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

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Homeland Security Releasing VR School Shooting Training Simulator

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In response to the rising number of mass shootings in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security developed and released a WebVR training simulator last year called EDGE (Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment), which helped prepare first responders for the stressful moments of responding to an active shooter scene.

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Spatial Beats: 8th Wall, Sam and Max, & Burning Man

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The virtual operating room is multiplayer, so the instructor is co-present with students in the simulation. If you recall, the song is an ode to West Virginia, where Zuck is certainly not. When you hear about this use case, it’s so obvious and intuitive it feels like it’s always been here. And yet it is entirely new. flag at sunset.

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Virginia Tech, University of Florida, HaptX win $1.5M NSF grant to create full-body haptic feedback for VR and robotics

HaptX

Blacksburg, Virginia and San Luis Obispo, California – A research team including Virginia Tech, University of Florida and HaptX won a $1.5 For the last eight years HaptX has focused on developing its unique, patented, microfluidic approach to simulating tactile and force feedback for VR and robotics.

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Report: Apple Using VR to Test Self-Driving System

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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Gerrit De Vynck reported that VR simulators will allow the Apple team to test their self-driving software without taking the system on public roads. The self-driving platform simulation group now includes VR expert Doug Bowman who joined Apple in January.

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‘Apollo 11 VR’ Studio Partners with Shenandoah University to Create the Next Generation of VR Training Programs

Road to VR

Virginia’s Shenandoah University is the first in the state to offer a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in AR/VR design. ” “Engage is going to move us so far beyond our brick and mortar here at Shenandoah. ” “Engage is going to move us so far beyond our brick and mortar here at Shenandoah.

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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

Another interesting thing to notice is that reading a patent from Apple, it is possible to read that in Cupertino they refer to AR+VR not with XR but with SR (Simulated Reality). Lidar would make AR more stable and efficient in all iPhones, for a more realistic XR experience in preparation for the upcoming glasses. Good luck to her.

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