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The Future of VR in Education: Full Immersion in Learning

ARPost

VR tools are used in the classroom to simulate certain objects, processes, or environments. Pupils dissect a simulated frog and examine the structure of the body without harming an animal. Colorado State University also set up its laboratory for student groups of up to 100 people.

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How VR Saves Lives in the OR

VRScout

This article will focus exclusively on the applications of VR—fully replacing the world with a realistic digital simulation of patient-specific anatomy and pathology. “ImmersiveTouch training reduced surgical errors by 54% comparing a control group using current training methods.” Screen consolidation.

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Why the pedestrian dignity movement should be your next accessibility cause

Mashable VR

In fact, according to a group of transportation activists, it's a terrifying reality for most pedestrians and mobility device users, and they're pushing for something called "pedestrian dignity" in order to address it. And you're thinking, "Ugh, why can't I just drive there?" These goals are central to the movement's online presence, too.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

He’s currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Media X program at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. Spending a lot of time in VR would sometimes cause simulator sickness.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford's Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

He's currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University's Media X program at Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. We can use a simulation to help do what's called exposure therapy.

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Three Decades of Medical VR, with Stanford’s Dr. Walter Greenleaf

XR for Business Podcast

He’s currently a distinguished visiting scholar at Stanford University’s Media X program at Stanford University’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab and the Director of Technology Strategy at the University of Colorado National Mental Health Institute Center. Spending a lot of time in VR would sometimes cause simulator sickness.

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Practicing Soft Skills by Firing Barry in VR, with Talespin's Kyle Jackson

XR for Business Podcast

Simulate nuanced professional situations, practice soft skills in the safety of a virtual environment, create scalable and repeatable soft skills training programs, and measure the development of interpersonal skills." So the idea of simulation and the idea of being able to really leverage all of VR's benefits was a 100 percent fit.