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New Zealand Incinerates House to Make Fire Safety VR Experience

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The New Zealand Fire Service has burned down an abandoned home to create a virtual reality experience called Escape My House , hoping VR immersion will help prepare homeowners for the worst. Image Credit: Murray Wilson / New Zealand Fire Service. You can learn more about the experience by clicking here.

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The AR App That Brings Graphic Novels to Life in New Zealand Schools

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The New Zealand Ministry of Education has recently taken this philosophy one step further to reach tech-savvy youths. See Also: Top Reasons Why Augmented Reality Represents the Future of Education and Training. Fans of comic books and graphic novels believe that this medium is a way to get children interested in reading.

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Australia and New Zealand: Southern Hemisphere’s Paradise

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Australia and New Zealand are considered to be heaven on earth for people on the other side of the world. Training and Workouts: Thanks to the pandemic, people have had to stay away from their loved ones. Now that we’ve covered one major aspect of Australia and New Zealand, let us see another. Guess what it is?

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Water Treatment Specialist Ixom Employs Immersive Training Solution From DXC

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When it comes to enterprise use cases for virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) technology, two of the main areas of interest are training and collaboration. Today, DXC has announced that water treatment leader Ixom will be using Microsoft’s HoloLens headset for training and research purposes. .

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This Fireproof VR Camera Rig Could One Day Save Lives

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The New Zealand Fire Service is testing fireproof 360 camera rigs that could one day save lives. As part of initial testing, The New Zealand Fire Service teamed up with creative agency FCB NZ to hack together a three GoPro camera rig that could withstand heat of up to 250 degrees Celsius (482 degrees Fahrenheit).

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Are Human-Sized Hamster Balls The Future Of VR?

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Eight360’s omnidirectional sphere promises a whole new level of immersion. Thanks to the diligent work of a New Zealand based company called Eight360 , you may soon be jumping into VR through a device called the NOVA, or as CEO Terry Miller calls it, “the crazy spinning ball of death”. You can click here to book a demo.

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Apple Trademarks XR Operating System

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This month, Apple once again teased its upcoming XR headset by trademarking a stylisation of “xrOS” with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office. Apple initially filed the base xrOS trademark with the New Zealand Intellectual Property Office earlier this year.

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