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VR Technology Being Used In De-Escalation Training For Police

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Police officers operating out of the Strasburg Police Department in Strasburg, Virginia have begun receiving supplemental VR training centered specifically around crisis de-escalation. Lonnie Conner according to The Northern Virginia Daily. Officers are given a chance to experience confrontations from the civilians perspective.

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AR Takes Center Stage At SXSW 2020

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The annual festival will debut new AR experiences from Magic Leap, Intel, and director Virginia Galloway. This new approach to immersive cinema uses spatial computing to tell a story about the special bond between a young woman named Kayah and her beloved grandmother. Magic Leap’s The Last Light. Magic Leap’s The Last Light.

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10 “Metaversities” Are Opening Across The US This Fall

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Participating universities include West Virginia University, the University of Maryland, and Morehouse College just to name a few. The project is being funded by Meta as part of Meta Immersive Learning, a program which was established to help support the next generation of metaverse content creators.

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HaptX Secures $1.5M Grant to Build Full-body Haptics for VR & Telepresence Robots

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The company behind the force feedback haptic gloves HaptX and research teams from Virginia Tech and University of Florida have secured a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), something the group says will allow them to build full-body haptic and force feedback tech for VR and robotics.

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Agora Present Fresh SDK Updates at RTE 2022

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Agora is redesigning its immersive development ecosystem as a more “flexible, simple and powerful” offering, Virginia Liu, the company’s Chief Experience Officer said. Agora will provide more attractive features for immersive developers as the service’s ecosystem matures. Agora’s Fresh Updates.

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VR Simulation Allows Police To Train Using Real Tasers

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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. VR technology and wrist trackers combine to offer a next-level training program.

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Kai XR: Bringing VR To The Classroom, One Headset At A Time

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In 2017 she sealed her commitment to the cause when she sold almost all of her possessions and moved across the country to found Kai XR, an immersive “edtech” start-up focused on getting emerging technology into the hands of the next generation. Kai XR founder Kai Frazier. “[I] Image Credit: Kai XR.

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