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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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Educators can learn how to survive a virtual school shooting. Now with FBI data showing that nearly 1/3 of all mass shootings since 2000 have taken place in schools, DHS is giving EDGE an upgrade to focus on educators and school employees. The teacher version of EDGE is scheduled to be released sometime in spring.

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150 Projects Advance to the MVP Phase in AWE’s XR Prize Challenge in a Bid to Combat Climate Change

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The competition has four key categories: Replace, Visualize, Educate, and Optimize, where the winning group or individual can stand to win a cash prize of $100,000. Winners will be announced on June 1, 2023 at the AWE 2023 event in Santa Clara, California.

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One of America’s Biggest VR/AR Centers Is… Orlando?

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California? Defense, simulation, education, and entertainment come together in South Florida like they do no place else. Red 6 is an extended reality simulation company offering an “airborne tactical augmented reality system” featuring “unlimited synthetic training against near-peer adversaries.” How about Orlando?

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The Most Important Upcoming AR/VR Events This Year

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AWE USA 2023 When: May 31 – June 2 Where: Santa Clara, CA, US; and virtual Late spring/early summer is a great time to be in California. The event aims to discuss the impact and opportunities for XR across a number of industries including architecture, design, medicine, education, training, science, art, and entertainment.

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The Weather Channel Continues Its Embrace Of Mixed Reality Technology

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TWC releases another educational MR demonstration ahead of Storm Harper. When The Weather Channel debuted its IMR technology back in June of 2018, the organization introduced the industry to a brand new form of educational broadcasting.

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EON Reality Elevates AI-Powered Soft Skills Feature with Advanced Role-Play Capabilities

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The immersive ‘EON Soft Skills’ platform stands at the confluence of innovation and usability, balancing advanced role-play simulations with: Security and Privacy : A staunch approach to safeguarding participant data enhances trust and integrity across all modules.

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zSpace to Demo VR/AR Learning Tools at ACTE Careertech Vision Event

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Immersive education solutions firm zSpace has unveiled fresh updates to its Career and Technical Education (CTE) and workforce applications. ” Doing so will exhibit the San Jose, California-based company’s pledge to empower and transform education systems worldwide.

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