Archive of ‘VR’ category

21
May
2021

accessibility in XR

categories: AR, VR

Regine Gilbert talks about accessibility in XR

https://skarredghost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/skarredghost.com/2021/05/19/regine-accessibility-xr/amp/

What do you think is the current status of XR experiences? Are most of them accessible?

As with all technology, XR is evolving. The current status in terms of accessibility is that more folks need to be educated about accessibility in the VR space. In general, most experiences are not accessible, yet.

Oculus For Developers has some documentation for Designing accessible VR. You can find it here:
https://developer.oculus.com/learn/design-accessible-vr/

My current research with VEIL (Virtual Experience Interaction Lab https://www.veilab.org/) involves examining Design Patterns in VR. My future work involves research into inclusive and accessible XR. In addition, I am working on a book that will be related to XR and spatial computing.

How can people support you?

You can check out my book that is available online at this link: https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781484250150

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more on XR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=extended+reality

19
May
2021

Virtual Reality Training

categories: gamification, VR

Is VR the Future of Corporate Training?

Jeremy Bailenson

https://hbr.org/2020/09/is-vr-the-future-of-corporate-training

  • A more efficient way to learn procedures.
  • A safe place to learn soft skills.
  • Sometimes even better than IRL.

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https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/269445281/why-virtual-reality-training-matters-and-helping-ceos

A wide range of manufacturing industries such as oilgas refineries, petrochemicals, power, mining, automotive, aerospace, life sciences, pharmaceuticals etc

Managers and supervisors can track employee learning performance with detailed evaluation reports and feedback to achieve the required competencies. The learning is gamified which makes learning fun and rewarding.

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more on VR in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=virtual+reality

12
May
2021

Medicine & Mindfulness

categories: contemplative computing, VR

Medicine & Mindfulness: How VR Training Is Helping Healthcare Through The Pandemic

https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlestowersclark/2021/02/19/medicine–mindfulness-how-vr-training-is-helping-healthcare-through-the-pandemic/

Virtual Reality (VR) training tools are here to help, ensuring that healthcare professionals can be trained remotely, immersively, and more thoroughly than traditional methods for both front-line medicine and in specialist procedures.

use of wearable contact tracing sensors or VR training tools in the education sector and in an high-pressure medical context

Their VR platform uses personalized prediction software and “gamification and varied content formats to engage users and embed knowledge”, and has been used to “deliver typically labor-intensive training quickly and at scale”

“VR enables medics to immerse themselves in these infrequent scenarios, and can reduce skill fade by 52% and improve learning retention rates by up to 75% (compared to 10% for traditional methods),”

Simulated virtual learning can also ease the psychological burden of notoriously intensive medical training and place more emphasis on wellbeing.

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more on mindfulness in this IMS blog
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=mindfulness

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