Cadets at the police academy in Cedar Falls, Iowa, first have to obtain a two- or four-year degree in criminal justice or police science before entering the 11-week training course. That’s when the ...

Virtual reality (VR) has arrived in the fire service as a transformative tool for enhancing training effectiveness and realism. Immersing students in a virtual environment that’s a familiar setting, ...

With seven bodies of water and 100 trail miles in town, Ashburnham Police have turned to a pair of new technologies to aid in ...

Safe training and updating the skills of tenured employees is complicated. It is also costly and can be largely ineffective in imparting lasting knowledge. Traditional training methods are simply ...

VR may be the future of training for on-the-job skills, but it may also benefit soft skills. Learn more about how virtual reality is changing the job-training game. Virtual reality (VR) is gradually ...

The main aim of this study was to develop a prototype of a VR application for professional training in disaster management tasks. Because several scenarios can only be trained with limited variability ...

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS, SPLIT SECOND DECISIONS. BUT IN THIS TRAINING, IT HELPS YOU TO SLOW DOWN, TO MENTALLY THINK. ALL RIGHT NOW 11 NEWS AT 530 IS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES. SO DOES POLICE ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The Ohio Attorney General's Office spent $700,000 on 160 Meta Quest VR Google Headsets for law enforcement agencies across the state to train in various scenarios. The Ohio Peace ...

ROGERS -- New virtual reality technology at the Rogers Police Department is providing enhanced scenario-based training in de-escalation and crisis intervention that could save lives. The department is ...

Loft Dynamics’ immersive Virtual Reality Flight Training Simulator devices are one-twentieth the cost and one-tenth the size of traditional full-motion simulators. Credit: Meg Ellery The Loft Flight ...

Every day in the U.S., 1 in 31 hospital patients contracts at least one healthcare-associated infection (HAI). In addition to these patient infections, healthcare workers themselves are extremely ...

Businesses can use virtual reality (VR) training for many different kinds of soft skills. Here are a few examples of the types of soft skills employees could practice using VR. Employers can use VR to ...