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Walmart Using Black Friday VR Simulator To Train Staff

VRScout

Walmart Academies have begun using various VR retail scenarios to educate new employees. Now thanks to the success of an early pilot program currently being tested at a handful of these locations, over 140,000 Walmart associates across all 200 training centers will feature virtual reality training simulators by the end of 2017.

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VR Training Program Teaches Underserved Population Soft Skills to Increase Their Employment Chances

ARPost

Project (VR)2 is a simulator of everyday interactions, from the first job interview to accepting an employment offer. This will allow the VR training program to expand beyond the state of Massachusetts, to the other five states where Viabilityoperates: Connecticut, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island.

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Explain VR Is Like An Encyclopedia Brought To Life

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It remains to be seen just how large a part education will play in the VR industry, but there have been interesting developments recently. For example, an entire facility has been fitted out for AR and VR education in Oklahoma. “Our long-term goal is to create educational tool for schools,” he says.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too. Or better uptake?

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too. Or better uptake?

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

As fewer kids are morally comfortable with chopping up an amphibian in the name of their education, an alternative will be needed. VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs offers a solution through VR, and chats with Alan about how XR can be used to enhance education in other ways, too. You can learn more about Steve's company at VictoryXR.com.

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Zambezi Co-Founder Jenna Seiden Partners Up with Jimmy Fallon and Captain Marvel to Showcase Hit VR Game

XR for Business Podcast

So mixed reality is crucial, I think, for people to understand what it can be; not only in hitting music blocks flying at you, but also in training, and in all these other enterprise examples and educations. And they are an amazing team based in Oklahoma, and have a lot of people who work remotely. It’s very approachable.

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