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VR Teaches Oregon Residents How To Pump Gas

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As more and more Oregon gas pumping jokes pour in, the VR industry takes its own light jab at the “game-changing” new law. If you’ve been paying any attention to the news lately, you’ve probably heard about a new law in Oregon allowing drivers to self-pump their vehicles for the first time in decades.

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COVID-19 VR Training With Virus-Free Headsets

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Two women-founded XR companies have partnered to provide free COVID-19 training. This prompted the Shift team to adapt their technology – originally developed for training teachers to recognize and mitigate implicit bias in the classroom – to help with the COVID-19 crisis.

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Virus-Free Virtual Training for Healthcare Workers

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Two women-founded XR companies have partnered to provide free COVID-19 training. The immersive training consists of sessions lasting between 15 and 20 minutes in VR which will be used to teach key skills such as choice and use of PPE, patient personal care and hygiene, and COVID-19 test procedures Click To Tweet.

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This New Device Could Solve VR Motion Sickness

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Double-blind trials conducted by researchers at Jaguar Land Rover have so far yielded positive results, with Keith Maher, CEO & Founder of Oregon-based company VR Motion , already using the device in conjunction with the companies VR training simulations. . Image Credit: Otolith Labs.

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PIXO VR demos new emergency responder training platform

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PIXO VR, a virtual reality safety training company, has unveiled their new training platform for emergency response personnel. The platform was demonstrated during the Emerging Technologies Symposium for Emergency Solutions at Concordia University Portland, Oregon, earlier this month.

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Here’s How VR is Reshaping the Criminal Justice System

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Now, sheriffs in Monmouth County, NJ are being trained using a new training facility incorporates a virtual reality simulator, the VirTra V-300, with physical training. The Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office has also added the simulator to its training regimen. Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office.

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AR in Sports: Moneyball Meets 3D

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More recently, the Oregon Ducks broadcasted an AR promo for Halo Infinite, in which the game’s protagonist virtually descended on the field. AR Training Wheels Expanding on broadcast AR’s advantages, though it’s more passive, its reach is valuable for AR acclimation in the technology’s early stages. say, an on-screen QR code?—?that

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