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XR Gaming Case Study: Groove Jones, Be Pro Be Proud

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. But, if a user makes a mistake, the application will present realistic outcomes such as simulated electrocution.

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How XR Fan Engagement Brings Fans Closer to the Game

ARPost

While the goalie in the slapshot challenge is entirely automated, the placement of balls fired off in the goalie challenge can be controlled by a friend via a computer interface. The University of Tennessee senior tight end Jacob Warren for the Craven Wings restaurant chain. That isn’t just limited to professional sports, however.

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Y-12 National Security Complex and HaptX partner to advance U.S. Government training missions

HaptX

during his presentation on haptics to U.S. The newly constructed Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center (ORETTC) in Tennessee trains those responsible for safeguarding nuclear and radioactive material as well as first responders and other experts in nuclear operations, safeguards, cyber, and emergency response.

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A big spider will spread in the U.S. No, it won't 'parachute' down.

Mashable VR

Since 2013, the palm-sized animals have colonized northern Georgia, and new, important research published in the science journal Physiological Entomology presents compelling evidence that the species will inevitably expand around the Southeast and along the Eastern Seaboard. Your fate is not in your control anymore."

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VR Training Case Study: Y-12 National Security Complex

HaptX

These allow workers wearing protective, arm-length gloves to handle hazardous and sensitive material in a controlled environment. The Problem to Address Gloveboxes present a challenge for hands-on training; some gloveboxes can serve as inert containers, filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen, argon, or helium.

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The 21 best binge-worthy podcasts that tell one hell of a story

Mashable VR

Featuring a trifecta of British talent you'll probably recognize (Naomi Scott, Olivia Cooke, and Bel Powley), it tells the story of Lydia, who lives what appears to be an ideal life because she always listens to Soft Voice, the controlling little dictator inside her head insisting on perfection and conformity. Then, one day, it's gone.

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