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

ARPost

See Also: New PwC Report: The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Soft Skills Training. 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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EON Reality and ORU Open Dedicated AR/VR Learning Facility

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Though the entertainment possibilities of augmented and virtual reality are the more immediately intriguing experiences, both forms of tech present a lot of potential in many other industries as well. They’re the perfect match for the transformative power of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality education.

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Blame NextVR and Drake for Kevin Durant going to the Warriors.

Cats and VR

NextVR is virtual reality capture and delivery technology company based in Laguna Beach, California. It could have been that the Bay Area is more lucrative than Oklahoma or that Durant is friends with Draymond Green but I would like to give credit where credit is due. It switched over to VR in 2012.

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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.

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The New Front Row: How VR Sports Change the Game for Fans

VRScout

Virtual reality is enabling fans to watch their favorite teams from the point-of-view previously only reserved for Spike Lee, Jack Nicholson, or the coaches. NextVR is powering virtual reality broadcasts in the NBA and highlights in the NFL (Roger Goodell’s NFL is notoriously strict about content).

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LiveLike Adds DVR-Like Replay To Live VR Broadcasts

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We’re at an early point in the expansion of the virtual reality industry where a lot of “firsts” will be claimed as companies blaze their own paths toward prominence. Just this past Saturday on December 3rd, LiveLike handled the broadcast of the Wisconsin vs Penn State game in VR through the Fox Sports VR application.

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LiveLike Adds DVR-Like Replay To Live VR Broadcasts

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

We’re at an early point in the expansion of the virtual reality industry where a lot of “firsts” will be claimed as companies blaze their own paths toward prominence. Just this past Saturday on December 3rd, LiveLike handled the broadcast of the Wisconsin vs Penn State game in VR through the Fox Sports VR application.

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