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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

VRScout

million program, which was built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, isn’t the first VR experience to focus on surviving an active shooter situation. The training center, which is located at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, allows up to 60 people at the same time, including those who can log in remotely from their homes.

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Red 6 Pilots Laud Novel AR Air Combat Trainer

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According to the Orlando, Florida-based firm, the demo featured two Red 6 testing pilots using Berkut 540 fighter jets at the Santa Monica Airport in California.

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

Road to VR

While the program was principally incubated by Crytek, students working in VR First labs tend use Unity (48%), followed by Unreal (20%) and then CRYENGINE (14%). California State University Monterey Bay, USA. University of Florida, USA. University of Southern California (USC), USA. image courtesy VR First.

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