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How Immersive Learning can Help Education, Governmental Shortages

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In 2023, the firm assisted the Netherlands government in teaching young special education groups by leveraging immersive social learning tools for practising situations like public transport routes. They have to practise in a safe space to learn to go by public transport.

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Will VR Training Redefine IT Hardware Education?

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Last week, Changefied, an emerging company that brings immersive learning services to business and education clients, debuted Virtual TechLab, a VR solution that assists with IT training procedures. Via a tablet, the interoperable VR training service allows teachers to mentor a student during an immersive learning scenario.

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VR Film Festivals Look To Inspire Fresh New Talent For Hollywood

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This includes Liz Rosenthal, Programmer of Immersive Content for Venice International Film Festival; and Loren Hammonds, VP of Immersive Programming at Tribeca Film Festival, among several others. This year FIVARS will include films by artists from France, Romania, Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, the US, and many more.

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Virtualware Becomes Official Sponsor of Unity’s Unite 2023 Education Summit

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With the new sponsorship, the company aims to boost “the potential of immersive technology in industry and education,” it said in a statement. Additionally, Virtualware struck a major deal with the El Salvadorian firm Corporación Digital SA de CV to support its employees with VIROO’s immersive training technologies.

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ARway to Capture Growing IPN Market with AR Solution

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Today, ARway continues its journey of providing business-ready immersive wayfinding solutions with the debut of version 3.0 The AI-powered immersive solution allows end-users to create bespoke assistive reality visuals for various business environments. With ARway V3.0,

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VR Veteran Studio Behind ‘Bigscreen’ Unveils Thin & Light PC VR Headset ‘Beyond’

Road to VR

The reasoning: Bigscreen founder and CEO Darshan Shankar says the VR software studio wanted to build “the VR headset we wanted for ourselves.” “Today’s leading VR headsets have doubled in weight compared to headsets from 2016. We built Beyond because we felt VR was too heavy, bulky, and uncomfortable,” Shankar says.

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Cas & Chary Present: Hands-on with the Lynx R-1 Mixed Reality Headset

Road to VR

Cas and Chary VR is a YouTube channel hosted by Netherland-based duo Casandra Vuong and Chary Keijzer who have been documenting their VR journeys since 2016. One half of the office had desks where the software was tested, the other half of the room was full of hardware. Software & Content. Cas & Chary Present.