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‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio Partners with Shenandoah University to Create the Next Generation of VR Training Programs

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Engage is a full-featured social VR program that lets educators create multiuser VR training experiences and craft their own immersive lectures using a vast library of 3D assets, locations, and effects. Rapid training and retraining of individuals is becoming essential. Ruscella, M.F.A. Image courtesy Immersive VR Education.

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The Future of VR in Education: Full Immersion in Learning

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An example of this is the VR film produced by BBC Northern Ireland and Immersive VR Education which allows pupils to learn how the Lancaster bomber’s Berlin mission took place back in 1943. Just a year ago, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency introduced a VR device for pilot training. VR in Vocational Training: Total Immersion.

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VR Education Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Raises $10.7M to Build ‘Oasis’ Metaverse for Business

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million) which will help it expand beyond the realm of immersive education & training and into a new product called ENGAGE Oasis. VR Education Holdings, the company behind the social VR platform ENGAGE , announced it’s raised €9 million (~$10.7

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Social VR Platform ‘ENGAGE’ Generated Over $1.4M in Revenue in First Half of 2021

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The Waterford, Ireland-based company has created a number of bespoke educational experiences over the years alongside its most successful product, Engage, which targets companies using it for things like virtual training, simulation, education, and online events.

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How Virtual Reality Promotes Road Safety

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Airlines have been using virtual reality to train pilots for decades, way before the technology even became mainstream. In Ireland, the Donegal County Council created a VR initiative called Your Life – Your Choice. Now, driving schools can leverage this technology as well to educate road-users about the importance of road safety.

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Microsoft to Expand HoloLens Availability to 29 More European Markets in December

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HoloLens is currently only officially available in Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. image courtesy Microsoft. image courtesy Microsoft.

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David Attenborough’s VR Experience ‘Hold the World’ Lands on Rift

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SEE ALSO 'Apollo 11 VR' Studio Partners with Shenandoah University to Create the Next Generation of VR Training Programs. If you’re a Sky customer and enrolled in the free Sky VIP loyalty program , you can access Hold the World for free via the Sky VR app in UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria and Italy.

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