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Meta Partners with UK Immersive Learning Start-Up Amidst Cambridge Analytica Legal Battle

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This week, amid legal battles, Meta announced a collaboration with UK immersive learning start-up Moonhub to bring VR/MR training to the facilities management industry. The move enables Moonhub to scale its CPD-accredited immersive learning solutions exclusively on the Meta Quest headset portfolio ready for businesses.

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Modul University Vienna Adopts Digital Twin Campus

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The move also enables Modul Uni to provide an immersive alternative to in-person open days, significantly reducing potential student travel costs. One of the aims of the partnership is to offer students an immersive learning experience using @virtualreality. VictoryXR is a pioneer in immersive learning. More on VictoryXR.

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Meta For Education Beta Brings VR & Mixed Reality To Colleges & Universities

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And this immersion creates emotions in what we think is the initial step to create empathy. Meta says these institutions will provide feedback on the program before its full launch. The outcomes of this experience are forming part of important research conducted by our psychology faculty.”

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Meta Brings VR/MR Headsets and the Metaverse to US/UK Education Institutions

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And this immersion creates emotions in what we think is the initial step to create empathy. Participating universities will work with Meta, providing feedback on the beta launch to seemingly scale and enhance the Meta for Education product ahead of a broader release ready for topics such as science, medicine, history, and language arts.

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EON Reality and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) Open Interactive Digital Center in Davenport, Iowa

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IRVINE, CA, June 11, 2018 – EON Reality, the world leader in Virtual Reality based knowledge transfer for industry and education, and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) announce the opening of an Interactive Digital Center (IDC) in Davenport, Iowa. Over 36 million people worldwide have downloaded these applications.

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What is Project Aria and What Does it Mean for Meta’s Orion Glasses?

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With these insights, Meta could create highly immersive AR apps that walk users through guided training sessions. Enhance Accessibility Two additional Project Aria initiatives by Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Iowa focus on accessibility. In Iowa, researchers use the Aria Research Kit to help people with hearing loss.

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Eastern Iowa Community Colleges grand opening of EON Reality Interactive Digital Center

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Eastern Iowa Community Colleges invites the public to the grand opening of its EON Reality Interactive Digital Center on Tuesday. The Icube Mobile is a portable, multi-sided immersive environment in which participants become surrounded by virtual images and sound. For more information, visit www.eicc.edu/eonopening.

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