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XR Gaming Case Study: Groove Jones, Be Pro Be Proud

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The team delivers the VR training program to students via a mobile truck, available in Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina. But, if a user makes a mistake, the application will present realistic outcomes such as simulated electrocution.

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Y-12 National Security Complex and HaptX partner to advance U.S. Government training missions

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during his presentation on haptics to U.S. The newly constructed Oak Ridge Enhanced Technology and Training Center (ORETTC) in Tennessee trains those responsible for safeguarding nuclear and radioactive material as well as first responders and other experts in nuclear operations, safeguards, cyber, and emergency response.

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VR Training Case Study: Y-12 National Security Complex

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As part of their continuous improvement endeavors, the ORETTC team decided to prototype a virtual glovebox training simulator. The Problem to Address Gloveboxes present a challenge for hands-on training; some gloveboxes can serve as inert containers, filled with an inert gas such as nitrogen, argon, or helium.

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The 21 best binge-worthy podcasts that tell one hell of a story

Mashable VR

For a full year, these six strangers share very close quarters while simulating a space mission that's actually stationed on a remote mountain in Hawaii. Understanding the forces of systemic racism is at the heart of comprehending what happened, and how the ripple effect of those systems fuels so much of America's past, present, and future.

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