC to run it on. 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. Eventually, the company hopes to be rolling out the platform to its 5,000 retail locations too.

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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

His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. An iconic image of Jeremy Bailenson wearing an Oculus Rift DK2 (Image taken from Medium). I am always fascinated when I speak with someone that is here before the Oculus Kickstarter campaign. I didn’t know what I was going to do with my life.

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

InstaVR

Almost anyone with a laptop or mobile phone that connects to data can view WebVR. While lacking the cache of say an Oculus Quest app , there’s still some real ROI to be had from embedding WebVR in your web site or having a standalone full-page WebVR experience. And from a marketing standpoint, that’s huge.

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What are Colleges & Universities Using VR For?

InstaVR

With InstaVR — plus ubiqitous 360-degree cameras and affordable mobile standalone headsets like Oculus Go — any student in any department can make and distribute VR apps. STUDENT PRESENTATIONS Prior to InstaVR, virtual reality creation was mainly housed in the computer science or visual arts departments of universities.

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

InstaVR

Combined with a 360-degree camera or 3DCG software, faculty or students can create VR apps in minutes that can be distributed via web, mobile app, or head-mounted VR system (Oculus Go, Quest and Rift S). University of Birmingham, UK – They’re training the next generation of social workers using VR.

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

InstaVR

Combined with a 360-degree camera or 3DCG software, faculty or students can create VR apps in minutes that can be distributed via web, mobile app, or head-mounted VR system (Oculus Go, Quest and Rift S). University of Birmingham, UK – They’re training the next generation of social workers using VR.

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Getting Fit with a VR Toolkit, and Other XR Tips with VRd?j?’s Michael Eichenseer

XR for Business Podcast

And now, the data coming back is way better than anybody could have ever imagined. You can dive in and start building for VR with almost a $300 laptop and an Oculus Go. So, you know where people are looking; you can really get an incredible amount of data back from the headsets, as well as deliver the content to the viewer.

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