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The Merriam-Webster defines virtual reality as “an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (such as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment.”
For the last decade, this medium has been highly popularised by its developments in the gaming and entertainment industry. It has further advanced into the market as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg successfully developed and released the Oculus Rift in 2014 after buying Oculus VR for a hefty $2 billion.
Now, virtual reality isn’t just for gaming. Recently, businesses and organisations are exploring the potentials and various uses of VR. A research by Tractica predicts that businesses will spend up to 9.2 billion by 2021 for VR.
With virtual reality gaining relevant attention in fields like medicine, journalism, and business, here are some emerging uses of VR.
In the New York Times article Where Virtual Reality Takes Us, chief executive and founder of Condition One Danfung Dennis said that virtual reality “... has an extraordinary capacity to convey the kinds of feelings of presence and place I’ve always aspired to capture through photojournalism.”
As a young photographer, Dennis realised that his war photographs were just flat images that didn’t give the impact he had hoped. To break this barrier, Dennis built and used a camera that shot a steady cinematic video in a war zone and shot his film Hell and Back Again. Virtual reality not only showcased the realities presented but also helped the audience immerse themselves in the film.
In the article, Dennis said, “In V.R., we instinctively feel a surge of empathy for those whose experiences we are immersed in.”
Immersive journalist Nonny de la Peña also uses virtual reality to recreate important stories. After experiencing a walk around virtual reality experience, de la Peña released Hunger in Los Angeles, the first VR documentary shown at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Based on a real event, the film recreated the collapse of a man waiting in line at a food bank. It also used the actual audio of the incident adding to the genuineness of the experience. In the New York Times article, de la Peña said she watched the audience “... walk around the ‘seizure victim’ on the ground, while many emerged from the goggles crying.’”
Watch Hunger in Los Angeles below:
Video via ImmersiveJournalism YouTube channel
Since then, de la Peña has experimented with VR to bring “socially consequential topics” to the audience and keep them focused. From recreating a migrant beaten to death by US Border Patrol officers to a bomb going off in a street in Aleppo, de la Peña uses VR “to wring from the audience the intense emotional connection that these stories deserve.”
One of the best uses for VR in business and self-development is soft skills training. As a training ground, VR offers an immersive experience to any situation that a computer can simulate. The photorealistic visuals that VR offers trick our brain into thinking that what we are seeing is, to varying extents, real. This way we can monitor our interactions in a safe and controlled setting. An example of this is VirtualSpeech, a business and soft skills training system using VR.
For practical applications, any activity can be simulated as long as it allows people to perform the activity without the need to physically interact with the simulations.
One of the amazing uses for VR is that it allows manufacturing and production-driven businesses to simulate and test any part, process, or mechanism. Through VR, any condition can be simulated to check on performance and reliability through quick, safe, and cost-effective methods.
By using VR, businesses can save millions as it removes the need to build full-scale working prototypes. A good example of this is how the aerospace industry is using VR for aircraft design. Aircrafts such as Boeing and Airbus use VR to design and test new models and features.
Architects are also starting to use VR as it enables them to explore their designs and to present finished ideas to clients.
VR opens possibilities to better showcase products or services to clients and enhance their customer experience. For customers with increasingly digital lives, instead of going to a physical showroom, they can put on a VR headset and explore and experience the area or product without the need to go to another store or location.
In 2016, Audi showcased a new room-scale VR showroom designed to add a new dimension to the car buyers’ experience and to give potential customers an idea of the look and feel inside the car especially if the particular model is unavailable. The Audi VR Experience includes two modes: a seated experience where you can inspect the car from the inside, and a free-roaming experience where you can take a good thorough look around and inside the car.
Watch how the experience looked like below:
See how a customer inspects the car inside and out. Video via Road to VR YouTube channel
Aside from this, VR could potentially be a source of information regarding customer behaviour. On the topic of VR, Forbes writer Bernard Marr says, “This is because when someone is engaging with you in a virtual, digital world, a huge amount of data becomes available on how they act, react and interact.”
While physical showrooms will remain as a marketing tool, VR will continue to offer a more convenient alternative and a good early-stage market research for businesses.
