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Can Virtual Reality Be Used to Train Firefighters?

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Utah-based company eLearning Brothers has made a safer approach to training firefighters using virtual reality. See Also: C-Thru: Augmented Reality Technology Gives Firefighters Superpowers to Save Lives. They’ve been using immersive simulations to train pilots without putting anyone in harm’s way.

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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

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The company says that leading hospitals using the platform include Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Marshall University, Newcastle Simulation Centre, The University of Hawaii, UCLA, University of Washington, Wake Forest Baptiste Health, University of Kentucky, University of Utah, and New York University.

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Five VR Games To Hold You Over Until ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’

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Project Stardust is a VR cockpit simulator that puts you in the seat of an X-Wing as you fly missions and engage in battles from iconic moments in the Star Wars universe, such as the Rebel Alliance’s assault on the first Death Star at the Battle of Yavin. Project Stardust.

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A Complete Guide to Virtual Reality

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The technology allows people to create ‘virtual’ landscapes and environments that simulate the real world. billion in 2028, revealing just how intrigued investors are in developing the emerging technology. Meta, Pico, HTC VIVE, and Varjo headsets all incorporate this new technology. billion USD in 2021 to $84.09

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7 Practical AR Uses In Healthcare

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In Utah, Orca Health has experimented with a medical AR app called EyeDecide, which allows eye doctors to visually demonstrate to patients how cataracts can affect the eye. By simulating various conditions of the eye, patients better understand their eye problems. Trending AR VR Articles: 1. But where to find them at a time of need?

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Microsoft’s HoloLens 2 Dominates Healthcare Market, Report Finds

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The company adopted the Microsoft brand HoloLens 2 AR headsets to assist spinal surgery research at the University of Utah, Georgetown University, and University of Washington. Additionally, Novarad has supplied healthcare professionals with emerging technology solutions for 30 years.

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Digital Frontier: Where Brain-computer Interfaces & AR/VR Could One Day Meet

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And while these well-funded companies can only push the technology forward for its use as a medical devices today thanks to regulatory hoops governing implants and their relative safety today, eventually the technology will get to a point when it’s both safe and cheap enough to land into the brainpan’s of neurotypical consumers.

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