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Walmart and STRIVR Partner To Train Employees In VR

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

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SEE ALSO Walmart to Launch Nation-wide VR Training Program with Over 17,000 Oculus Headsets. Pico Rivera, California (8500 Washington Boulevard) – February 17-19. Rogers, Arkansas (4208 S Pleasant Crossing Boulevard) – April 5-6. Bentonville, Arkansas (406 S Walton Boulevard) – April 7-9.

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Here’s How VR is Helping Athletes Prepare for Games

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STRIVR boasts clients such as the Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, New York Jets, the University of Arkansas, Stanford University and the Washington Wizards. Davis Webb, the quarterback of Stanford rival California, trusts his Oculus headset as much as his helmet when it comes to game preparation.

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