The most apparent and best uses of VR would be for professional training purposes.
The medical field has utilised VR to train doctors and surgeons on how to handle patients, treatments, and other medical situations. VR consultant Shauna Heller’s work, for example, was to create a VR simulation teaching doctors how to treat infants during a seizure or anaphylactic shock.
Heller recognised the importance of virtual reality in the medical field saying, “It takes a game technology and enables it to be used for training in the medical space, where children’s lives are on the line.” Heller together with Facebook-owned Oculus and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) now offer virtual reality training programs to medical institutions and healthcare networks.
According to Dr. Josh Sherman, principal researcher on the project, “Using Oculus Go for our VR modules will allow for on-the-spot training without the need for the extra real estate.” These simulations also allow medical practitioners to use tools and procedures in a safe and controlled environment and also to help them prepare for real-world scenarios.
Aside from the medical field, teachers also have the opportunity to test their skills in a virtual classroom. A team from the University of Virginia developed a virtual classroom allowing teachers to receive immediate feedback from the virtual students regarding their teaching style and class management.
According to the team, “These simulation experiences are low-risk opportunities to practice essential professional skills to a level of fluency, which ultimately enables students to move into professional practice with ‘experience’ already under their belts.”
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In the article Virtual Reality Isn’t Just For Gamers Anymore; It Will Change Your Health by Forbes writer Bill Frist, the healthcare sector’s technological advances and shift towards “value-based care” resulted to the possible uses of VR as an effective clinical treatment.
Virtual reality is being studied as a treatment modality for a range of health issues such as the following:
To explain how virtual reality works for healthcare, Albert Rizzo, PhD, from the University of Southern California’s Institute of Creative Technologies organised applications into three categories based on VR’s effects. These are:
In the article, Frist believes that “VR has the potential to radically change and substantially improve health-related behaviour, and thus radically improve health and wellbeing, by equipping individuals with new and powerful tools to make smart decisions and engage in healthier behaviour.”
Virtual reality is still continuously developing. With the technology and graphics we currently have, there is still much to improve on and discover; the technology has the potential to become more sophisticated and powerful.
Tech experts predict that uses of VR will also touch upon fields like security, law enforcement, and even space exploration, among many others.
We could only hope that future developments will shape our realities for the better.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill set.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, individual training programs, and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill sets.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive, cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, individual training programs, and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers from the Philippines join to work as part of international engineering teams and grow their CVs and skill-set.
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Cloud Employee is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago.We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, individual training programs, and mentoring.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
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Cloud Employee is a UK-owned business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent worldwide with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines and Brazil as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, individual training programs, and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a UK-owned business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent worldwide with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines and Brazil as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting edge workplace continuously investing in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
A completely integrated innovation studio within the corporate framework, with a primary emphasis on making the future of the food industry accessible to all. Their core objective is to discover, create, and expand tailored automation remedies, utilizing a team of proficient individuals covering domains like engineering, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Our central mission revolves around constructing automation technology solutions that empower individuals to achieve greater feats.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
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Cloud Employee, is a UK owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
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A top rated and state of the art cloud based video interviewing solutions company based in the UK catering to over 5000 prominent companies around the world such as Samsung, Uber, Boohoo, Coinbase, 7-Eleven and many more.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
A completely integrated innovation studio within the corporate framework, with a primary emphasis on making the future of the food industry accessible to all. Their core objective is to discover, create, and expand tailored automation remedies, utilizing a team of proficient individuals covering domains like engineering, robotics, and artificial intelligence. Our central mission revolves around constructing automation technology solutions that empower individuals to achieve greater feats.
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In the role of an Electrical Engineer, your expertise and proficiency in designing electrical-mechanical systems will be a key asset, enabling you to stand out. Collaborating with our skilled team, you will play a vital role in expediting product development processes.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a fast-growing UK-managed offshore recruitment and staffing company in the Philippines. We tackle the growing global IT skills shortage by connecting tech companies based in Europe, the US, and Australia to our pool of expert software developers in the country.
