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Anglo American Chooses Immersive Technologies for Training

Located in the Moquegua region in the south of Peru, Quellaveco is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits. Part of the mine plans are to transition to autonomous haulage systems, and Anglo American Quellaveco will utilize simulation-based training and workforce development solutions from Immersive Technologies to improve the efficiency of new operator training, ensuring its long-term productivity. Simulator for Cat Command for Hauling System (left), and simulator for Komatsu FrontRunner Autonomous Haulage System (right). Image credit: Immersive Technologies. The mine site will take delivery of a fleet of Caterpillar Autonomous trucks, which will be loaded by Caterpillar electric and hydraulic shovels equipped with Cat MineStar Command for Hauling systems. To train and develop a local workforce for a greenfield operation, Anglo American Quellaveco has invested in simulators and learning systems from Immersive Technologies. The new mine will be running autonomous truck operations once operators are proficient in how to interact with the autonomous haulage environment. With increased role complexity, using an effective and efficient training approach is important in effectively preparing many personnel in a short period of time, while consistently measuring, assessing and optimizing skills to determine permit-to-work. Additionally, in-field training time must be minimized [...]

By | 2019-12-31T20:07:19+00:00 December 31st, 2019|
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BLEED OUT Screening at PSMF World Summit

The Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) will be screening the HBO documentary BLEED OUT at its World Summit on Friday, March 6, 2020. The film will be followed by a panel with the writer and director, Steve Burrows, PSMF's Founder, Joe Kiani, CEO of David Mayer, and survivor of medical harm, Jack Gentry. Burrows will also be on our Advocacy Panel on Saturday morning. After a routine partial hip replacement operation leaves his mother in a coma with permanent brain damage, what starts as a son’s video diary becomes a citizen’s investigation into the future of American health care. Shot over the course of ten years, using archival footage, vérité scenes, undercover spy cams, courtroom testimony and interviews with family and experts, BLEED OUT goes deep inside a flawed healthcare system.    

By | 2019-12-30T19:52:23+00:00 December 30th, 2019|
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Simulated Participant Workshop by Avkin

Avkin is sponsoring the simulated participant workshop, Nuts & Bolts: Starting an Affordable Simulated Participant (Patient Actor) Program, on February 10, 2019 at St. Petersburg College in Pinellas Park, Florida. Visitors of the event can learn from experts on affordable simulated participants (SP). The company has been given special permission to share its resources on how to or maintain an SP program. Atendees can expect to network and learn from one another. Amy Cowperthwait will Keynote. Cowperthwait has been an innovator of clinical simulation since 2006 and has been nationally recognized by INACSL, IMSH and the industry. She is an advocate for integrating simulated participants affordably and integrating Avkin products.  

By | 2019-12-21T12:11:57+00:00 December 21st, 2019|
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UofL Medical Student Leads Prevention of Firearm Injury Effort

Rachel Safeek, a second-year medical student at the University of Louisville, is calling for medical schools to train future physicians in techniques to help prevent injuries and death caused by firearms. Her work has led to UofL being one of the first medical schools to incorporate this training for all students. Image credit: UofL “About 40,000 Americans die and 85,000 others are injured each year from firearm-related causes, and the incidence of firearm-related morbidity and mortality has increased over the past decade,” Safeek said. “This is a very important public health issue. My classmates, colleagues and I believe that physicians have a role in counseling patients related to their health and we have an opportunity through those interactions to help reduce the number of firearm-related deaths and injuries.” In September, Safeek and her colleagues wrote and presented a resolution that was adopted by the Kentucky Medical Association (KMA) to support training in Kentucky’s medical schools to reduce firearm-related morbidity and mortality in their curriculum. She presented a similar resolution at the American Medical Association conference in November, which was adopted by the American Medical Association Medical Student Section. The resolution calls for all future physicians to have training [...]

By | 2019-12-21T12:01:15+00:00 December 21st, 2019|
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GIGXR Acquires Immersive Learning Group

GIGXR, Inc. has acquired global mixed reality and immersive learning assets from Pearson PLC. Image credit: Business Wire GIGXR provides a SaaS platform delivering extended reality (XR) learning applications for medical and nursing schools, higher education, healthcare and enterprise. The company was founded in 2019 for the purpose of acquiring the Pearson Immersive Learning Group’s holographic content management platform and suite of applications. It acquired the assets of the operating business, including the existing base of users, strategic partnerships and related intellectual property, while assuming the technical, creative and business team of employees working in the business. The suite of offerings include flagship products HoloPatient and HoloHuman, applications for mixed reality that facilitate clinical skills practice and anatomy learning in medical and nursing schools, undergraduate institutions and hospitals. The applications operate on the newly released Microsoft Hololens 2 mixed reality headset. The company will expand its SaaS Platform with medical, hard science, technical, healthcare and enterprise training applications that supplement curriculum for some of the most prevalent and intractable learning and education challenges. Enhanced learning through collaborative, engaging, transformative holographic 3D content in key disciplines with cost-effective extended reality tools significantly improves learning and reduces costs. “The Pearson [...]

