Today's educators are constantly looking for new interactive tools to engage students. Virtual Reality (VR) has been recognized for some time as a key technology that can bring the educational experience to the next level, while Extended Reality (XR), which incorporates VR and Augmented Reality (AR), has become the new cutting edge of learning.

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Mixed Reality in Education and Training
By GIGXR on Jul 21, 2020 3:21:19 PM
Topics: Virtual Reality Extended Reality Mixed Reality
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Patient Simulations Improving Nursing Students' Clinical Experiences
By GIGXR on Jul 15, 2020 7:43:04 AM
Healthcare students are better prepared for clinical situations when they experience realistic patient scenarios. Leading institutions like Otago Polytechnic School of Nursing are turning to immersive technologies to provide these experiences to their students. Otago was an early adopter of HoloPatient, a mixed-reality app that utilizes Microsoft's HoloLens 2.
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Haptics & Advanced Sensory Perception In Extended Realities
By GIGXR on Jul 7, 2020 9:28:14 AM
Until recently, the focus of Extended Reality (XR) technologies, which encompasses Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality, has been to provide simulated audiovisual experiences in a physical space. And while the industry is constantly looking to improve how we see and hear in the XR world, there are new technologies, such as haptics, that are bringing the sense of touch into the virtual space as well.
Topics: Virtual Reality Extended Reality
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Free Simulation App Prepares Healthcare Workers to Treat COVID-19 Patients
By GIGXR on Jun 26, 2020 3:11:10 PM
As medical workers continue to care for Coronavirus patients around the globe, uncertainties still surround many aspects of the illness. Information about rates of contagiousness and how best to care for patients is being updated and changing by the day, leaving many healthcare workers grappling for how they can best look after patients and keep themselves and co-workers safe at the same rate.
Topics: GIGXR Company News
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Introducing the GIGXR Immersive Learning System
By GIGXR on Jun 11, 2020 8:47:30 AM
As undergraduate and graduate students sit in limbo, universities around the world are contemplating what the upcoming Fall 2020 school year will look like. The Coronavirus pandemic has changed every aspect of work and life — and universities, uniquely, must manage risk in both classrooms and on-campus housing situations.
Topics: GIGXR Company News
Immersive Technology in Healthcare Training Ebook
By GIGXR on May 25, 2020 6:00:00 AM
In our E-book: Immersive Technologies in Healthcare Training, GIGXR explores the expansion of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Realities in the healthcare industry. We look at the current state and development of these Extended Realities (XR) and how learning and teaching can be enhanced with these resources.
Topics: VR Virtual Reality Extended Reality
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A Salute To Healthcare Workers On International Nurses Day
By GIGXR on May 12, 2020 6:15:00 AM
Topics: Virtual Reality Extended Reality
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Business Cases Proving Extended Reality Training ROI
By GIGXR on Apr 21, 2020 6:15:00 AM
Extended reality (XR) solutions provide unique immersive experiences that allow staff and students to engage and collaborate better, and learn at a pace that matches their learning styles. These technologies can aid learning and training at reduced costs and with positive ROI.
Topics: Extended Reality Mixed Reality
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Immersive Technology In Education: Extended Realities Explored
By GIGXR on Mar 24, 2020 2:15:00 PM
Extended Reality (XR) encompasses the variety of ways that virtualization can take the human experience beyond what the eye perceives. Human experiences, including learning, can be redefined and heightened through Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality - the three kinds of XR in wide use.
Topics: Extended Reality
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Snapshot from the VR & Healthcare Global Symposium
By GIGXR on Mar 10, 2020 2:16:00 PM
This is THE decade of Extended Reality (XR), and our attendance at the Virtual Reality & Healthcare Global Symposium really confirmed that feeling! Virtual reality (VR) is no longer fringe or a nice to have. It’s getting baked into the way we train, learn and experience things, and is especially powerful within healthcare institutions, nursing, and medical schools.