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Training to Craning in 60 Minutes: Putting My VR-learned Skills to the Test with a Real 22 Ton Crane

Road to VR

He was the VR technical adviser for the VR Pain and Anxiety Management pilot program at Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center , and has been actively involved in the VR scene since the 2012 Oculus Kickstarter. He has been a professional computer programmer for over 20 years.

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Watch: This Mobile VR Crane Simulator Showcases the Future of Industrial Training

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Industrial Training International is readying their VR Mobile Crane Simulator for the March ConExpo Event in Las Vegas. The simulator uses an Oculus Rift headset in combination with a modular rig, in order to significantly reduce the costs of training, compared to both real-world and older VR solutions.

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A Brief History of Virtual Reality at CES

Road to VR

Wedged somewhat inconsiderately at the very start of every year (it’s OK CES organisers, no one in the tech industry have families they want to spend time with), the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas is still the biggest event for hardware in the world. Oculus’ Pre-DK1 Prototype, shown at CES 2013.

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The Tantalizing Promise Of Augmented Reality Games

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CES 2017, the big tech trade show in Las Vegas last week, was loaded with augmented reality smartglasses, which layer digital animations and information on top of the real world. GB: Mike Abrash, formerly of Valve, now at Oculus, their chief scientist, he made this interesting observation about Moore’s Law. Ellsworth: Yeah.

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Building a Better 360 Camera from Consumer to Pro, with Insta360’s Michael Shabun

XR for Business Podcast

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard.

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Building a Better 360 Camera from Consumer to Pro, with Insta360’s Michael Shabun

XR for Business Podcast

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and– including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah. You see Adobe. You see Google. Alan: Yeah, 360’s too hard.

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Building a Better 360 Camera from Consumer to Pro, with Insta360's Michael Shabun

XR for Business Podcast

And we had some great partners along the way, that helped us kind of co-develop and beta test this and-- including our friends over at Oculus, who are really making a strong push for 180 3D these days for their headsets. You see Facebook with Oculus. Alan: Yeah. That's one really cool niche, unique way of using a 180 3D camera.