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Safety training for ground operations with virtual reality
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Virtual Reality Provides Lifelike Training For Doctors
Virtual Reality Provides Lifelike Training For Doctors Simulating Procedures With Virtual Reality Medical schools, training programs and hospitals are always looking for new ways to educate students and new doctors on how to effectively treat patients. While reading textbooks, attending lectures … READ MORE
Virtual Reality Games Market with Potential Impact of Coronavirus (COVID19), SWOT Analysis, Risk Analysis, and Forecast by 2026
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Simulated Interaction Key to Train in Motivational Interviewing
Simulated Interaction Key to Train in Motivational Interviewing Studies show providers engaging in simulations were better at motivational interviewing and provider communications than those who did not. Healthcare organizations promoting motivational interviewing as a provider communication … READ MORE
Interactive 3D Simulations Helping Execs & Employees Master Uncomfortable Conversations
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UNMC Officially Opens New High-Tech Simulation Training Center
UNMC Unveils The Teaching Hospital of the Future The University of Nebraska Medical Center has officially opened a new 192,000 square foot, high-tech simulation training facility that will provide hands-on education to medical students. The Davis Global Center on UNMC’s campus in Omaha includes a … READ MORE
RIT professors release new Islamic law module for ‘Lost & Found’ religious laws game series
RIT professors release new Islamic law module for ‘Lost & Found’ religious laws game series ‘Lost & Found: New Harvest’ also added to collection at The Strong National Museum of Play A new module of the Lost & Found religious legal systems game series, created by an interdisciplinary … READ MORE
Game-based learning platform will make education accessible to refugees
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Simulations Plus to Participate in the Credit Suisse Virtual Healthcare Conference
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Making work more like a video game: Gamification technology helps managers and staff
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SimX and USAF to expand VR training into military medical simulation
SimX and USAF to expand VR training into military medical simulation The US Air Force (USAF) has extended its partnership with SimX to use the latter’s virtual reality (VR) medical simulation platform to develop operational medical training systems. The US Air Force (USAF) has extended its … READ MORE
VirTra Appoints Military Simulation Training Expert, John Givens, to Board of Directors
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The ‘Oregon Trail’ Studio Made a Game About Slavery. Then Parents Saw It
The ‘Oregon Trail’ Studio Made a Game About Slavery. Then Parents Saw It ‘Freedom!’ tried to show the horrors of antebellum slavery and the courage of escaping slaves. But neither schools nor audiences were ready for it. In June, screenwriter John Ridley wrote an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times that called on Warner Media to […]
Get a Lifetime Membership in the School of Game Design
Get a Lifetime Membership in the School of Game Design It is now possible for anyone to learn how to design an Indie game, and The School of Game Design is now offering a lifetime membership. During a time in the world’s history when entertainment is not just an industry, but a supporting force keeping […]
10 Favorite Online Teaching Tools Used by Educators This Year
10 Favorite Online Teaching Tools Used by Educators This Year Most of us have been teaching in environments where we have been online more than ever before, whether we’re doing full-time distance learning (as I am—for now, at least) or if you’re in a hybrid situation. Today, Theresa Wills, Ph.D., Laurie Manville, and Cristiane […]
“Harmony Square” is new a video game against political misinformation, backed by the Department of Homeland Security
“Harmony Square” is new a video game against political misinformation, backed by the Department of Homeland Security To be honest, the game is about producing and implementing such misinformation. Ever felt like taking up a job as a “Chief Disinformation Officer” to troll people on social media and sabotage elections? Thanks to the hard work […]
Playing a Serious Game Facilitated Patient-Directed Approaches for CINV
Playing a Serious Game Facilitated Patient-Directed Approaches for CINV Older patients with cancer undergoing treatment with emetogenic chemotherapy were more likely to practice preventive behaviors when they participated in an interactive, educational — ie, “serious” — game focused on the prevention and self-management of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) compared with those exposed to a […]
Serious Games Market: Know about Impact of Covid-19 by Top Companies
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Going beyond the game: Gamification in rehabilitation
Going beyond the game: Gamification in rehabilitation As games become a part of our everyday life, developoers are turning them into tools for teaching and rehabilitation. Read More