Virtual reality helping train firefighters on Long Island. Here's how.

In a first on Long Island, the East Meadow Fire Department is using new virtual reality training to simulate life or death ...
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Tech SA: Virtual reality program takes employee safety training at Toyota plant to another level

SAN ANTONIO – A virtual reality program created by a San Antonio-based company is taking employee safety training to another level at a major vehicle manufacturing plant. The IMG Studio created a ...

VCU researcher receives $3M grant for study using VR to address youth violence

Dr. Nicholas Thomson, the director of research at VCU’s Injury and Violence Prevention Program, is using virtual reality sets ...

VCU educator awarded $3 million NIH grant to address how virtual reality can end youth violence

What if virtual reality could be the solution to ending youth violence? A Virginia Commonwealth University educator was just ...
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NYC autism school embraces VR to teach social skills and boost learning

See how one NYC school is teaching autistic students crucial social skills through immersive virtual reality worlds.
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Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford Pioneers Use of VR for Patient Care, Education and Experience

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pediatric cardiologists at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford are taking inspiration from the video-game and consumer technology industries to leverage ...
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Clackamas Fire to start training with virtual reality headsets

MILWAUKIE, Ore. (KATU) — Clackamas Fire Department is getting some major upgrades thanks to virtual reality or VR. The station's brand new VR simulation program was funded by the State Homeland ...
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CBF Forensics launches VR crime scene training programs and THC quantification system

CBF Forensics, a northwest Indiana forensic and education startup, has launched two new products: virtual reality (VR) programming for forensic crime scene training and a system to quantify the amount ...
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This program is using VR training to help solve the nationwide mechanic shortage

The first tool that mechanic trainees at Maryland’s Vehicles for Change program pick up is not a wrench, but a pair of virtual reality goggles. First, students watch an instructor virtually ...
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CommuteAir Now Using VR Headsets in Pilot Training

CommuteAir is using virtual reality (VR) headsets from Visionary Training Resources (VTR) for its Advanced Qualification Program (AQP) pilot training. The VR training utilizes Meta Quest 3 headsets ...
Government Technology

VR Program Allows Students to Explore NYC

A new virtual reality program from the digital learning company Discovery Education allows students to explore the skylines of New York City and learn more about science, technology, engineering and ...
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Patients with back pain benefited from at-home VR program

LAS VEGAS — Patients with chronic low back pain who used the home-based RelieVRx program experienced reduction in pain intensity and interference with activity, sleep, mood and stress, according to a ...