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...
Virtual reality experience in Taupo at Pure Kiwi Adventures VR studio
September 26, 2018
Swimming with whales and turtles is on offer in the back room of a Taupō store.The new virtual reality studio opens on Saturday, September 28 in the Beds R US furniture store, 14 Gascoigne St.Beds R US owner Mike South said he had been fascinated by...
Virtual reality arcade revolutionising social gaming in Hamilton
August 16, 2018
Hamilton residents will soon be able to defend medieval villages from orcs without any repercussions.Or for those more inclined to travelling the world, a stroll to see the Trevi Fountain in Rome may be better suited.Almost anything will be possible when the world ...
Waikato tech business virtually booming
July 1, 2018
From football, to hardware, to film, to virtual and augmented reality software. It’s quite the journey and one that Pepper Creative founder and director Lance Bauerfeind never planned, but he’s happy with how things have worked out.
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