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Walmart Using Black Friday VR Simulator To Train Staff

VRScout

Now thanks to the success of an early pilot program currently being tested at a handful of these locations, over 140,000 Walmart associates across all 200 training centers will feature virtual reality training simulators by the end of 2017. Both Lowes and Amazon are already taking their own unique approaches towards embracing VR as well.

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VR Training Program Teaches Underserved Population Soft Skills to Increase Their Employment Chances

ARPost

Project (VR)2 is a simulator of everyday interactions, from the first job interview to accepting an employment offer. This will allow the VR training program to expand beyond the state of Massachusetts, to the other five states where Viabilityoperates: Connecticut, Florida, New York, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island.

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I just watched football in VR — and I hated itDuring week three.

AllThingsVR

I just watched football in VR — and I hated it During week three of the NCAA college football season, Fox Sports aired the matchup between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Ohio State Buckeyes on its Fox Sports VR App. This smartphone program from developer LiveLike is available now for free on the iOS, Android, and Gear VR markets.

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CES 2020 Interview: VRgineers has an 8K Vision

Peter Graham

This has led XTAL down the simulator route, flight-sims in particular. During CES 2020 it was announced that Vance Airforce Base in Oklahoma will be the first to receive the 8K version, helping upgrade its training centre.

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Explain VR Is Like An Encyclopedia Brought To Life

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For example, an entire facility has been fitted out for AR and VR education in Oklahoma. As is, Explain VR includes over 50 different simulations and experiences and there are plans to add more over time. Once there were a few VR headset options, he decided it was a good time to develop a VR version of the app.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild’s Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

And it really took that process to key in for me on the insight that the real power of XR is not solely in the simulation itself. And then having someone in Europe or in France somewhere, like a designer in France, and sharing a space with somebody on a 4G connection in Oklahoma. It is in the connected nature of it. I don’t know.

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Taming the Jungle of Ideas, with The Wild's Gabe Paez

XR for Business Podcast

And it really took that process to key in for me on the insight that the real power of XR is not solely in the simulation itself. And then having someone in Europe or in France somewhere, like a designer in France, and sharing a space with somebody on a 4G connection in Oklahoma. It is in the connected nature of it. I don't know.