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VR Simulation Teaches Canadian Children The Importance Of Road Safety

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According to research published by Parachute Canada , a national Canadian charity foundation dedicated to accident prevention and awareness, injuries among child pedestrians are the primary cause of injury-related deaths for Canadian youth at or under the age of 14. Image Credit: The University of Guelph / Haptic.al / Flickr.

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Is Virtual Reality The Next Big Break For B2B?

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Especially with a host of low-cost VR devices such as the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear headset, it’s already speculated that marketers will take advantage of this new messaging channel. However, virtual reality can create a simulated environment that replicates the real feel of shopping in a brick and mortar store.

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Your VR Guide To Black Friday Deals

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While companies like Walmart are preparing for the busiest shopping day of the year with Black Friday VR training simulators , i’m sure all you really care about is how to save some major dough this holiday weekend. Google Daydream View Sale. Google’s Daydream View VR headset is expected to get a discount on Black Friday as well.

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How to choose an LBVR product?

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VR just passed the thorough of disillusionment and is here to stay thanks to investments in the AR/VR market by Facebook, Google and Apple. The cost appears to be around $90k in the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia. . Seated VR: hand tracking games, movies and simulators. VR simulators are more interactive. And they sit.

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Digital Twins: XR Today Expert Roundtable

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This allows decision-makers to work on immersive visualizations as part of their daily operations, such as reviewing iterations of a product or viewing a digitized urban area to simulate smart city initiatives. Simulation and Training : XR technology enables realistic simulations based on digital twins.

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The XR Week (2020.11.16): HP Reverb G2 still haunted by WMR tracking, Quest 2 update brings 90Hz, and more!

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to play simulation games) or if you don’t need to play games where controllers tracking is fundamental, like competitive shooters. Google releases the Objectron dataset. All in all, the common consensus is that this is a great headset if you’re looking for just high resolution (e.g.

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Exclusive: Here’s How Fantastic Contraption VR Devs Generated More Than $1 Million

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The creative puzzler is made by Canada-based game-making couple Sarah and Colin Northway teaming with Radial Games’ Andy Moore, Kimberly Voll and Lindsay Jorgensen with sound by Gord McGladdery. Other teams in this group include Survios ( which is funded by investors to the tune of $50 million ) and Owlchemy Labs ( acquired by Google ).