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UCLA Surgical Training Study Shows VR Beats Traditional Training by 130%

Road to VR

A randomized study conducted at UCLA to test the difference between VR and traditional surgical training found that medical students trained in VR scored significantly better than traditional methods. After their training, participants conducted the procedure on an artificial training bone and their performance was filmed.

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Gianluigi Perrone: “To make a VR film you need to know the DNA of VR”

The Ghost Howls

Thanks to the WeChat group XR Story I got to know Gianluigi Perrone, a very talented movie director that works a lot with virtual reality , and that also teaches cinema at the Beijing Film Academy. So the answer is: we need a method because in order to make a VR film you need to know the DNA of VR.

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WiiT: From Social Media Group to Non-Profit for Gender Equality in XR

ARPost

From a social media group to a non-profit organization fighting for equal rights: this is the story of Women in Immersive Technologies (WiiT). This new organization founded by a group of women working in the extended reality field wants to promote gender equality in the industry. In May 2016, they created a Facebook group.

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Worlds Largest Earth Day Event Will Use VR & AR To Empower People Across The Globe

VRScout

In a study conducted by Bailenson, he took 3 different groups and educated them on how paper was made. Group one was exposed to VR experiences where they went through the motions of cutting down trees via chainsaws, and then slowly watched as the forest shrank before their own eyes.

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The Future of VR in Education: Full Immersion in Learning

ARPost

Some schoolchildren are visual learners: it is important for them to “see” the object of study, and not just hear or read about it. The results of studies on the VR impact on student engagement in the learning process show that in more than 60% of cases, students have increased attention, and interest in the subject.

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The AR Experience Honoring Scientist Jane Goodall

ARPost

Now, an AR experience by Falcon’s Creative Group for the National Geographic Association in collaboration with the Jane Goodall Institute is changing how we see her. This concrete jungle is a far cry from Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park where Goodall studied chimpanzees. The Partners.

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InstaVR Interviews: Antoine Vivet, Founder of Longue-Vue (a division of Manzalab Group)

InstaVR

Antoine Vivet, Founder of Longue-Vue (a division of Manzalab Group ). Then after directing two award-winning short films, he naturally turned to Multimedia, Web Design, Motion Design and UX Design. Answer: We studied several online solutions before choosing to work with InstaVR. About Manzalab : .

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