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Virtual Reality Operating Simulators: Gamification in Training Surgeons

CTOvision

In an atmosphere not unlike the red-carpet Academy Awards, the Canadian company Conquer Mobile announced the launch of PeriopSim, a mobile application to enable nurses to practice their “parts” in delicate robotic surgeries. One of the most common ways to train surgeons is to have them assist other doctors in operations. Brigg Patten.

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Augmented Reality in Training – Should Organizations Adopt it?

Kitaboo

The Scope of Augmented Reality in Training According to statistics, the augmented and virtual reality market is expected to reach the size of 209.2 Augmented reality in corporate training can offer value to employee training by making the content in the training programs appealing to the audience. billion U.S.

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Small businesses unprepared for remote working, most don’t provide cybersecurity training

CTOvision

Stay-at-home orders for more than 40 states have forced millions of businesses to establish remote workforces that rely solely on internet-enabled applications and products to conduct business.

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Boeing teams up with Varjo on virtual reality training for Starliner space taxi

GeekWire

Boeing software engineer Connie Miller tries out the Varjo virtual-reality system to control a computer-generated Starliner space taxi. Astronauts can use the virtual-reality system to rehearse an entire mission — from pre-launch to docking, and from undocking to landing. Varjo / Boeing Photo).

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Joint Base Lewis-McChord will test 5G for augmented and virtual reality missions

GeekWire

The Department of Defense is funding an effort to use 5G to support mission planning, training and operations using augmented reality or virtual reality. Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state is participating in a $600 million Pentagon program to test the use of 5G connectivity for high-tech applications. Army Photo).

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Don’t ignore virtual reality as you plan the future workplace

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s an expensive process that traditionally has involved flying people to central hubs for training and orientation. Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the company’s virtual campus, new employees connect “to our culture and each other.”.

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Getting a foothold in the 5G applications ecosystem

TM Forum

Application developers have a critical role to play in generating innovative uses of 5G networks, as T-Mobile in the US made clear with its recent. Yet there has been no stampede by communications service providers (CSPs) to repeat the attempts made during the early days of 4G to create an application ecosystem.