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Jeremy Bailenson talks about 1,000,000 Walmart employees training with VR, presence, and the VR “empathy machine”

The Ghost Howls

I spoke with him about many topics, like why VR is so good for training (and he told me that his company Strivr has trained more than ONE MILLION Walmart employees in VR ), if it is true that VR is the “ultimate empathy machine”, how much is graphical fidelity important for presence, and of course also about his encounter with Zuck.

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Esports Continues Its Push Towards VR

VRScout

This trend is in large part spurred by hardware manufacturers, who recognize that without “sticky” content that keeps punters coming back for increasingly longer sessions, they are unlikely to reach consumer adoption critical mass anytime in the near future. . Image Credit: Virtuix. Our core players come back every week.”

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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc’s Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. You can learn more about VR Vision by visiting vrvisiongroup.com. We make widgets and here’s our machine factory.

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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc’s Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. You can learn more about VR Vision by visiting vrvisiongroup.com. We make widgets and here’s our machine factory.

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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc's Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. You can learn more about VR Vision by visiting vrvisiongroup.com. We make widgets and here's our machine factory.

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Esports Pushing VR Adoption

Tech Trends VR

This trend is in large part spurred by hardware manufacturers, who recognize that without “sticky” content that keeps punters coming back and hooks them for longer, they are unlikely to reach consumer adoption critical mass anytime soon. Virtuix is a Texas-based start-up founded in 2013 best known for developing the Omni VR treadmill.

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Getting 110% Out of Training in 360° Video, with VR Vision Inc’s Lorne Fade

XR for Business Podcast

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. You can learn more about VR Vision by visiting vrvisiongroup.com. We make widgets and here’s our machine factory.