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California Fire Department Using VR To Train Recruits How To Fight Wildfires

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VR technology offers firefighters-in-training realistic training scenarios. In 2019 alone, over 6,402 fires have been recorded in California. The innovative collaboration between the Cosumnes Fire Department–which serves California’s Elk Grove and Galt communities, RiVR, and Pico Interactive first began on Linkedin.

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US Fire Administration Advocates The Use Of VR For Firefighter Training

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An average of 11 firefighters have died every year since 2008 during training sessions; VR could help reduce those numbers. Firefighters around the country have been incorporating VR into their training plans for some time. According to USFA, a division of FEMA , 70% of training-related deaths are due to stress and overexertion.

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Sense Arena VR Hockey Training Took Us From Amateur To Pro

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Sense Arena, a VR sports training provider based out of the Czech Republic, is one such company working to modernize the world of sports training through the use of immersive technology. Sense Arena can be used in a professional training environment with a stick or on the go using the standard Touch controllers.

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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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In response to the rising number of mass shootings in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security developed and released a WebVR training simulator last year called EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment), which helped prepare first responders for the stressful moments of responding to an active shooter scene.

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

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Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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Oculus & CHLA Bring VR Medical Training To Eleven New Facilities

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These immersive training programs create high-stress environments that challenge users to make life-saving decisions under extreme pressure. Using Oculus Go for our VR modules will allow for on-the-spot training without the need for the extra real estate.”. Image Credit: CHLA / Oculus.

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Training Robots Tedious Tasks With VR

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a startup co-founded by Pieter Abbeel, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at University of California, Berkeley, along with his students, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan and Tianhao Zhang—are looking to change this with VR. The post Training Robots Tedious Tasks With VR appeared first on VRScout.

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