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Can Virtual Reality Be Used to Train Firefighters?

ARPost

Utah-based company eLearning Brothers has made a safer approach to training firefighters using virtual reality. They’ve been using immersive simulations to train pilots without putting anyone in harm’s way. Volunteers and veterans alike can hone their skills without putting their lives in danger.

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JUMP Opens Pre-sales for Tickets to Its Virtual Skydiving Attraction

Road to VR

The company is now taking pre-orders for tickets to its debut locations, which for now are in Utah and New Jersey. . Locations are tentatively said to start operations sometime in November 2021. With Jensen’s experience in out-of-home entertainment, we expect to see that number go up before then.

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

VRScout

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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Featured 360°: La La Land, Mars Desert Research Station and Colliding Black Holes

VRScout

. “Colonizing Mars begins at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah where simulations are teaching us what it would be like to live on the red planet.” Take an intimate look inside the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, where the lucky few have been chosen to simulate life on Mars.

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

Road to VR

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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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. However, true immersion did not arrive until 1968, when Utah University professor Ivan Sutherland, his student Bob Sproull, and others created the world’s first head-mounted display (HMD). The History of VR.

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7 Practical AR Uses In Healthcare

ARVR

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.