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This VR Training Simulation is One of the Best We’ve Ever Seen

Road to VR

One of the best we’ve seen, this video, demonstrating a dangerous workplace simulation for train operators, shows how virtual reality and motion controllers might revolutionise training in the work place. Seem to me that user engagement would skyrocket and along with it, the success of driving home the training.

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BISim tells us how XR is relevant for the Army

The Ghost Howls

Bohemia Interactive Simulations (BISim) is a global software company at the forefront of simulation training solutions for defense and civilian organizations. BISim was founded in 2001 in Australia as part of Czech-based Bohemia Interactive Studio (makers of Arma and Dayz). Why is Virtual Reality so relevant for military training?

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Metaverse needs to solve problems, not be the problem

ARVR

Be it decreasing training costs and risks, reaching unreachable worlds, educating more effectively, boosting sales or increasing traffic at events. Meta is however still struggling with adaptation to business / education use since it abandoned Oculus for Business solution and now you need to have one Facebook account per each headset.

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Oculus For Business is now available for all companies

The Ghost Howls

Oculus has gained in these years always more success in the consumers’ landscape, and now with the Oculus Quest , thanks to an affordable device running great content , it is making strides in the market. Today, finally, Facebook has changed all of this and i s making Oculus For Business available to all interested companies.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.11.09): PS5 doesn’t improve PSVR, VRChat reaches 24,000 concurrent users, and more!

The Ghost Howls

The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. Oculus delays shipments of the Elite Strap due to breakage reports. The option to “rent it” by paying $100/month is coming next year.

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Apple may have given us a hint at its AR/VR headset’s name

TechCrunch VR

Australia, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. The headset is believed to be the same size as Meta’s Oculus Quest and focused on high-tech and high-performance. While Meta’s devices have been used for some medical training, they weren’t designed with such use cases in mind.

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Three Reasons Higher Education Has Embraced Virtual Reality

InstaVR

Cameras like the Insta360 One X and headsets like the Oculus Go have made VR affordable/easy to use, while InstaVR has made editing and publishing VR accessible to non-technical people. Students throughout the world, as far away as Asia and Australia, will have access to the same interactive VR learning materials as the students in Scotland.