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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

VRScout

Educators can learn how to survive a virtual school shooting. Now with FBI data showing that nearly 1/3 of all mass shootings since 2000 have taken place in schools, DHS is giving EDGE an upgrade to focus on educators and school employees.

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SIF: Hands-on with Spheres, Buddy VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

Some months ago, it has been showcased in an exclusive location in New York and people even paid $50 to be able to try this 3-episodes content set in space. It could be defined as a mix of art and education. The second is about the universe and the black holes. The third one… well, was not available at SIF.

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2018 Highlights: Award-winning VR gloves, global customers, and a growing team

HaptX

This new industrial-grade system offers the most realistic haptics experience to date. The HaptX Gloves Development Kit debuted on October 3, in New York City at Future of Storytelling and in Seattle at the GeekWire Summit. We ended the year on an even higher note with the launch of our HaptX Gloves Development Kit.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Rori: I’d say, about two years ago, I think a lot of the time with with our clients was spent on educating people on what VR is, on what AR is. Rori: Well one is I think just educating themselves, familiarizing themselves with the experience. So one is just education/awareness/engagement.

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Navigating the New Frontier of Extended Reality with Accenture’s Rori DuBoff

XR for Business Podcast

Rori: I’d say, about two years ago, I think a lot of the time with with our clients was spent on educating people on what VR is, on what AR is. Rori: Well one is I think just educating themselves, familiarizing themselves with the experience. So one is just education/awareness/engagement.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

And they've just done really, really well with creating this new experience of moving around socially in a 3D space. And then if you take things like Unreal Engine, they're doing concerts on their Fortnite platform. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U. Alan: Huge.

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The Right Time to Invest in VR, with MetaVRse’s Alan Smithson and Alex Colgan

XR for Business Podcast

And they've just done really, really well with creating this new experience of moving around socially in a 3D space. And then if you take things like Unreal Engine, they're doing concerts on their Fortnite platform. Alex: Huge news. So they went public on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker U. Alan: Huge.

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