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How VR Technology Can Help Stop Wildfires

VRScout

The system utilizes the FS3D virtual wildland training hardware and software to immerse pilots in hyper-realistic training scenarios featuring VR and mixed reality technology, photo-realistic imagery, and scientific fire growth modeling. Intellic Technologies is just one company using immersive technology to train pilots.

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VR & Robotics Could Be The Future Of Medical Training

VRScout

FundamentalVR is partnering with Haply Robotics to provide more realistic VR surgical simulations. In the past, we’ve seen how immersive technologies such as VR and augmented reality (AR) can benefit the medical industry, from AR-assisted surgeries to VR sedation.

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Augmenting the Impact of Virtual Reality with a Robust Testing Strategy

ARVR

Enterprise AR: 7 real-world use cases for 2021 Robust Testing Strategy for Virtual Reality Apps Despite their challenges, there are many platforms and tools for the development of virtual reality applications. Still, there is a general lack of standardized and adequate testing strategies for reality-based applications.

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Google Reportedly Killed Its AR Glasses, Will Focus On Android For Third Party Hardware

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Google reportedly killed its glasses hardware project. Business Insider's Hugh Langley cites "three people familiar with the matter" as saying the hardware, which resembled standard glasses, was canceled earlier this year amid the mass layoffs at Google and the departure of Google's AR/VR chief Clay Bavor.

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Google’s AR/VR Chief on Ambient Computing, Conversational Interfaces, & AR/VR Strategy

Road to VR

It’s actually a huge upgrade and improvement, but VR itself only received a few brief moments during the 2-hour long keynote where Google was explaining their AI-first design philosophy for their latest ambient computing hardware releases. LISTEN TO THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Donate to the Voices of VR Podcast Patreon.

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Google All But Confirms It's No Longer Working On Its Own AR Glasses

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Google is eliminating hundreds of roles in its hardware division, mostly from its first-party AR hardware team. Here's the statement Google provided to news outlet 9to5Google : "A few hundred roles are being eliminated in [Devices & Services] with the majority of impacts on the 1P AR Hardware team.

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What is Immersive Learning?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Active learning, where participants engage with material in learning sessions, has long been used as a strategy for organizational growth. The strategy is founded on years of neuroscience studies, which revealed that the brain processes VR events in a manner similar to real life. Improve knowledge retention.

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