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VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers

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VR technology and wrist trackers combine to offer a next-level training program. Axon, a weapons technology company based out of Arizona, today launched a new VR simulation designed to train law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics by immersing them in realistic scenarios they may face out in the field.

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UPS Is Integrating VR Into US Training Facilities

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The global leader in package delivery will soon be using virtual reality to train its future drivers. UPS doesn’t joke around when it comes to training its employees. It’s precisely this reason that the company has announced the integration of virtual reality simulations into their US training curriculum.

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First-Of-Its-Kind Mixed Reality Fitness Game Makes Its Way To Vive Focus Plus

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HitMotion: Reloaded blends VR, MR, and exercise to create a truly unique fitness experience. Mat Chacon, CEO of Doghead Simulation, used VR for training purposes and dropped 15 pounds while gaining some serious muscle weight. As players continue their virtual training sessions, certain targets will even begin to strike back!

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HTC R&D department shows that VR can already benefit various sectors of our lives

The Ghost Howls

During my Chinese adventure, in the period that I was leaving Shanghai to go to Chengdu to watch pandas, I had the opportunity to interview via WeChat Qiyong Chen, one of the people leading the Virtual Reality R&D experiments at HTC. Who are you and what do you do in HTC? I’m Qiyong Chen, leader of HTC China Immersive Lab.

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XR Healthcare Case Study in Focus: Siemens Healthineers and Virtual Medical Coaching

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Virtual Medical Coaching (VMC) is an immersive training technology developer designing bespoke solutions to enhance the safety of conventional front-line learning environments. The medical edtech company leverages augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) solutions to provide varied and realistic training scenarios.

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Take Your Brain To The Gym With Enhance VR

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And what’s better for you muscles than regular daily exercise! Enhance VR’s gaming library takes advantage of the power of VR through five different games: React Train your flexibility and attention skills. Memory Wall Train your working memory and spatial recall skills.

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HTC Invests in 17 AR/VR Startups in Latest Vive X Accelerator Program

Road to VR

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Immersive Factory has developed virtual reality HSE (Health Safety & Environment) training exercises based on real-life situations.