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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. So getting out the car the first thing we would smell was rose. That has stuck with me until today.”.

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VR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse’s James Watson & Justin Parry

XR for Business Podcast

So we would be tying together people from somewhere — maybe even Kazakhstan, some oil and gas training that we did — with trainers that may be in Iraq, or in the UK, or wherever that might be. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. And that was all done in a sort of virtual world.

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VR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse’s James Watson & Justin Parry

XR for Business Podcast

So we would be tying together people from somewhere — maybe even Kazakhstan, some oil and gas training that we did — with trainers that may be in Iraq, or in the UK, or wherever that might be. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. And that was all done in a sort of virtual world.

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VR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse’s James Watson & Justin Parry

XR for Business Podcast

So we would be tying together people from somewhere — maybe even Kazakhstan, some oil and gas training that we did — with trainers that may be in Iraq, or in the UK, or wherever that might be. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. And that was all done in a sort of virtual world.

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VR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse's James Watson & Justin Parry

XR for Business Podcast

So we would be tying together people from somewhere -- maybe even Kazakhstan, some oil and gas training that we did -- with trainers that may be in Iraq, or in the UK, or wherever that might be. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. And that was all done in a sort of virtual world.

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VR Creates the Trainer That Never Retires, with Immerse.io's James Watson & Justin Parry

XR for Business Podcast

So we would be tying together people from somewhere -- maybe even Kazakhstan, some oil and gas training that we did -- with trainers that may be in Iraq, or in the UK, or wherever that might be. You can simulate the sounds. You can simulate the feeling of being there. And that was all done in a sort of virtual world.

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Digital Influencers and Marketing New Realities with Cathy Hackl

XR for Business Podcast

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. One of the things we’re working on is virtual reality simulators for career development. I’m going to take you way back, to 2004. But let’s take a look at the business use cases.