We are now seeking a passionate Front End React Developer to join our team of skilled talents. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fun and dynamic work environment and to significantly advance your career.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a fast-growing UK-managed offshore recruitment and staffing company in the Philippines. We tackle the growing global IT skills shortage by connecting tech companies based in Europe, the US, and Australia to our pool of expert software developers in the country.
We are now seeking a passionate Full-Stack Developer to join our team of skilled talents. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fun and dynamic work environment and to significantly advance your career.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring
Cloud Employee is a fast-growing UK-managed offshore recruitment and staffing company in the Philippines. We tackle the growing global IT skills shortage by connecting tech companies based in Europe, the US, and Australia to our pool of expert software developers in the country.
We are now seeking passionate mid to senior-level Fullstack PHP Developer to join our team of skilled talents. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fun and dynamic work environment and to significantly advance your career.
Cloud Employee is a fast-growing UK-managed offshore recruitment and staffing company in the Philippines. We tackle the growing global IT skills shortage by connecting tech companies based in Europe, the US, and Australia to our pool of expert software developers in the country.
We are now seeking passionate Lead Full-Stack PHP Developer to join our team of skilled talents. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fun and dynamic work environment and to significantly advance your career.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a UK-owned business established eight years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent worldwide with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines and Brazil as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, career paths, individual training programs, and mentoring.
Cloud Employee, is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineer teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being supportive and cutting-edge work that continuously invests in staff development, engagement and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
Cloud Employee is a UK-owned Philippines business established 8 years ago. We connect high-performing software engineer talent in the Philippines with some of the world’s leading and most innovative tech companies. Developers join to work from the Philippines as part of international engineering teams and grow their CV and skill-set.
We pride ourselves on being a supportive and cutting-edge workplace that continuously invests in staff development, engagement, and well-being. We provide security, and career paths, along with individual training programs and mentoring.
February 16, 2024
The Merriam-Webster defines virtual reality as “an artificial environment which is experienced through sensory stimuli (such as sights and sounds) provided by a computer and in which one’s actions partially determine what happens in the environment.”
For the last decade, this medium has been highly popularised by its developments in the gaming and entertainment industry. It has further advanced into the market as Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg successfully developed and released the Oculus Rift in 2014 after buying Oculus VR for a hefty $2 billion.
Now, virtual reality isn’t just for gaming. Recently, businesses and organisations are exploring the potentials and various uses of VR. A research by Tractica predicts that businesses will spend up to 9.2 billion by 2021 for VR.
With virtual reality gaining relevant attention in fields like medicine, journalism, and business, here are some emerging uses of VR.
In the New York Times article Where Virtual Reality Takes Us, chief executive and founder of Condition One Danfung Dennis said that virtual reality “... has an extraordinary capacity to convey the kinds of feelings of presence and place I’ve always aspired to capture through photojournalism.”
As a young photographer, Dennis realised that his war photographs were just flat images that didn’t give the impact he had hoped. To break this barrier, Dennis built and used a camera that shot a steady cinematic video in a war zone and shot his film Hell and Back Again. Virtual reality not only showcased the realities presented but also helped the audience immerse themselves in the film.
In the article, Dennis said, “In V.R., we instinctively feel a surge of empathy for those whose experiences we are immersed in.”
Immersive journalist Nonny de la Peña also uses virtual reality to recreate important stories. After experiencing a walk around virtual reality experience, de la Peña released Hunger in Los Angeles, the first VR documentary shown at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.
Based on a real event, the film recreated the collapse of a man waiting in line at a food bank. It also used the actual audio of the incident adding to the genuineness of the experience. In the New York Times article, de la Peña said she watched the audience “... walk around the ‘seizure victim’ on the ground, while many emerged from the goggles crying.’”
Watch Hunger in Los Angeles below:
Video via ImmersiveJournalism YouTube channel
Since then, de la Peña has experimented with VR to bring “socially consequential topics” to the audience and keep them focused. From recreating a migrant beaten to death by US Border Patrol officers to a bomb going off in a street in Aleppo, de la Peña uses VR “to wring from the audience the intense emotional connection that these stories deserve.”
