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Walmart Employees Say VR Training Helped Save Lives During El Paso Shooting

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Earlier this month, a deadly mass shooting took place at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, claiming the lives of 22 individuals and injuring 24 others. I’ve been to Southaven, and I went to El Paso on Tuesday [Aug. It’s a virtual reality experience,” states McMillon. “I’ve

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The AR Show: Training for Quarterbacks & Walmart Clerks

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It’s also worth noting that since this episode aired, the tragic Walmart mass shooting in El Paso happened. . “It’s been really cool to see the possibilities of real dollars and cents ROI, in addition to a better way to learn and retain information,” said Belch.

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The Ghost Howls’s VR Week Peek (2019.08.25): Lots of new VR content previewed, Sony acquires Insomniac, Matrix 4 in the works and much more!

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Sony has acquired Insomniac Games , one of the most talented game studios among the ones focused on Virtual Reality. The very famous violinist Lindsey Stirling is going to perform on Monday, August 26th for the Wave virtual reality platform , and all people will be able to enjoy her performance from PC VR headsets.

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

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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. His lab was even visited by Zuckerberg before he decided to acquire Oculus. I’ve just had the experience.

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