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Nuclear Power Plant Uses VR For Control Room Training

VRScout

So far we’ve seen the technology used to enhance medical training, educate employees on critical soft-skills, even prepare store associates for major holiday shopping events. “Physical simulators are usually fully booked, which doesn’t leave much time for additional testing or evaluations,” said Bergroth.

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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

The Ghost Howls

I was lucky enough to get a job at UC Santa Barbara in a combination social psychology lab and computer science hub , where we were using VR to run experiments, to simulate the social world. Or how does resolution or latency affect simulator sickness? This is 1999. How does your particular type of avatar affect your well-being?

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