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Walmart and STRIVR Partner To Train Employees In VR

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US supermarket chain Walmart is betting big on VR to help improve its employee training techniques, and it’s turned to a new company to help. TechCrunch is reporting that Walmart plans to install VR training platforms at each of its 200 Academy training centers across the US by the end of the year.

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Dreamscapes Latest 4D VR Experience Is An 8-Person Dragon Flying Simulator

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While training at the world’s first dragon flight academy, your lesson is suddenly interrupted when a band of invaders begins attacking the village. In working with DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy, we are turning the audiences into the star of their own movie adventure.

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STRIVR Introduces VR Training On and Off the Field

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Belch realized the potential of VR for sports training and spent two years working with Bailenson to develop and troubleshoot an effective way to film Stanford Football’s practices in 360-degree, immersive video allowing players to rewatch practice film using a VR headset. And so far, his approach seems to be working.

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AR in Sports: Moneyball Meets 3D

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Specific team AR activations include the Dallas Cowboys’ giant Dak Prescott animation that comes to life for fans outside of AT&T stadium. The Dallas Cowboys AR animation noted above was conversely a persistent and interactive onsite AR experience. This makes broadcasted AR experiences sort of like training wheels for AR.

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STRIVR Labs Raises $5 Million And Adds Enterprise VR Training

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And so startup STRIVR Labs has launched into a new enterprise VR training business, while still remaining in the sports VR training game. STRIVR is already working with a handful of Fortune 500 companies on comprehensive training programs utilizing VR. This training content works effectively if done the right way,” Belch said.

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Neuro Rehab Debuts FDA Approved XR Physical Therapy

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It also designed its VR therapy certification program to include extended reality (XR) software and hardware training for modern therapists desiring to enhance their practices. Immersive, Engaging Healthcare.

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Enterprise Wearable & Immersive Tech 2018: Magic Leap, Exosuits and VR Training, Training, Training

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Just three months ago, the company revealed it’s putting 17,000 Oculus Go headsets in Walmart stores for employee training. And this year, Lowe’s extended its use of mixed reality to employee training and rolled out more XR experiences aimed at solving customers’ challenges.