One of the best uses for VR in business and self-development is soft skills training. As a training ground, VR offers an immersive experience to any situation that a computer can simulate. The photorealistic visuals that VR offers trick our brain into thinking that what we are seeing is, to varying extents, real. This way we can monitor our interactions in a safe and controlled setting. An example of this is VirtualSpeech, a business and soft skills training system using VR.
For practical applications, any activity can be simulated as long as it allows people to perform the activity without the need to physically interact with the simulations.
One of the amazing uses for VR is that it allows manufacturing and production-driven businesses to simulate and test any part, process, or mechanism. Through VR, any condition can be simulated to check on performance and reliability through quick, safe, and cost-effective methods.
By using VR, businesses can save millions as it removes the need to build full-scale working prototypes. A good example of this is how the aerospace industry is using VR for aircraft design. Aircrafts such as Boeing and Airbus use VR to design and test new models and features.
Architects are also starting to use VR as it enables them to explore their designs and to present finished ideas to clients.
VR opens possibilities to better showcase products or services to clients and enhance their customer experience. For customers with increasingly digital lives, instead of going to a physical showroom, they can put on a VR headset and explore and experience the area or product without the need to go to another store or location.
In 2016, Audi showcased a new room-scale VR showroom designed to add a new dimension to the car buyers’ experience and to give potential customers an idea of the look and feel inside the car especially if the particular model is unavailable. The Audi VR Experience includes two modes: a seated experience where you can inspect the car from the inside, and a free-roaming experience where you can take a good thorough look around and inside the car.
Watch how the experience looked like below:
See how a customer inspects the car inside and out. Video via Road to VR YouTube channel
Aside from this, VR could potentially be a source of information regarding customer behaviour. On the topic of VR, Forbes writer Bernard Marr says, “This is because when someone is engaging with you in a virtual, digital world, a huge amount of data becomes available on how they act, react and interact.”
While physical showrooms will remain as a marketing tool, VR will continue to offer a more convenient alternative and a good early-stage market research for businesses.
The most apparent and best uses of VR would be for professional training purposes.
The medical field has utilised VR to train doctors and surgeons on how to handle patients, treatments, and other medical situations. VR consultant Shauna Heller’s work, for example, was to create a VR simulation teaching doctors how to treat infants during a seizure or anaphylactic shock.
Heller recognised the importance of virtual reality in the medical field saying, “It takes a game technology and enables it to be used for training in the medical space, where children’s lives are on the line.” Heller together with Facebook-owned Oculus and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) now offer virtual reality training programs to medical institutions and healthcare networks.
According to Dr. Josh Sherman, principal researcher on the project, “Using Oculus Go for our VR modules will allow for on-the-spot training without the need for the extra real estate.” These simulations also allow medical practitioners to use tools and procedures in a safe and controlled environment and also to help them prepare for real-world scenarios.
Aside from the medical field, teachers also have the opportunity to test their skills in a virtual classroom. A team from the University of Virginia developed a virtual classroom allowing teachers to receive immediate feedback from the virtual students regarding their teaching style and class management.
According to the team, “These simulation experiences are low-risk opportunities to practice essential professional skills to a level of fluency, which ultimately enables students to move into professional practice with ‘experience’ already under their belts.”
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In the article Virtual Reality Isn’t Just For Gamers Anymore; It Will Change Your Health by Forbes writer Bill Frist, the healthcare sector’s technological advances and shift towards “value-based care” resulted to the possible uses of VR as an effective clinical treatment.
Virtual reality is being studied as a treatment modality for a range of health issues such as the following:
To explain how virtual reality works for healthcare, Albert Rizzo, PhD, from the University of Southern California’s Institute of Creative Technologies organised applications into three categories based on VR’s effects. These are:
In the article, Frist believes that “VR has the potential to radically change and substantially improve health-related behaviour, and thus radically improve health and wellbeing, by equipping individuals with new and powerful tools to make smart decisions and engage in healthier behaviour.”
Virtual reality is still continuously developing. With the technology and graphics we currently have, there is still much to improve on and discover; the technology has the potential to become more sophisticated and powerful.
Tech experts predict that uses of VR will also touch upon fields like security, law enforcement, and even space exploration, among many others.
We could only hope that future developments will shape our realities for the better.
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