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VR Companies Need To Attract More Women. Here?s How They Can.

VRScout

With the industry growing hungry for female influence, women in VR has never been more important. In the early nineties, a TV studio took a risk. Executives were casting for a character named Dana Scully: a supporting role, they envisioned, being played by a woman with the same physical attributes as Pamela Anderson. Despite that brief however, The X-Files producers ultimately chose actor Gillian Anderson.

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Immersive Technologies Helping Children and Older Patients

Tech Trends VR

Learning Science shows that there are added benefits to using Virtual and Augmented Reality with young and elderly people. It is well established that high-quality VR and AR technologies can be used for healthcare – in the treatment of phobias for example – and are superior tools in training adults in disciplines such as surgery. VR and AR training tools lead to better initial learning of medical procedures for adult patients and medical personnel , and greater reductions in stress and anxiety i

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E3 2018 Roundup ? Sony?s Positioning of VR, New PSVR Titles Hands-on, Ready at Dawn Interview & More

Road to VR

Following the wave of pre-show announcements and conferences , here’s a final roundup of all our E3 2018 coverage. Vive Wireless Adapter news, Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot platforms clarified, Ready at Dawn interview, and we go hands-on with Astro Bot Rescue Mission , Trover Saves the Universe , Blood & Truth , Megalith , Beat Saber , and Firewall: Zero Hour.

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