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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

VRScout

In response to the rising number of mass shootings in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security developed and released a WebVR training simulator last year called EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment), which helped prepare first responders for the stressful moments of responding to an active shooter scene.

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#1356: Origin Story for Embodied Labs with Carrie Shaw from VRLA 2018

Voices of VR

Flashback to VRLA 2018 with Carrie Shaw talking about the founding story of Embodied Labs, which provides VR training to care givers. Shaw is featured in the 5th chapter of Yale anthropologist Lisa Messeri’s In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles field study conducted in 2018.

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7 Insightful XR Education Case Studies to Read in 2022

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

One of the areas where XR is seeing the most significant and rapid adoption, is in the world of education and training. Here, universities, schools, and training companies are embracing the experiential benefits of immersive XR technology to deliver lessons like never before. Meta Oculus and Aptiv. HTC Vive and Penn State.

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VR startup to help train US Air Force

Hypergrid Business

They needed to train hundreds of airmen, but there weren’t enough real aircraft to go around. Vinci VR , a two year old virtual reality startup founded by a 22 year old college undergrad, was recently awarded a $1 million contract by the United States Air Force to develop solutions for aircraft maintenance training.

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Top 5 XR Innovations to Invest in During 2022 and 2023

XR Today - Virtual Reality

Increasingly, business leaders from across virtually every industry are discovering the value of XR for training, collaboration, ideation, and development. For instance, the BMW group used RT3D solutions create a combination of AR and VR applications designed to train frontline workers, manage the assembly line and improve quality control.

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Extended Reality In Education: Is it the Future of Instruction?

XR Today - Virtual Reality

This costs them much less than more widely-used gaming engines such as Unity or Unreal Engine. In a recent study, it was found that over 80 percent of people using AR devices experienced increased learning motivation and 93 percent said it increased their spatial understanding of subjects. The Future of XR in Education?

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XR in Education Case Study in Focus: VIVE and Nowa Era

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

Universities, schools, and training teams across the globe are consistently looking for new ways to inspire, enlighten, and engage a new generation of students. These innovations allow teachers to immerse students in learning experiences wherever they are, without the risks associated with in-person training.