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VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers

VRScout

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. Axon’s VR simulation training is already being used by the Phoenix Police Department.

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The XR Week Peek (2019.14.09): a new powerful Vive Focus appears, Facebook Connect is coming, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Geekbench has just published the scores for a new Vive Focus headset , indicating that a new standalone headset by HTC is coming. But for sure HTC wants Oculus to feel the competition, if this “leak” on the new Focus has “casually” happened some days before the launch of the new Quest…. (Image by Qualcomm). Good luck to her.

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How Climbing Mt. Everest in VR Helped Me Treat My Crippling Fear of Heights

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It was one of our many family trips up the Eastern Seaboard after we had moved from Boise, Idaho to Alexandria, Virginia. The pitch of the game was to simulate what it was like to climb Mt. Everest on the HTC Vive – minus the limited air and intense cold. Climbing to the Peak of the World.