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VR Training Program Teaches Underserved Population Soft Skills to Increase Their Employment Chances

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To deliver the program to the target population, Viability and Link to VR reached out to Oculus Business to create a business-class version of the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset. The Oculus headsets are placed in this unit after each session, so that the next person participating in the VR training program can use them safely.

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NBA All-Star and Weekly Regular Season Coverage Comes Live to VR via TNT and Intel

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The app is available today on the Oculus store and the Google Play store. Oklahoma City @ San Antonio , 8:00 p.m. Based on Intel’s True VR technology, TNT is bringing live and on-demand VR coverage of NBA All-Star events to Gear VR and Daydream headsets via the NBA on TNT VR app. Thursday, Mar. Thursday, Mar. Tuesday, Mar.

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Walmart Using Black Friday VR Simulator To Train Staff

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The current trial curriculum, produced by immersive performance training platform Strivr , uses an Oculus Rift headset to immerse associates in education VR simulations. When they said we were going to be using VR for training, I thought it was brilliant,” said Sean Gough, Academy facilitator at the Broken Arrow, Oklahoma store.

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The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet

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Thursday, March 29 – Oklahoma City @ San Antonio. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Thursday, April 5 – Washington @ Cleveland. Tuesday, April 10 – Boston @ Washington.

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Dan White and Brandon Pittser of Filament Games

Everything VR & AR

Filament games has over 100 games they’ve produced for clients like National Geographic, The Smithsonian, McGraw Hill Education, and universities including MIT, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Wisconsin Madison.

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Explain VR Is Like An Encyclopedia Brought To Life

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For example, an entire facility has been fitted out for AR and VR education in Oklahoma. An Oculus Rift version of the application is in development and will hopefully be live in 1-2 months. It remains to be seen just how large a part education will play in the VR industry, but there have been interesting developments recently.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

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As it turns out, heavy Oculus Rift usage is linked to increased dream lucidity ; the more time people spent in virtual environments, the higher their ability to dream lucidly. LIVE STREAMED OKLAHOMA VS. OHIO STATE IN VR. This research is one of the first to examine how VR could alter our consciousness… welcome to Inception?

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