Welcome Dylan Ascencio, Game Programmer! Dylan began programming when he was 14, reading binary data from video game files, and he hasnโt stopped since. We're so happy he's joined us. Welcome to the team, Dylan!
#EmployeeSpotlight
#ARAEmployeeOwner
#team
#SeriousGames
Meet Ryan Hite, Staff Software Engineer and Scrum Lead at
@VirtualHeroes
. Ryan has been with
@ARA
since 2017, serving as the resident expert for ARAโs geospatial data preview, fusion, and export capabilities for the Army and ONR. Thank you Ryan!
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#team
Our VP Randy Brown will be speaking at the VR/AR Global Summit Online Conference and Expo! Tune in today at 2PM EDT to see a livestream of his talk, "Operational VR: Virtual Tactical Assault Kit (VTAK)." Hope to see you there!
@VRARASummit
@thevrara
#VR
ARA is a proud sponsor of the 2020 Modeling & Simulation Summit, which will highlight exciting M&S initiatives in healthcare and feature visionaries in patient safety initiatives. The event will be attended by members of the Congressional Modeling & Simulation Caucus.
#healthcare
Check out
@VirtualHeroes
3D virtual world Diabetes Live! The application provides a stage for an online support group for Type 2 diabetes patients. There are also interactive classroom sessions in-world to teach six key learning areas.
#simulation
Meet Erin McAnany, Junior Serious Games Developer in our
@VirtualHeroes
Raleigh office. She joined our team last year, and weโre thrilled to have her. Erin has an MS in Game Design and Development from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Thanks, Erin!
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#team
When youโre working with volatile chemicals, radiation, electrical systems, or something equally hazardous, proper
#training
is crucial. Check out our industrial demo highlighting our training for critical-systems workers.
#UnrealEngine
Meet Jeff Lyons, Principal Technical Director. Jeff's group focuses on synthetic environment generation to help the Warfighter. Jeff has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, and heโs been innovating for us for 16 years. Thanks Jeff for your leadership!
#EmployeeSpotlight
Want to learn about Burn Injury Training on Mobile Platforms? The
@VirtualHeroes
team will be co-leading a session at the Serious Play Conference where BurnCare, an application used by the
@USArmy
to train medics, will be featured. Register to attend at
The Serious Play Conference kicks off today!
@VirtualHeroes
is leading sessions, attending sessions, and is a sponsor of the event, so join us. There is also access FREE webinars & Edchat interactive discussions. Three days all about serious games...see you online!
#checkitout
Our VP Randy Brown will be moderating the "Pitches - How XR can accelerate the learning process?" panel at the online Virtuality conference! The panel will be held this Friday, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CET.
#XR
#VR
#AR
#MR
@VirtualityParis
@ARA_News_Events
#LearningSolutions
officially kicks off tomorrow! ๐คฉ
Be sure to download the mobile app so you can navigate the event, make connections, plan your agenda, access the activity feed, and more:
We're thrilled to have been awarded a contract with USSOCOM to develop VTAK, a 3D virtual reality application for soldiers and mission planners. Check out the latest NTSA newsletter for details:
#UnrealEngine4
#VR
#SeriousGames
@ARA_News_Events
Employees from our Raleigh and Orlando offices recently got together to celebrate the holiday season and another successful year for Virtual Heroes. Cheers!
Meet this week's
#EmployeeSpotlight
Marcia Clover! Marcia is a Senior Producer for
@VirtualHeroes
. She has over 20 years in the interactive and e-Learning industry and is passionate about leveraging technology and UX design to deliver effective and impactful learning experiences.
How can
#VR
help the Warfighter? Find out at the Military Virtual Training & Simulation Summit. Weโll be demoing our
#VTAK
VR application: Warfighters can do mission planning and rehearsal in full 3D space. Hereโs a preview:
@DSI_Group
@ARA_News_Events
@VirtualHeroes
VP Randy Brown will be speaking at the Great American Teach In today. Florida K-12 students are matched with experts to learn about exciting
#STEAM
careers. Randyโs talk will be about virtual worlds and
#simulation
. Thanks Randy and
@flstemconnect
!
@ARA_News_Events
Welcome John Meo, Software Engineer. John has a strong background in math and physics. During his time at Oregon Statue University, he won the Presidential Scholarship for all three yearsโOSUโs most competitive scholarship. Weโre lucky he joined our team!
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#team
Day 2 of
#ECGC2023
is here! The first sessions will start in 20 minutes. โฐ
๐ค Josh Ether in Room 301B
โ๏ธ Toiya Finlay in Room 305A
๐ค Barret Vasilchik in Room 306A
๐ Branden Moore in Room 306C
๐ป Mishi McDuff, Katherine Manuel, & Dean Takahashi in Room 302A
@VirtualHeroes
has over 11k downloads of our first responder trainer Zero Hour: Americaโs Medic. Built on the Unreal Engine, it contains many practice scenarios in a first-person mode, including large-scale triage and is available free on our website. Check it out.
#simulation
We created Diabetes LIVE for Duke University School of Nursing in 2014. In the virtual world, doctors can lead
#virtual
classes and patients can engage one another for support. Check out this short clip of the reflection garden:
#ThrowbackThursday
#TBT