By | 2019-12-18T22:33:32+00:00 December 19th, 2019|
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CM Labs Releases New Vortex Studio Update

CM Labs Simulations, Inc. has released Vortex Studio 2019c. This update to the suite of software allows users to connect to Epic Games’ Unreal Engine for high-quality simulator development. Vortex Studio users can now also leverage high-fidelity vessel simulation capabilities from Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for enhanced seakeeping and maneuvering behavior of ships in varied sea states. “Simulation involves multi-faceted workflows,” said Lisa Barbieri, CM Labs’ Vice President of Marketing and Customer Experience. “With new ways for users to embed Vortex Studio into the tools they use every day, 2019c revolutionizes how powerful their simulation applications can be.”  

By | 2019-12-17T22:22:39+00:00 December 17th, 2019|
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Inlusion De-Icing Tech Innovation Showcased at I/ITSEC

Inlusion demonstrated its de-icing/anti-icing virtual reality training program last week at I/ITSEC in Orlando, Florida. The simulation program was created for Baltic Ground Services. Image credit: Inlusion The program simulates the aircraft de-Icing procedures in VR, including liquid spray, lifting platform control and communication with other staff. Students can practice in two different modes: a full-training program or an examination mode. In the first mode, the user is guided through the procedure by a visual hint system with the ability to make mistakes. In examination mode, the hint system is absent; the user must make his own decisions and act as he was trained. After completing the simulation, users can view the results of their performance, showing the amount of liquids and the places that were sprayed on each separate part of the plane. This VR training tool was developed to fill the gap between theoretical and practical training of de-icing staff. It’s estimated that after practicing de-Icing in VR, trainees will need up to 50% less practical training on actual operations. This will save instructor time, additional personnel involvement in training, and other resources required for training. During unlimited VR training, trainees can practice their spraying skills and learn [...]

By | 2019-12-16T21:39:58+00:00 December 16th, 2019|
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Virtualware Immersive Room Unveiled

Virtualware recently unveiled Virtualware Immersive Room, a virtual reality (VR) solution for full-scope field training that allows the military industry to replicate multi-user combat scenarios in 1:1 scale. Image credit: Virtualware The Virtualware Immersive Room will be able to train several units based in different locations but in the same large-scale virtual battlefield. This solution not only improves the individual, team and unit-level performance in real situations, but also reduces the investment in physical replicas and even the expenses of bringing the units together to one location for training. What Virtualware defines as the next breakthrough in enterprise VR is already being used to train complex processes in the nuclear sector; contributing to the improvement of professionals’ capabilities and the reduction of both costs and risks. The first content simulator developed is aimed to train workers in fuel movement operations, using a physical replica of the necessary equipment connected directly to the virtual environment. Virtualware was recently awarded the VR Enterprise Solution of The Year at the VR Awards for the solution.

By | 2019-12-13T19:03:58+00:00 December 13th, 2019|
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Serious Games Award Winners Named at I/ITSEC

After a busy four days and hundreds of visitors to the Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C) booth at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) in Orlando, Florida, the top winners from the 25 finalist games were announced at an awards ceremony during I/ITSEC. Image credit: Serious Games Showcase and Challenge The SGS&C 2019 winners for each of the seven categories are: Best Government Game – Chain of Command: Capture the Seas by Naval Information Warfare Command PMW-120 Best Business Game – Swibo Tilt by Swibo Ltd. Best Student Game – SIGNAL by UC Berkeley and the Project on Nuclear Gaming Best XR Game – VestAid Game Suite by Intelligent Automation, Inc. Innovation Award – Earth-to-Mars: A VR Serious Game for Leadership by eLearning Studios Students’ Choice Game – Get a Life by Game-Based Learning, K20 Center at The University of Oklahoma People’s Choice Game – Talon by U.S. Army PEO Aviation Utility Helicopter Project Office UH60 “In our 14th year, SGS&C finalists continue to bring unrivaled innovation for the I/ITSEC community to experience,” said Jennifer McNamara, SGS&C director, and vice president, serious games and strategic partnerships for BreakAway Games. “The 25 games exemplified learning integrated with diverse [...]

By | 2019-12-12T17:36:17+00:00 December 12th, 2019|
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