Road to VR

FEBRUARY 18, 2017

Last week, I traveled to the Houston Area Safety Council in Pasadena, Texas, to put Industrial Training International VR’s new crane simulator through its paces. While ITI has been training crane operators, riggers, and signallers for 30 years, the inclusion of VR in their training programs is a recent development.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Groundbreaking glovebox training application leverages virtual reality and multi-user haptics On Sept. Government training missions. In addition, HaptX engineers will collaborate with Y-12 staff to support ongoing improvement of virtual training environments and application features. during his presentation on haptics to U.S.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

One of the more popular use cases for VR in healthcare is training. Like with other VR for Training programs , we’re hearing about better retention of information and post-training performance. The costs — both literally and figuratively — of not using VR for training are significant.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Available as part of the tour, Halo: Training Grounds puts visitors in the boots of a UNSC Spartan, an elite soldier enhanced by both mechanical and biological augmentations. They’ll then fight alongside two other teammates in a 3v3 combat training environment designed to hone your skills as Earth’s most badass fighting force.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Belch realized the potential of VR for sports training and spent two years working with Bailenson to develop and troubleshoot an effective way to film Stanford Football’s practices in 360-degree, immersive video allowing players to rewatch practice film using a VR headset. And so far, his approach seems to be working.

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2019

Dubbed the ‘Outpost Discovery Training Grounds’, event-goers can team up in the 3v3 multiplayer shooter, giving you a free-roaming, wireless VR environment to run around while you shoot your plasma pistol and heal via the series’ shield generator. August 16-18 – Houston, Texas. Image courtesy 343 Industries.

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VRScout

MARCH 13, 2019

With the annual SXSW festival well underway in Austin, Texas, attendees have been up to their necks in brand spanking new films, music, interactive media, food, and various other incredible offerings at the one-of-a-kind event. Blue Goji hosts fitness-focused VR tournaments using their award-winning treadmill.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 7, 2022

It also designed its VR therapy certification program to include extended reality (XR) software and hardware training for modern therapists desiring to enhance their practices. Immersive, Engaging Healthcare. The service also has more than 30 bespoke activities.

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Peter Graham

JULY 3, 2019

Called Halo: Outpost Discovery, the travelling live event experience will be heading to various US cities and as part of it VRstudios has created a free-roaming virtual reality (VR) multiplayer called Training Grounds. . Halo Training Grounds is an arena style competitive experience where two teams of three fight it out as Spartan drones.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Houston, Texas, a hub for industries ranging from Medicine to Oil & Gas to Aerospace, has been ground-zero for many of the conversations reimagining the scope of what VR and AR can accomplish. The Immersive Technology Conference runs from November 6th-7th at the University of Houston, in Houston, Texas.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. That’s why VR Vision Inc helps companies produce XR training modules, so trainees can make mistakes in a safe, controlled environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. That’s why VR Vision Inc helps companies produce XR training modules, so trainees can make mistakes in a safe, controlled environment.

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VRScout

AUGUST 26, 2018

Unfortunately, crowded universities and the rise of online education have made it difficult for these innovators-in-training to access properly equipped labs and log their necessary hours. Cue Google VR Labs, a series of comprehensive virtual lab experiences available on the Google Daydream platform.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. That's why VR Vision Inc helps companies produce XR training modules, so trainees can make mistakes in a safe, controlled environment.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The top of a wind turbine a hundred stories up from the ground is not the best place to be making mistakes, but making mistakes and learning from them is the whole point of on-the-job training. That’s why VR Vision Inc helps companies produce XR training modules, so trainees can make mistakes in a safe, controlled environment.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

With the right investments, business leaders can unlock everything from enhanced collaborative environments in the metaverse , to powerful training tools. The Immerse Summit attracts visitors from virtually every industry, and even has dedicated learning tracks committed to areas like advertising, training, travel, gaming, and commerce.

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InstaVR

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

They range from the practical (USDA training new employees) to the necessary (Texas State Ambulance drivers provided through virtual reality) to the interesting (the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport using InstaVR to deliver its “Culture is Digital” report in VR).

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I have been able to speak for almost one hour with Jeremy Bailenson , which is the professor at Stanford that is a legend in the VR field for his studies on interactions, psychology, and training in Virtual Reality. Dangerous: training firefighters. His thesis was working with the Stanford Football Team to train quarterbacks.

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InstaVR

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

There are many use cases for VR during the global Coronavirus response, but here are the ones we believe companies and governments benefit the most from: Remote Employee Training with Virtual Reality Companies over the last several years were already accelerating their adoption of VR for employee training.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 11, 2022

We were able to continue driving, but because we were going to West Texas in January, we knew we had to have it repaired or else it would crack more — it gets really, really cold at night there, which can make windshield cracks worse. We were in Lucas’ car, and out of nowhere, a rock flew up and cracked his windshield.

