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Is Training VR’s Killer App? Ask Forklift Drivers

Charlie Fink

When Stacey Patch, Raymond’s Virtual Reality Simulator Business Manager, and her team began designing the Virtual Reality Simulator, they considered how VR technology had been used in several different industries. As the team studied flight simulations, crane simulations, welding, and medical training, the benefits became clear.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

If you think about it, for decades — I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Steve: I would love to be able to stand in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg, and experience it in true, simulated VR.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR’s Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

If you think about it, for decades — I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Steve: I would love to be able to stand in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg, and experience it in true, simulated VR.

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Dissecting Virtual Frogs with VictoryXR's Steve Grubbs

XR for Business Podcast

If you think about it, for decades -- I used to serve in the Iowa legislature, and I was chairman of the Education Committee, and we spent a lot of time addressing, how do we improve education? Steve: I would love to be able to stand in the middle of the Battle of Gettysburg, and experience it in true, simulated VR.

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Big XR News from Boeing, ENGAGE XR, Apple, and Meta

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

In the exercises, the companies used a Boeing TA-4J aircraft to simulate scenarios during air combat, setting the stage for integrating and trialling the system on a T-7 advanced trainer. Daniel Robinson, Founder and Chief Executive of Red 6 , said, “the future is now” when discussing the T-7, powered with ATARS.

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Meta Reveals US Education Partnership amid v57 Update

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The programme will include the following universities and their respective programmes: Stanford University and its Business School partnership with BodySwaps to learn soft skills Arizona State University to teach language skills in virtual environments New Mexico State University , who has applied VR to criminal justice for crime scene evaluations (..)