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rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.deos of big expensive set—ups, firefighters can put on a wireless headset, and go through the training as if they were there. now, looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis cos we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000-£15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning, with the crews that actually attended the scenario, and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they would do and how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr system helps train surgeons and nurses on how to perform certain tasks during procedures. by using haptic feedback through the tools, the user can feel how they are doing in the virtual procedur
rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.deos of big expensive set—ups, firefighters can put on a wireless headset, and go through the training as if they were there. now, looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis cos we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000-£15,000 at a time. so we...
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rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.deos of various set—ups, firefighters can put on a headset and go through the training as if they were there. now looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000—15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning with the crews that actually attended the scenario, and a number of other people who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they would do and how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr systems help train surgeons and nurses on how to perform certain tasks during procedures. by using haptic feedback through the tools, the user can feel how they are doing in the virtual procedure. is this on something, is i
rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.deos of various set—ups, firefighters can put on a headset and go through the training as if they were there. now looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000—15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief...
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rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.ut on a wireless headset, and go through the training as if they were there. now looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000—£15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning, with the crews that actually attended the scenario, and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they would do and how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr systems help train surgeons and nurses on how to perform certain tasks during procedures. by using haptic feedback through the tools, the user can feel how they are doing in the virtual procedure. is this on something, is it...am i touching
rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.ut on a wireless headset, and go through the training as if they were there. now looking at this, i thought, isn't this just playing a video? how exactly can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000—£15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning,...
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rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000-£15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning, with the crews that actually attended the scenario, and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they would do and how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr systems help train surgeons and nurses on how to perform certain tasks during procedures. by using haptic feedback through the tools, the user can feel how they are doing in the virtual procedure. is this on something, is it...am i touching something? no, it's in the air. and the system is also accredited which means it is also a way for some in health care to earn credits for their course. a
rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.can this be any more useful in virtual reality? simply, we can't get those venues on a day—to—day basis ‘cause we can'tjust set fire to buildings. that also costs us in the region of between £10,000-£15,000 at a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning, with the crews that actually attended the scenario, and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering...
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rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.0 a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning with the crews that actually attended the scenario and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they'd do, how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr systems helps train surgeons and nurses on how to perform certain tasks during procedures. by using haptic feedback through the tools, the user can feel how they are doing in the virtual procedure. is this on something, is it...ami touching something? no, it's in the air. and the system is also accredited, which means it is also a way for some in health care to earn credits for their course. and their multi—user system means students can remotely patch in to virtual surgeries, to watch and learn — an alternative to traditional learning and examination. so the pandemic has just accelerated, in my view, a t
rivr have created a way for firefighters to learn almost on the go.0 a time. so we ran a brief feedback session this morning with the crews that actually attended the scenario and a number of other people have seen it who didn't go, and they were really engaged, almost entering the scenario themselves, verbally talking about what they'd do, how they do it. right, that is what is going on with firefighting. let's move on to health care. fundamental vr systems helps train surgeons and nurses on...