A collaboration between two Hamilton companies is using virtual reality to improve New Zealand's biosecurity defences by boosting the quality of shipping container inspection.Independent Verification Services (IVS) in Hamilton has launched a new virtual reality (VR) con...
First Gas turns to VR for high-risk pipeline training
January 9, 2020
Taranaki-based First Gas is using a custom-built virtual reality training programme to replicate high-risk procedures used to manage ruptured pipelines. The operator of more than 2,500 km of high-pressure gas transmission pipelines and 4,800 km of gas distribution netwo...
Virtual tour has minister thinking of future
November 3, 2019
A government delegation toured a state of the art dairy shed, mainline gas valve, packhouse and cool store, all in the Hamilton office of virtual reality software specialist Company-X.Minister for Local Government and Associate Minister Trade and Export Growth Nanaia Mahuta ...
Company-X spearheading IT opportunities
October 21, 2019
For half an hour, Cabinet Minister and Waikato MP Nanaia Mahuta visited a cow milking shed, and the Te Kowhai gas station site, without leaving the offices of Company-X in Hamilton.Equipped with Company-X's virtual reality headset, Ms Mahuta was able to step into a created w...
Talking to James Coddington from Joy Business Academy about using VR technology to train people for work.Read more...
Using virtual reality to construct a safer workplace
July 31, 2019
Engineering consultancy Beca recognises that the health and safety record of New Zealand’s building sites is an industry-wide issue.It aims to bring health and safety into the modern age using virtual reality (VR) to improve health and safety construction site inductions.R...
Safe on-farm driving a virtual reality
July 23, 2019
Contestants in this year's FMG Young Farmer of the Year grand final had an opportunity to drive around a South Otago farm while counting sheep - all without leaving Hawke's Bay.That was thanks to a virtual-reality driving simulator developed by Otago-based CoDrivr which was ...
For Walmart employees, seeking a promotion within the American company has typically meant undergoing a comprehensive vetting process that included a detailed "paper-based assessment."Combined with in-person interviews, the written component has traditionally helped managers...
Niwa are using virtual reality to showcase the impact invasive underwater weed species have on freshwater lakes around New Zealand.The organisation's scientists use 360 degree cameras to record the bottom of lakes Rotomā and Rotoiti in the Rotorua region. The...
Growth projections on display at Techweek
May 21, 2019
Digital impressions of what Hamilton’s newest suburb might look like in the future was showcased by Hamilton City Council at this week’s Techweek19 festival.Visitors to yesterday’s opening of Techweek19 Waikato at Claudelands Arena could take a virtual reality (VR) tou...
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