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

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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 Moth + Flame’s SAPR training is expected to be deployed at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas later this summer.

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

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The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. But, if a user makes a mistake, the application will present realistic outcomes such as simulated electrocution.

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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. Eventually, the company hopes to be rolling out the platform to its 5,000 retail locations too.

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Here’s How VR is Helping Athletes Prepare for Games

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The next wave of athletic training takes place in a computer simulation, as companies such as STRIVR Labs , EON Sports and Beyond Sports help players prepare for games through VR technology. 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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Three Reasons Higher Education Has Embraced Virtual Reality

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Virtual Reality also, when built properly, will be interactive.

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

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I was lucky enough to get a job at UC Santa Barbara in a combination social psychology lab and computer science hub , where we were using VR to run experiments, to simulate the social world. Or how does resolution or latency affect simulator sickness? One of the teams we work with is the Arkansas Razorbacks. This is 1999.

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How to Create a VR Soft Skills App Using InstaVR

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Our client, University of Arkansas – Pulaski Tech, for instance created a VR application to help students better engage in public speaking. In this age of automation, human interaction skills are still in very high demand. Luckily, VR is an excellent technology for training and practicing use of what are known as soft skills.

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