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You Can Take a Free Coursera Course on XR from the University of Michigan

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One of the fruits of this outreach is a free online course by Assistant Professor Michael Nebeling. ARPost spoke with Nebeling, as well as with The University of Michigan’s XR Initiative Director Jeremy Nelson about the course, and about XR in education. How the Course Came to Be. A Look at the Course.

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FundamentalVR Is Offering A Free Ventilator Course For Health Professionals

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This allows students to exercise their skills at home while in isolation using the company’s @HomeVR system which was launched two weeks ago for standalone VR headsets such as Oculus Quest and HTC Vive Focus Plus. The platform’s data dashboard tracks hundreds of data points to provide a high level of analysis to course directors or trainees.

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Can Virtual Reality Be Used to Train Firefighters?

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Sometimes they get injured during these exercises. In 2018, around 8,175 firefighter injuries were caused by training exercises, according to the National Fire Protection Association. They can also conduct exercises whenever and wherever, as long as they have the proper gear. The aviation industry has been doing it for years.

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How ChatGPT Is Being Used To Enhance VR Training

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Virtualspeech, an online soft skills training platform, has implemented the widely talked-about artificial intelligence (AI) language model, ChatGPT, into its VR training courses. Subscriptions for Virtualspeech begin at $45 per month and feature all VR and online practice exercises, AI and ChatGPT-enhanced exercises, and more.

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VR Shooting Sim ‘ACE’ Partners with Major Gun Manufacturer for More Realistic Training

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Supporting Quest 2 and above, and priced at $19 per-month ($14 when billed annually), Ace lets users go through a host of real-world shooting exercises and courses, letting you track training, compete against other players, and review real-time analytics of speed, accuracy, and precision.

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Exercising Becomes A Little Easier With This Augmented Climbing Wall

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Whether you’re following a plotted climbing course or battling your friend in a round of Climball , users must use their entire bodies to control the experience. The post Exercising Becomes A Little Easier With This Augmented Climbing Wall appeared first on VRScout. Making this as much a workout as it is a gaming experience.

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Did Facebook Sell One-Million Quest 2s in Q4?

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So it’s time once again for our ongoing exercise to reason-out its unit sales. That’s of course a general statement but we can zero in using other signals. The exercise above is just one of them. Meanwhile, As a disclaimer, the outputs of the above exercise are just that… a thought exercise.

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