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Education’s Next Big Leap: Immersive VR Education For Better Learning

VRScout

Enterprise training programs at every level are often associated with feelings of dread rather than an important tool in keeping employees safe and setting them up for success. And in higher risk industries, having efficient and effective training is of utmost importance.

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How Immersive Technology Is Advancing Healthcare

ARPost

Visualization tools being developed by UMD researchers could be used in the operating room, where digital images could be superimposed on patients to provide surgeons with real-time data on organ structure and function. Source: The Augmentarium at the University of Maryland. Illustration by Brian G. Consulting Your Doctor.

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How Can HR Harness VR?

AR Insider

A recent University of Maryland study suggested that 40% of VR trainees score at least 10% higher in recall ability. becomes an invaluable tool, not just for upskilling workers, but also for transforming the. Once a headset is on, the likelihood of distraction and low engagement across all task areas. is considerably reduced.

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Marco Magnano on XR Safety Week, journalism, and the meta…

The Ghost Howls

In the meantime, there are significant efforts in trying to understand how to use XR as a tool for more compelling journalism. Could we be indifferent to climate change if we could visualize how the place we live will change? Wars always look far away from us, but what happens if you could see a humanitarian crisis from the inside?

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Are Children Learning Or Memorizing?

Veative

It has become imperative to make use of supplementary tools that will help schools in the implementation of qualitative and quantitative systems that have the ability to unleash creativity, stimulate interaction and bring children to the center of learning. Embrace Purposeful Technology.

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Analyzing Apple Vision Pro As An Accessibility Engineer

Upload VR

Normally, that means that so long as I move through the checkout process with some urgency, I can get a midday pickup time slot at my local Apple Store in Maryland without a problem. Whenever I pre-order new Apple products, I do so as soon as the online store opens.

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VR Surgery Training Might Be More Effective Than We Thought

VRScout

Researchers working out of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland recently conducted a study detailing how VR could be a more effective tool for surgical training compared to conventional reading and video methods as well as a practical alternative to physical simulation.

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