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U.S. Department of Education Embraces VR/AR With $680K EdSim Challenge

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The official site notes that simulations must “strengthen academic, technical, and employability skills,” with a particular interest in software that has “clearly defined learning goals” and builds “diverse skill sets.” The deadline for submissions is January 17th 2017.

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Lenovo makes major push into education market

VRWorld

To this end, the package comes with over seven hundred Google Expeditions VR field trips pre-installed, and also adds exclusive-to-Lenovo “Wild Immersion” (Jane Goodall) content. Available in the U.S.

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Developing The Most In-Demand Skills For The Future Of Work

Bernard Marr

I recently spoke with Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda, who told me that one of its most notable successes came out of a partnership with Google. You can also click here to see my recent webinar, where I am joined by Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda to discuss many of the themes touched on in this article in more detail.

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Why Data Is The Lifeblood Of Modern Organizations

Bernard Marr

The self-driving cars being developed by (among many others) Tesla, Google and Baidu rely on machine learning to navigate from point to point while avoiding hazards and ensuring passengers and other road users remain safe. Another trend that is key to the vast paradigm shift of 4IR is the Internet of Things (IoT).

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The State of the XR Marketplace, with XR Intelligence’s Kathryn Bloxham

XR for Business Podcast

I’m going to be speaking at your VRX conference — we’ll talk about that, and all the great things — and you also host a number of really informational webinars. So we do the webinars, industry surveys and reports, as well as three events throughout the year across the US and Europe. So we’ll get into that.

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The State of the XR Marketplace, with XR Intelligence’s Kathryn Bloxham

XR for Business Podcast

I’m going to be speaking at your VRX conference — we’ll talk about that, and all the great things — and you also host a number of really informational webinars. So we do the webinars, industry surveys and reports, as well as three events throughout the year across the US and Europe. So we’ll get into that.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.04.20): Oculus Quest goes AR, Oculus Jedi may be like Valve Knuckles and much more!

The Ghost Howls

There won’t be a physical AWE, but there will be an online one, made through online webinars. For sure there will be online posts and webinars, but we are all wondering if there will be a part of the OC7 that will be held virtually, of course inside Facebook Horizon. Google Glass can help Autistic kids.

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