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VR Documentary Explores The Horrors Of War From A Soldier’s Perspective

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See the effects of PTSD first-hand in this hand-illustrated recollection of one Iraq War veteran’s haunting memories. Following the true story of Iraq veteran Scott England, Mind at War is an emotional, room-scale journey into Scott’s dark descent into PTSD as a result of his combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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TRIBECA: ‘The Key’ Wins Tribeca’s Storyscape Award For Best Immersive Media

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Director of the experience, Celine Tricart , has been making some big waves in the VR industry for some time now. The gaming industry has really nailed this balance in the last few years , you get these incredible emotional stories and it’s still a game.”. Tricart isn’t afraid to tackle extremely hard subjects.

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Exclusive: First-Ever Impact Reality Summit Announces 2020 Lineup

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We are proud to share these wide-ranging filmmakers’ stories with the leading creators, technology leaders and funders in the XR industry.” . Pinnell will give an in-depth overview of current industry trends in funding and how to retain a project’s impact goals while meeting a funder’s expectations for return-on-investment (ROI).

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How VR is Changing the Way We Think About Therapy

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the phrase is something that many in the industry intuitively understand. Virtual Iraq VRET was developed from 2005-2007 as an answer to the military’s problem at USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. If you’re at all familiar with VR, you’ve probably heard that VR is more than “just games” a time or two.

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Why Smells Are So Difficult To Simulate For Virtual Reality

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Having served with the US military in Iraq, Kenya and Djibouti, one of his key research interests is getting former soldiers to don VR headsets so they can face up to, and overcome, their traumatic memories. For that reason, incorporating smell may become one of the biggest tasks facing the industry over the coming decades.

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Top 5 VR Healthcare Solutions: How Is Virtual Reality Helping People?

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Virtual reality is changing many industries around the world, and healthcare is one of the biggest adopters of VR encompassing surgery planning, phobia treatment, pain relief, robotic surgery, skills training, etc. VR allows healthcare professionals to learn new skills as well as refreshing existing ones in a safe environment.

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Digital Influencers and Marketing New Realities with Cathy Hackl

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And as you and I know, working in this industry, eventually that will go from our handsets to our headsets, right? So 2004, I was working for CNN, and part of my job there was to look at all the raw footage that was coming in from the war in Iraq. And I think that that signals also a great thing for us as an industry.