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Don’t miss this “must-attend” workshop for health services, manufacturing, and biopath industry trainers, as well as area higher-ed students and faculty.

The Industry Xperience: Redefining Training with XR

October 25, 2024
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Adanti Student Center Ballroom
Cost: $95

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson, XR Lead at Immersive Design Systems, Boston Children's Hospital

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Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson has over 30 years of experience in research, engineering, and applications in VR, AR, and XR technology for training and education. Dr. Jacobson was one of the first researchers to use game technology for VR, conduct empirical studies on education with VR, and use VR in museums and educational theaters. Six years ago, he joined their simulation-based training and systems engineering group, Immersive Design Systems, and founded their XR service line. The service provides customized VR and AR training to meet hospital staff's training and certification within an organization where time is precious, and safety is paramount.

Workshop Outcomes

Experience first-hand use of XR headsets and specific XR training applications

Meet with XR training providers and view examples of their XR training solutions

Have an introduction to XR deployment strategies and ROI possibilities

Develop an understanding of XR hardware and different types of XR training

Explore corporate XR training case studies

Gain perspectives on meeting a company’s training needs with XR technology

Training Completion Certificate

All attendees at the workshop will receive a digital certificate of completion.

 

Randall Rode, Event Organizer, Master of Ceremonies

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Mr. Rode is a prominent voice in the uses of extended reality technologies in higher education and medical settings, leading conversations and explorations with peer institutions and industry XR developers, focusing on XR implementation and support strategies for training.  He is a writer and frequent speaker at higher-education conferences on the topic of XR, an organizer of XR workshops for higher education institutions, and a leader of XR communities for the Immersive Learning Research Network and Educause.  Read our interview with Mr. Rode here: https://www.southernct.edu/owll/news.

Diverse male and female doctors using VR headsets

Southern Connecticut State University’s Office of Workforce and Lifelong Learning (OWLL) is your partner for targeted, short-term certificate programs that provide specific skills and knowledge, allowing individuals to quickly upskill or reskill to meet the changing requirements of today's world.

This workshop is the kick-off for a series of training programs on the topic of XR to help you and your team understand how to select, deploy, and create XR content that supports your business activity.

Workshops and Schedule

Workshops will be repeated twice so all attendees can attend two workshops.

Workshop 1: Building XR training with 360 photos/video. Affordable 360 cameras and easy-to-learn software provide an accessible workflow to create custom XR training content.  In this workshop, discover how 360 immersive content is being used at Boston Children’s Hospital. Facilitated by Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson.

Workshop 2: Equipment Manuals in XR. Strategies for releasing staff from paper manuals using XR technologies. Free up trainer time and provide trainees with more accessible and flexible training materials. Facilitated by Ted Dinsmore, SphereGen and David Pearlstone, DICOM Director. 

Workshop 3: Digital Twins for training. Hands-on/heads-in experience using the Meta Quest headset. Experience how virtual copies of real-world spaces -- such as a surgery operating room -- can provide safe, cost-effective, and repeatable training experiences. Dror Goldberg, Foretell Reality

8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.

Arrival, check-in – vendor displays open

8:30 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.

Workshops Round 1

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Coffee break – vendor displays open

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Keynote speaker - Dr. Jeffrey Jacobson

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Coffee break – vendor displays open

10:30 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Workshops Round 2

11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Implementing XR Training Solutions