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Over 2,000 Meta Quest Headsets Deployed in Kentucky Schools

XR Today - Virtual Reality

In a recent report by XR MDM solutions provider MangeXR, the firm highlighted a recent success story with educational end users in the Kentucky region. Moreover, the current phase two of headset distribution sees the Kentucky Department of Education actively approach special education groups.

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New Meta Quest for Education Product Due this Year

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Moreover, deep device management tools mean that teachers do not need to update devices individually and pre-prepare them manually and separately. The Kentucky Department of Education aims to adopt up to 5,400 headsets following a multiple-phase deployment plan – which started in October last year, with the second phase currently effective.

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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

Road to VR

The company says that leading hospitals using the platform include Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Marshall University, Newcastle Simulation Centre, The University of Hawaii, UCLA, University of Washington, Wake Forest Baptiste Health, University of Kentucky, University of Utah, and New York University.

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2020: The Year of AR and VR for Education and Training

EON Reality

There are daily exchanges between individuals, companies, and their own networks via tools such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, and the benefits of this connectivity can be many and varied depending on who you are. Ultimately, he spent the remainder of his formal education career with the Kentucky Community and Technical College System.

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How Transportation Sectors are Leading in Scalable XR Training

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools. The partnerships are displaying an increasing interest in XR learning tools for large-scale deployment. Many different immersive service providers meet various needs. per cent, reaching 9.7

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How the XR Community Celebrates Black History Month (Black Futures Month?)

ARPost

For these and other reasons, it’s a great tool for Black History Month. The experience will make its world premiere at SXSW next month and will also be in Breonna’s hometown of Louisville Kentucky for her birthday, June 5. It can also bridge the physical gap by having these experiences available to everyone everywhere.

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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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