XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

This week, immersive skilled trades training solutions provider Interplay Learning announced a new capital investment from Goldman Sachs Alternatives to scale its training solutions to new clients in the enterprise marketplace.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 4, 2024

Clackamas Fire District has ploughed $50K into a VR training programme for its firefighters and paramedics. Rick Huffman, Division Chief of EMS, Clackamas Fire District #1 , shared his thoughts about the new VR training programme: “The bottom line with this type of training is [that it allows us to] train for a lot of victims.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 5, 2024

VirtualSpeech provides VR training solutions integrating GenAI technology to create responsive and personalized avatars and scenarios for enterprise soft-skill training. Training New Employees with XR McGuigan highlighted that one of the many workplace training considerations is new employees within high-turnover positions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Weekly, new stories of immersive solutions are seen in training and patient-facing procedures. NHS Leverages VR Patientcare Training Across the pond, in the UK, healthcare professionals in Suffolk and Essex are also leveraging XR within the NHS to enhance training outcomes. The healthcare sector remains a busy space for XR.

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VRScout

JANUARY 13, 2023

VR medical simulation platform SimX today announced that its Virtual Advancement of Learning for Operational Readiness (VALOR) program has been selected by the United States Space Force to design an immersive training program for astronaut recovery and space launch missions. The US government agency will commit an initial $1.7 Credit: U.S.

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ARPost

AUGUST 11, 2023

Unfortunately, police officers in the US only receive less than six months of police training—which is where virtual reality comes in. Using VR helps augment the need for more in-depth training in a safe and immersive training environment.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A rise in drone-based warfare highlights the need for counter-drone training solutions. “As the global leader in the C-UAS sector, DroneShield is well placed to provide the training.”. “Operator’s solutions are enabling defence and law enforcement to rapidly train for these new situations in realistic, virtual environments.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In a video shared on Reddit earlier this week, independent game studio Foggy Box ( Startenders, Brunch Club ) shared footage of a prototype VR game called Infinite Trainset which uses the Meta Quest 2’s Passthrough technology to bring virtual train sets to life in the real world. What do you think, anyone like trains?

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VRScout

AUGUST 12, 2021

Members of the Air Force will train in intervention skills, victim advocacy, and reporting protocols. Award-winning VR company Moth + Flame is partnering with the United States Air Force to deploy a VR training program for members of the Air Force in sexual assault prevention and response training (SAPR).

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VRScout

JUNE 30, 2022

Elegant training for a more civilized age. It’s no secret that medical training is an expensive and time-consuming process. Thanks to immersive technology, however, healthcare centers around the world are capable of training doctors, therapists, and surgeons at a faster rate while spending less. It’s incredibly intuitive.

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ARPost

MARCH 2, 2022

The company’s Xelevate platform develops training and learning products using virtual, augmented, and extended reality. The firm’s focus on workforce development began when one company approached them for a staff training solution that could be deployed remotely. See Also: How XR Is Shaping the Future of Recruitment?

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2021

Over the past four years, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in immersive technologies being used for combat and training purposes by military organizations around the world, such as military-grade HoloLens headsets or AR goggles designed for use by military dogs. The US Air Force has been no exception. Image Credit: U.S.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 15, 2024

MediSim VR has publicised Chennai’s ‘first’ immersive and interactive VR-training lab at Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (SRIHER). MediSim VR brings its patented technology to meet the needs of healthcare training providers around the world.

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VRScout

AUGUST 20, 2021

VR training lets surgeons in low-resource countries go through the motions before performing on patients. The VR medical company PrecisionOS along with support from Epic Games MegaGrant and Oculus , have launched a VR training module designed specifically for the global nonprofit humanitarian organization SIGN Fracture Care.

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ARPost

APRIL 26, 2023

Is VR training going to be a necessity for businesses today? According to David Chen, CTO and co-founder of a company that makes 3D cameras and depth sensors, Orbbec , VR training is going to be critical to the continued growth of the job market. With the job boom early this year, it appears to be so.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2022

VR technology and wrist trackers combine to offer a next-level training program. Axon, a weapons technology company based out of Arizona, today launched a new VR simulation designed to train law enforcement officers in de-escalation tactics by immersing them in realistic scenarios they may face out in the field.

