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- I have been trying out a new virtual reality program that helps firefighters to get accustomed to dangerous, high-pressure situations without them having to be physically in the field tackling real fires.
- Dimension Data, a global technology integrator and managed services provider, and Flaim Systems, an immersive VR start-up owned by Deakin University, have partnered to create the training program.
- Traditional training methods are inherently unsafe, hard to reproduce, expensive, and environmentally harmful, making technologies like these all the more necessary.
The fire is raging just in front of me. An intense blaze is coming from a jet’s engine.
I’m wearing a thick jacket and a 14kg gas tank strapped to my back. It’s stifling.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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