The presence of women in BHP’s operations is more than double the national industry average. In addition, the company has 40.8% women in leadership roles.
The seventh Women In Industry Conference will draw over 1,100 school girls and women who are eager to explore petrochemical, construction, and IT careers.
The partnership brings wearable haptic technology to the fingertips of this simulation and virtual reality company, delivering a lifelike tactile experience within virtual environments.
Through its two academies in Western Australia and Mackay in Central Queensland, the BHP FutureFit Academy is creating 2,500 new traineeships and apprenticeships over five years, with entrants joining BHP in permanent roles upon graduation.
Once fully operational, these programs will be able to support more than 1,000 students annually who are seeking careers in the skilled trades and energy sectors.
DigiLens Inc. a provider of waveguide technology and industrial head-set platforms, is teaming up with Taqtile, Inc., an augmented reality (AR)-based work instruction software, to provide a solution that will assist deskless industrial and defense workers in completing essential, complex tasks.
The XRWorMs project, of which ARSOFT is a member, is investigating advanced visualization techniques for machinery states, taking advantage of the benefits of XR technologies.
HTX Labs, developer of the EMPACT Immersive Learning Platform, has raised its first outside capital -- $3.2 million from Cypress Growth Capital, a pioneer in royalty-based funding.