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

VRScout

Partnering with Moth + Flame, the Air Force will utilize VR technology to employ an empathy-building immersive experience designed to simulate realistic conversations using natural language processing technology. “We VR as a training tool puts Airmen into real-world life situations where they can build knowledge, skills, and abilities.” .

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

TechCrunch VR

Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies. We’ve seen how immersive technologies can reach new audiences and engage existing audiences in new ways,” said Chris Barr, director for arts and technology innovation at Knight Foundation, in a statement.

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The AVR Platform and Classroom 3.0 Showcased at EduTECH Asia 2018

EON Reality

With a focus on how the AVR Platform can best be used in the education world, EON Reality’s discussion, ‘Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education: The Shift to Classroom 3.0,’ highlighted Wednesday’s offerings with a full presentation and hands-on demos of the new tools in Creator AVR. Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe. Select your Country.

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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

We were using VR not as a thing to study in and of itself, but we were using it as a tool to run more rigorous social psych studies. on immersion and presence , or somewhere in that nature (I might be off by a single point). One of the teams we work with is the Arkansas Razorbacks. We’ve published a meta-analysis in 2016.

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Spatial raises $14M more for a holographic 3D workspace app, a VR/AR version of Zoom or Hangouts

TechCrunch VR

That in itself is also a sign of how immersive, three-dimensional media is possibly, finally approaching a breakout moment. They’re taking us beyond everyday tools like Zoom and Slack and pointing the way towards what conferencing and collaboration can be like if they were invented today and I’m excited to support the journey.”.

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Augmented reality and the next century of the web

TechCrunch VR

Meanwhile Apple has offered up a developer platform and a few well-timed keynote slots for developers harnessing their tools, but the most ambitious first-party AR project they’ve launched publicly on iOS has been a measuring tape app. Everything else has taken place behind closed doors.

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

XR for Business Podcast

Michael: And this is why I’ve been working on starting this dojo, or this VR maker space; because the tools for building — there’s VRTK for Unity… there’s just all these tools. So, what are some of the tools that you’ve seen used really effectively to create this content? The tools are here.

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