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

HaptX

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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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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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. As part of their continuous improvement endeavors, the ORETTC team decided to prototype a virtual glovebox training simulator. Goal for Use Training workers in high-hazard jobs can be a challenge.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.09): New Half-Life: Alyx videos and details, coronavirus makes events go virtual and much more!

The Ghost Howls

And you can get all the attention to details they had in every aspect of the game : for instance, the teleporting is not a classical teleporting, but it simulates your movement from the starting point to the end point and then makes it very fast. News from partners (and friends). Donate for Nashville.

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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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