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Surgery Training Platform ‘Osso VR’ Now Used by 1,000 Surgeons Monthly

Road to VR

The company says that leading hospitals using the platform include Brown University, Vanderbilt University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Marshall University, Newcastle Simulation Centre, The University of Hawaii, UCLA, University of Washington, Wake Forest Baptiste Health, University of Kentucky, University of Utah, and New York University.

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‘Google Earth VR’ Lets You Experience the Total Solar Eclipse Right Now

Road to VR

Released in an August 12th update, Google has added a new menu function that lets you activate Monday’s total solar eclipse, which can be seen as it passed through 14 US states: Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Wyoming.

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Network Rail’s XR Training Pilot Reaches 1,000 UK Students

XR Today - Virtual Reality

The immersive learning units leveraged VR headsets to simulate rail lines and the dangers of such spaces and 360-degree presentations. Over 300 devices have been implemented in schools, and more will be forthcoming.

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How Transportation Sectors are Leading in Scalable XR Training

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

XR solutions for transportation are equally growing with new investments – the industry’s relationship with XR and simulation technology is booming. HTC VIVE is currently providing their devices for North Dakota Classrooms, and Meta recently gave thousands of Quests to Kentucky Schools.

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Meta to Terminate Quest 1 Support for New Apps Next Month

XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

The following articles share some excellent examples: Over 2,000 Meta Quest Headsets Deployed in Kentucky Schools Porsche Partners with Meta to Demonstrate Metaverse Potential Lift Off for HoloLens! The US Space Force and Microsoft Build an AR Space Simulation

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Funding Roundup: NextVR Raises $80M Series B, Owlchemy Labs.

AllThingsVR

NextVR has raised $80 million in Series B funding to expand its platform that has broadcast events, including a Coldplay concert, presidential debates and the Kentucky Derby, in virtual reality. Funding Roundup: NextVR Raises $80M Series B, Owlchemy Labs Raises $5M & TheWaveVR’ Raises $2.5M Investors include China Assets Holdings Ltd.,

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The Creepiest VR Job Training Sim Ever! – KFC’s The Hard Way

VR Spies

OK… so this has to be the creepiest job training sim that I have ever seen.Some of you might remember that a while ago there was some buzz in the press that KFC had released a Virtual Reality training simulation for new employees to teach them the basics of making Original Recipe chicken.