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VRScout

MARCH 8, 2018

Well rejoice, for Vive has finally made good on its promise with the announcement of a whopping eight Ready Player One VR experiences debuting at this year’s infamous SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. Fight against a nearly invincible army of highly trained IOI Sixers.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 21, 2023

Augmented Enterprise Summit October 24-26th, Texas One of the longest-running and most comprehensive events committed to extended reality, the Augmented Enterprise Summit provides insights into the evolving world of AR, VR, and MR, from thought leaders from across the landscape.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 21, 2017

You can train offline against bots in different modes until you’re comfortable enough to test your skills online against others in either public or private matches. Lucky Night: Texas Hold’em VR , from Next Games. Price: $8.99 (Currently Discounted). Space Conquest , from NyanBlade. Price: Free To Play.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2023

Hello everyone from Austin, Texas, where I am attending the SXSW! Through an interesting narrative, it teaches women how to perform self defense, but without being an explicit self-defense training experience. I’m having fun, listening to interesting talks, meeting new people… basically everything I always do at these events!

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Hypergrid Business

NOVEMBER 18, 2017

Oncomfort , a startup based in Houston, Texas is helping patients diagnosed with cancer manage their anxiety through virtual reality. The Aqua virtual reality experience is designed to ease pain and anxiety. Image courtesy Oncomfort.). and Europe have used their apps.

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InstaVR

JANUARY 23, 2019

Many real world jobs — from employee training to entertainment to research — are actively already incorporating Virtual Reality technology into their day-to-day work. All of these are high stakes jobs where early immersive training can be valuable. VR Can Be Built by Students, Helping Them in Future Careers.

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Bernard Marr

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Solutions are in progress, but implementation will be slow: Texas Instruments, Samsung, Intel, and TSMC are constructing new semiconductor fabrication plants in the U.S. In the face of this qualified talent shortage, companies are adopting new and innovative internal training programs such as coding boot camps and training "universities."

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Tech Trends VR

MAY 21, 2018

Many educators and academics do believe that this technology will eventually become as commonplace as computers and mobile phones are today: Speaking at the Global Education and Skills Forum in March, Jakki Bailey – a researcher from The University of Texas at Austin who focuses on the psychological and social experiences of Virtual Reality – (..)

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InstaVR

AUGUST 13, 2019

VR for Training Using Oculus Quest. We’ve written many, many articles on the benefits of using VR for Training. You can read some of them here (Training Industry), here (VentureBeat/ReadWrite), here (“How to Create a VR Training App”), and here (“Example Use Cases of VR for Training”).

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2017

One Texas-based company, Merge , is spearheading efforts to check all three boxes by creating a kid-friendly VR/AR ecosystem. Some of the most popular kid-friendly experiences include Diving Exploration of Kelp Forest Aquarium , Star Wars Rogue One Recon , Transformers the Last Knight , NASA Astronaut Training Space Walk , and Cardio VR.

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TechCrunch VR

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The group has intellectual property for virtual and augmented reality training programs for hospitals, nursing schools and universities, according to a statement. Whether on the assembly line or in human resources training, companies are turning to virtual and augmented reality in ways that consumer buyers haven’t.

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InstaVR

AUGUST 28, 2019

If you’re interesting in live training to help you improve your app making skills, be sure to attend our weekly Wednesday morning trainings. As we’ve discussed in articles on VR for Training, interactivity leads to better recall. Texas Ambulance Bus (from Texas State University). They rarely are.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

There’s a 100-subject, double-blind, placebo-controlled insomnia study currently underway at the University of Texas but the data already received from the stimulator is beneficial right now because Kortex clones it technologically.

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Anand Tech

APRIL 16, 2024

government under the CHIPS and Science Act to build its new fab complex in Taylor, Texas. Samsung plans to equip its fab near Taylor, Texas, with the latest wafer fab tools to produce advanced chips. " Samsung has been a significant contributor to the Texas economy for decades, starting chip manufacturing in the U.S.

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AIXR

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I’m in the local circus troop in Austin, Texas called ‘Circus Picnic’. That’s how long we’ve been training acrobatics, and it’s just great to be able to bring that and combine that with technology”. The pair are driven by a shared passion for VR, Acrobatics, and the aerial arts. ” John McClellan, CEO, Andromeda Entertainment.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2017

VR is completely changing how doctors can train. Slight improvements in training, a slightly better test or tool, or a faster diagnosis, have the potential to save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. We see seven themes emerging from new VR and AR apps for health: Training. Physical training, health, and fitness.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2018

One such company exploring this exciting new field is Limbix , which has been collaborating with experts through academic research partnerships to create content for use by therapists in a broad range of applications, such as Exposure Therapy, Mindfulness, Experiential Education and Skills Training.

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