Health Scholars and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have entered a partnership to co-develop virtual reality training applications to equip first responders with skills vital to assess and treat pediatric medical emergencies.
SCT continues to observe and report on industries around the globe embracing virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality throughout their systems and products’ life cycles. One recent, attention-getting case of these technologies being used to gain efficiencies on the “front end” of products life cycles, can be gleaned at Allison Transmission’s new Vehicle Environmental Test center. Marty Kauchak reports.
The Allison Transmission brand is familiar around the globe, with the company noting “it is the largest global manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty fully automatic transmissions and a supplier of commercial vehicle propulsion solutions, including electric hybrid and fully electric propulsion systems.”
To help Allison maintain its edge in this sector, the company recently opened the VET center to conduct year-round testing, replicating vehicle environments and duty cycles, compressing product development times and supporting innovation for the industry.
FundamentalVR is expanding its educational platform, Fundamental Surgery, with ‘Teaching Space’. This feature allows multiple users to visit a virtual classroom for interactive lessons and meetings.
While the National Training and Simulation Association has cancelled the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference live event in Orlando, Florida, a new NTSA-run virtual event called vIITSEC is now taking place November 30 - December 4, 2020.
BeBop Sensors and Talon Simulations have received an Epic Games MegaGrant to develop an economical "Hands-on Immersive Full-Motion VR Trainer" for the Unreal Engine.
NATO has quickly responded to the imperative to maintain training readiness for widely dispersed training audiences and real-world missions during the coronavirus pandemic. Group editor Marty Kauchak provides insights on NATO’s latest efforts to selectively migrate live training and education content to a virtual format to help deliver mission ready staffs, units and individuals to supported commanders.
Street Smarts VR won a contract award with the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command in the amount of approximately $1.5 million to standardize and modernize training using VR-based performance measurement.
The Royal Australian Air Force recently commenced a trial initiative for maintenance of its C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft using Microsoft HoloLens mixed-reality devices with software developed by Boeing.