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FundamentalVR Raises $5.6M Investment to Further Develop VR Surgery Training Tools

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million) Series A funding round in effort to further develop its surgical training and data analysis platform, Fundamental Surgery. million, coincided with a partnership to develop its VR training platform with Mayo Clinic surgeons and clinical practitioners, as well as its 3D modelling, data scientists and simulation specialists.

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XR an ‘Invaluable’ Tool for Healthcare Training, HTC VIVE Survey Finds

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A recent HTC VIVE study has found that extended reality (XR) technologies have become an “invaluable” tool for training healthcare staff in key skills and capabilities. With immersive tools, medical teams can train staff in competencies like conducting procedures and communicating more effectively with patients.

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Nokia Announces Speech-Based AI Network Management Tools

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The company revealed the new digital tools at the Brooklyn 6G Summit in New York, NY, which taking place from 31 Oct to 2 November. These intelligent systems will also monitor and learn from previous prompts, reponses, and other data to optimise networks after each successful request, the company explained.

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Track The Global Spread Of Coronavirus Using This Terrifying WebXR App

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Because statistical data is always more compelling when presented in 3D. Just one month into the new year and already 2020 is proving to be another turbulent year for the United States as well as the rest of the world. As reported by RoadtoVR , DiBenigno’s app appears to be using data originally accumulated by The Wall Street Journal.

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Report: Meta Actively Testing PC VR Cloud Gaming for Quest

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It wasn’t until this April that data miner and Reddit user ‘Samulia’ dug into the firmware to find the following string, as reported by Tech analyst and YouTuber Brad Lynch : AVALANCHE_CLOUD_GAMING_INFRA_ENABLED (“oculus_systemux:oculus_avalanche_cloud_gaming_infra_enabled”).

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Holopatient Remote Uses AR Holograms For Hands-On Medical Training

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GIGXR launches AR tool designed for medical training. HoloPatient Remote is an extension of HoloPatient , a tool used in traditional classroom settings that allows students to examine a realistic AR patient with their instructor via a Microsoft’s HoloLens headset.

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FundamentalVR Is Offering A Free Ventilator Course For Health Professionals

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In the United Kingdom, the country’s National Health Service (NHS) is having to quickly redeploy doctors and nurses from other disciplines as well as those coming out of retirement to provide support in the Intensive Care Units.

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