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Every Choice You Make Is Life Or Death In This Daydream Impact VR Experience

VRScout

The Right Choice is a direct result of I Saw My City Die , a report published by the ICRC in 2017 that highlighted the impact on civilians of fighting in cities and towns in Syria and Iraq and revealed how urban offensives accounted for eight times more conflict-related civilian fatalities than ongoing fighting or fighting in other areas.

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Bringing War Home

Tech Trends VR

This work follows from I Saw My City Die , a report published by the ICRC in 2017 that highlights the impact on civilians of fighting in cities and towns in Syria and Iraq, revealing that urban offensives accounted for eight times more conflict-related civilian fatalities than on-going fighting or fighting in other areas.

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New Sesame pal Ameera represents the joyful lives of children with disabilities

Mashable VR

Ameera, 8, is a neon-green, pony-tailed muppet monster designed as part of Sesame Workshop's initiative to provide early childhood education to children affected by global crises around the world. Ameera is intended to bridge the gaps that exist in providing early education to children affected by global crises.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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“In 2014 the sleepy agrarian community of Chibok (Borno State, North East Nigeria) was thrust into the global spotlight when the dreaded, anti-women education, terrorist group Boko Haram stormed the town at night and abducted 276 teenage schoolgirls from their dormitories. It features the music of Gold Panda.”

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

VRScout

Used to describe applications of VR that go beyond first-person shooters—think education, conservation, training, etc.—the Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. the phrase is something that many in the industry intuitively understand.

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Top 5 VR Healthcare Solutions: How Is Virtual Reality Helping People?

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Similar to exposure therapy for curing phobias, VR is being used to ease Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, primarily suffered by military veterans upon returning from war zones like Afghanistan and Iraq. Virtual reality helps treatment of phobias. VR for Pain Relief.

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The 30 best educational podcasts for learning what you missed in school

Mashable VR

The American education system tends to fail students in myriad ways, requiring lots of self-education after school is over to learn the real truth in spite of what we were taught in history, art, science, language, literature, and math. Here are a few of our most educational favorites. Unexplainable. You Are Not So Smart.

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