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Weather Channel Demonstrates Dangers Of Hurricane Florence Using Mixed Reality

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MR & AR technology showcase the potential destruction of the cat 2 storm currently hitting the Carolina states. Even with mandatory evacuations of Virginia and the Carolina’s currently underway, officials expect heavy damage and casualties as a result of the deadly weather.

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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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million program, which was built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, isn’t the first VR experience to focus on surviving an active shooter situation.

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When Philosophy Meets Virtual Reality

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“Virtual reality encompasses virtual unreality.” In the article, Why is Virtual Reality Interesting for Philosophers , Metzinger explores points of contact between philosophy and technological virtual reality research and proposes an extensive set of new research targets, together with some concrete examples.