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ARPost

AUGUST 3, 2020

Utah-based company eLearning Brothers has made a safer approach to training firefighters using virtual reality. Here, we’ll delve into the advantages of virtual reality in training firefighters. We’ll also discuss future opportunities for VR fire training. We’ll also discuss future opportunities for VR fire training.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This week, Strivr announced that its enterprise-grade VR training service reached an “industry record-setting milestone” of roughly 2 million sessions launched across its client base. According to the firm, the achievement marks Strivr’s vision of optimising immersive training and driving enterprise XR adoption.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 8, 2024

Recently, Network Rail officially taught more than 1,000 students at the Trinity Academy in Thorne, Doncaster, a landmark number for immersive training programmes. Trinity Academy educators organized the training sessions ready for 100 students aged 13-14. per cent, involving young people under 21. Is Immersive Learning on the Uptick?

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VRScout

AUGUST 18, 2023

Developer Something Random this week announced Toy Trains , a new VR game coming soon to major VR platforms. It’s all about imagination, logical thinking, having fun, and… trains!” Feature Image Credit: Something Random The post Toy Trains Lets You Build Your Dream Train Set In VR appeared first on VRScout.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 10, 2024

The move sees more than 250 Peterman technicians leverage the XR training solution to improve technical skills, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and drain-clearing procedures. The Peterman Brothers/Interplay Learning comes as immersive training solutions start finding a typical home in various industries and institutions.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 6, 2024

Recently, HaptX partnered with immersive learning solutions provider RoundTable Learning to deploy VR training to railway workers. The partners are working with BNSF to provide railway engineers with an immersive step-by-step training platform to improve engineer safety.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2023

Then there’s Fundamental Surgery, an immersive training platform from FundamentalVR that uses VR technology and haptics to provide everyone from medical students to professional surgeons with realistic simulations of various real-life procedures. ” For more information about FundamentalVR and Haply Robotics visit here. .

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

And one sub sector where this is particularly true is enterprise training. The past year has marked noteworthy growth in XR. We look at the wins, losses, lessons and road ahead. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

VR training is not an entirely new concept. For several years now, we’ve seen companies incorporating virtual reality into their training solutions. Here, we go through some of the global brands implementing VR training. 11 Global Enterprises Using VR Training. 11 Global Enterprises Using VR Training.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

APRIL 4, 2024

VirtualSpeech, an immersive training solutions provider integrating genAI technology to make responsive and personalized enterprise training scenarios, recently announced that it is teaming up with Lenovo and Qualcomm to launch its VR service on the ThinkReality VRX headset and Snapdragon Spaces ecosystem.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JUNE 27, 2024

Virtual learning and training are proving valuable for today’s businesses. A common use case for XR is training, as the technology can simulate learning scenarios with a low-risk and capital-efficient approach to upskilling workers. VR solutions provider Transfr Inc. We serve a demographic we call undiscovered talent.”

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ARPost

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A recent peer-reviewed study published in the Annals of Medicine and Surgery details the benefits of applying HapticVR technology to surgical training. In the study, haptic feedback technology was used alongside non-haptic immersive VR training to assess the impact of the former. How HapticVR Technology Helps Improve Surgical Training.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 11, 2021

VR training designed to help Bank of America employees better understand the diverse needs of their customers. One of the largest financial institutions in the nation, Bank of America, has announced that it will soon begin using VR for soft skill training in almost 4,300 financial centers across North America.

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VRScout

JUNE 7, 2022

That said, RED 6’s synthetic air combat training might be the coolest use case to date. Earlier this week, the company announced that it has completed its first successful training flight with multiple aircraft, marking a major step forward for AR-based military training. Image Credit: RED 6.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

JULY 1, 2024

Late last week, MediSim VR debuted a VR training lab to upskill new and existing healthcare workers in Gujarat. The announcement introduces the VR Skill Training Lab located at KD Hospital, a first of its kind for the healthcare space.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Police officers operating out of the Strasburg Police Department in Strasburg, Virginia have begun receiving supplemental VR training centered specifically around crisis de-escalation. Different perspectives,” said training coordinator Lt. Officers participating in VR training // Credit: Pennsylvania Police Dept.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Most remote workers must go through a training process. New technologies, such as augmented reality training, have helped ease the transition. Before dissecting the impact that this technology could have on remote work training, we must first fully grasp AR via a proper example. How AR Works for Business Training.

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