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Three Reasons Higher Education Has Embraced Virtual Reality

InstaVR

But no longer are they just watching from the sidelines to learn about the technology. Academia is continually evolving thanks to technology. It can transport students to a first-person view unlike any other technology, while engaging two major senses at once — sight and sound. First off, it’s immersive.

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STRIVR Introduces VR Training On and Off the Field

Road to VR

With industries outside of entertainment expected to account for the majority of virtual reality industry revenues, the question of utility seems ever-pressing. “I think the entertainment stuff is really cool and some of the gaming experiences are incredible, but how big is that market outside of a gaming community?

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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

Why have you fallen in love with this technology for your work and your research? 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. I love that question.

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