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US Fire Department Launches VR Training Programme

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The money went into purchasing virtual reality (VR) software created by the Australian company EmergiSim, with headsets costing much less by comparison that are available to buy from Amazon for $199. The cognitive science behind virtual reality is proven. That’s something we don’t do very often.

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Walmart Using Black Friday VR Simulator To Train Staff

VRScout

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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Fox Sports’ New VR App Offers Live Sports Broadcasting.

AllThingsVR

A Virtual Suite, for example, lets you watch matches from the comfort for a VIP-like suite, though you’ll also be able to head down into venues to enjoy 360-degree views from different perspectives. 14 Oklahoma college football game on Saturday, September 17th at 7:30 pm PST. Fox will show the No. 3 Ohio State and No.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Today’s guest is Steve Grubbs, founder and CEO of VictoryVR, one of the world leaders in virtual reality educational product development. Steve is also a member of YPO and was recently featured in an article entitled Virtual Reality Is Transporting Students to the Next Frontier in Science Education.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Today’s guest is Steve Grubbs, founder and CEO of VictoryVR, one of the world leaders in virtual reality educational product development. Steve is also a member of YPO and was recently featured in an article entitled Virtual Reality Is Transporting Students to the Next Frontier in Science Education.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

Alan: Today's guest is Steve Grubbs, founder and CEO of VictoryVR, one of the world leaders in virtual reality educational product development. Steve is also a member of YPO and was recently featured in an article entitled Virtual Reality Is Transporting Students to the Next Frontier in Science Education. I appreciate it.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

He’s the founder and CEO of The Wild, and immersive collaboration platform for teams to experience their work together, from anywhere in augmented and virtual reality. I was doing a series of sort of R&D projects in virtual reality at the time. So, for example, via an iPad, could I pull up the people as well?

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