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PrecisionOS Brings VR Medical Training To Struggling Areas

VRScout

VR training lets surgeons in low-resource countries go through the motions before performing on patients. The VR medical company PrecisionOS along with support from Epic Games MegaGrant and Oculus , have launched a VR training module designed specifically for the global nonprofit humanitarian organization SIGN Fracture Care.

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Varjo Hardware to Be Used in Astronaut Training

ARPost

Aerospace company Boeing is using the headsets to train pilots for their Starliner – a craft developed in partnership with NASA. Boeing is also largely involved in training astronauts, which has always been a challenge. Advancements like this have the potential to transform the way any pilot is trained.”.

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Optim Turns Unreal Engine Enterprise Projects into VR-capable Apps for Collaboration & Review

Road to VR

Optim is a tool designed to make Unreal Engine more user-friendly for enterprise use-cases like design, visualization, and review. While Unreal Engine is a popular game engine, the tool is also increasingly being used for things like architecture, visualization, training, planning, and even filmmaking.

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Extended Reality In Education: Is it the Future of Instruction?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Of all the possible changes extended reality (XR) tech can bring to the world, its impact on education is one of the most exciting. With the arrival of XR tech in the education space, people can already see what the future has in store for tomorrow’s students. . Reduced Educational Costs. Immersive Limitless Learning.

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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

Since 2019 Epic Games (well known as the creators of Unreal Engine & Fortnite ) has run the Epic MegaGrants program, a $100 million fund to financially support projects built with Unreal Engine. The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. In 2021 the program awarded grants to 31 XR projects.

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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. It’s necessary for all schools – I believe it’s necessary,” said Sato.

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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 have been able to speak for almost one hour with Jeremy Bailenson , which is the professor at Stanford that is a legend in the VR field for his studies on interactions, psychology, and training in Virtual Reality. Or Unreal if that’s your language. Dangerous: training firefighters. I learned how to do the coding.

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