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JUMP Opens Pre-sales for Tickets to Its Virtual Skydiving Attraction

Road to VR

The company is now taking pre-orders for tickets to its debut locations, which for now are in Utah and New Jersey. . Locations are tentatively said to start operations sometime in November 2021. With Jensen’s experience in out-of-home entertainment, we expect to see that number go up before then.

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Hofstra University Uses VR To Put You Face To Face With A Category 3 Hurricane

VRScout

Hurricanes – massive geophysical events that can unleash massive destruction with wind speeds over 160 miles per hour and up to 2.4 That is what a research project at Hofstra University aims to do with their Category 3 Hurricane Landfall Virtual Reality Simulation. trillion gallons of rainfall per day. Image Credit: Hofstra University.

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Embracing Digital Transformation: Real-life Use Cases in Energy & Utilities

EnterpriseWear

Duke and EPRI worked with Verizon to simulate a storm response, equipping line workers with RealWear’s HMT-1 which uses GIS to provide critical information for repairing damaged infrastructure (ex. The lab provides highly realistic XR training environments and scenarios that are difficult or impossible to simulate in real life.

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Embracing Digital Transformation: Real-life Use Cases in Energy & Utilities

EnterpriseWear

Duke and EPRI worked with Verizon to simulate a storm response, equipping line workers with RealWear’s HMT-1 which uses GIS to provide critical information for repairing damaged infrastructure (ex. The lab provides highly realistic XR training environments and scenarios that are difficult or impossible to simulate in real life.

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The 21 best binge-worthy podcasts that tell one hell of a story

Mashable VR

For a full year, these six strangers share very close quarters while simulating a space mission that's actually stationed on a remote mountain in Hawaii. By unraveling the events and people that lead to what was later deemed a murder-suicide, the podcast digs into an array of complicated and important social issues we face today.

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