XVR News

XVR facilitates the Virtual World Rescue Challenge 2021 News XVR On Scene and the XVR Cloud were used to facilitate this year’s World Rescue Challenge in Luxembourg – a yearly contest hosted by the World Rescue Organisation (WRO) in which their members compete against one another in solving a challenging road traffic accident. This year, the event took place online with the competing teams joining from all over the globe. The results of the challenge will be announced at the main event on 26 and 27 November.

IVRS Centre Greece to use XVR in new training centre News Almost 15 years of hard work and many challenges is finally paying off for George Hatzivassiliadis and Andreas Efstratiou – they will be opening an innovative virtual reality training centre in Thessaloniki in northern Greece, which will centre around the XVR Simulation Platform. Their goal is to offer virtual reality training services to police, fire services, and other emergency and industry organisations.

PAULO Firefighting and Police schools visit XVR PAULO firefighting and police schools visit XVR News Visits to the XVR headquarters are not as frequent these days as they were before the pandemic, but last week we were happy to welcome representatives from the firefighting and police schools PAULO in Belgium to our office. The firefighting school is already using XVR Simulation software, and their coworkers from the police school wanted to learn more about the possibilities of incorporating the XVR software in their training curriculum.

Virtual training in the RijnlandRoute Tunnel News Dutch Safety Region Hollands Midden (Veiligheidsregio Hollands-Midden, VRHM) have commissioned a realistic 3D environment modelled on the new RijnlandRoute tunnel, a large-scale expressway construction project which will connect the cities of Katwijk and Leiden. Being able to train virtually in accurate surroundings is vital for the safety region’s personnel to prepare themselves ahead of the tunnel’s expected completion by mid-2023.

VRZHZ and XVR present new Kijfhoek environment News The board of Safety Region Zuid-Holland Zuid (Veiligheidsregio Zuid-Holland Zuid) revealed the new 3D training environment of the Kijfhoek rail yard, created by XVR Simulation, on 30 August at the Spinel Safety Centre in Dordrecht. Present at the event were the mayors of nearby municipalities, Gorinchem and Zwijndrecht, as well as representatives from ProRail, XVR Simulation, and the local press.

Finding the right HMD: An updated guide Blog Choosing the right head-mounted display (HMD) to use with your training set-up can be difficult, especially if you are not quite sure what exactly your needs are - or will be in the future. XVR Simulation supports most of the major HMDs that are currently on the market. With this guide, we hope to make it easier for you to choose the HMD that best suits your training needs.

VR Kennemerland signs with XVR VR Kennemerland signs with XVR News XVR Simulation won the tender put forward by Dutch Safety Region Kennemerland (Veiligheidsregio Kennemerland). The official signing of the 6-year contract took place on 17 August and was attended by representatives from Safety Region Kennemerland and XVR Simulation.

Launch of XVR On Scene Expo Launch of XVR On Scene Expo News It is finally here! After much anticipation, we are proud to announce the launch of our newest product, XVR On Scene Expo. Also known as XVR Expo, this latest addition to the XVR platform is the ideal tool for facilitating and distributing self-led exercises, training preparation material, and post-learning refreshers to staff and students to be completed in a time and place of their choosing.

XVR merges with LearnPro eFireService XVR merges with LearnPro eFireService News XVR Simulation and LearnPro eFireService merge to create a global leader in virtual reality training and e-learning for the health and emergency services.

Launch of XVR On Scene 2021 Launch of XVR On Scene 2021 News This latest release of our core software, XVR On Scene, is now available. For the 2021 release, which was running alongside the development of the new XVR Expo, we decided to implement new functionalities and tweaks across the board. We believe there is truly something for everyone in this year’s release!

XVR exhibitions in 2021 News Pandemic and ensuing restrictions allowing, XVR Simulation will be attending exhibitions across Europe and in USA in the fall and winter of 2021. See the list below – we hope to meet you there!

XVR Expo to launch in the summer of 2021 News We are excited to announce that XVR On Scene Expo (also known simply as XVR Expo) will be launched this summer alongside XVR On Scene 2021. Developments for XVR Expo have been underway for quite some time, and over the course of 2020 we were able to share some teasers of what the final product would look like. Now we cannot wait to share the finished product with all our users – here are some of the things to look forward to.

XVR Close-Up: Falck and XVR training in the cloud XVR Close-Up: Falck and XVR training in the cloud News Falck Fire Services Nederland (Falck) will be using the cloud to train their Fire Services using the XVR Simulation platform in several locations around the Netherlands. Falck Nederland were looking to expand their training and assessment toolkit with simulation-based scenarios, and with XVR in the Cloud, they have found a solution that is scalable, efficient, and easy for each Fire Services team to work with independently and without acquiring heavy-duty hardware. Commercial Manager of Falck Fire Services Nederland, Berthil van den Poll, says everyone is enthusiastic about the possibilities of using XVR to train virtually and in the cloud.

RTA & CBRN exam prep with 16 (!) Dutch scenarios RTA and CBRN exam preparation with 16 (!) Dutch scenarios News We are very excited to share a project which has been many months in the making – an elaborate scenario development project carried out by Marthijn Konings from Safety Region Limburg-Noord in the Netherlands and Léon van der Zwaluw, senior consultant at XVR Simulation.

The Future of ACTS2 Showcase News It was an eventful on Monday 13 January 2021 as Minister of Home Affairs & Minister for Law Mr K. Shanmugam, Minister of State, Dr Muhammad Faishal Ibrahim & Mr Desmond Tan, and other VIPs visited Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) headquarters to view their operational capabilities and review their Ops-Tech masterplan.

Wildfire training on a virtual 100 km2 News This November, XVR Simulation presented the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria, Australia, with two highly-anticipated, custom-built environments. Both environments span areas of 100 km2 and are fully compatible with the XVR On Scene Wildfire extension. They were developed as part of a research and development project with CFA. Once again, we partnered with MINDCONSOLE, who helped us achieve these extensive and rich environments which will massively contribute to wildfire training all around the world.

LFRS trials new XVR remote Cloud solution News ​As many of us continue to work partially or wholly from home, XVR Simulation has been exploring more and better options for working remotely – innovative solutions that will last well beyond the pandemic. We have recently started trialling a new set-up where XVR On Scene is run on virtual computers via the Cloud instead of on local computers.

South Korean FRS invests in simulation training News Incident command training using virtual reality and simulated scenarios is gaining serious ground in South Korea, which an article in the South Korean 119 Plus magazine (a publication for the fire and rescue services) has put a spotlight on. Our South Korean users each have training facilities with hundreds of square metres at their disposal, alongside state-of-the-art equipment.