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MLK: Now Is The Time Is Available Now On Meta Quest

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Each topic is represented as an interactive vignette designed to hit you on an emotional level while educating you on important subjects such as housing inequality, voting rights, and policing. Austin Jr, Meta’s vice president of Civil Rights and Deputy General Counsel. “We

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The Global Skills and Education Forum in Dubai Showcases the Convergence of VR/AR and Education

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An event that proved the importance of XR’s role in the future of education. Through its “Future Zone”—an entire section dedicated to technology—educators and technologists mobilized behind the conference’s stated goal to imagine what education might look like in 2030 and beyond. Photo Credit: R3Digital.

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Brainstorm Grows VR Enterprise in the US

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Brainstorm is expanding its foothold in the US market with the addition of a new office, demo studio, and executive employee in Austin, Texas. Brainstorm’s new office in Austin includes an LED volume and a Green Cyclorama that is supported by its own advanced Virtual Production and 3D Graphics products. That’s not all.

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Creating Immersive Learning Experiences

Tech Trends VR

This is the new reality that educators need to prepare themselves to proactively use it rather than reactively adapt to it. Educators and academics believe that Immersive technology will become as commonplace as computers and mobile phones today Click To Tweet. And that, in fact, is the ultimate goal of any transformative technology.

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AfroTech World 2022 Covered Immersive Tech, NFTs, and Creator Communities

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As these trends take themselves into other fields like industry, education, and medicine, it’s going to take a lot of creative power. As we grow this environment, education and access are going to be just as important as technological advancement.”. There, once again, we see the echoes of other forms of media in XR. “I

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Therapists Using VR To Treat Mental Health Issues

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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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Vancouver Emerging As Top Five VR and AR Hub

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Creating everything from veterinary education software to search-and-rescue robots operating in VR, developers are helping the city become a world leader in content production. Seattle, and Austin. When VR and AR began to emerge, the region took full advantage of that talent. Last year, there were 15 XR companies in Metro Vancouver.