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LFKS recognized as Centre of Excellence Publications, News Long-time and highly regarded customer of XVR Simulation Landesverband Feuerwehr- und Katastrophenschutzschule (LFKS) Rheinland-Pfalz in Koblenz has been officially recognized as XVR Centre of Excellence. LFKS has been using XVR since 2004.

LFKS recognized as Centre of Excellence

4-10-2017
News

Fire Service College latest addition to XVR Community News The Fire Service College, based in Moreton in Marsh, is to start using the XVR Simulation platform to deliver their suite of Incident Command Courses.

Fire Service College latest addition to XVR Community

26-09-2017
Video, News

Global wildfire exercise at Northumberland FRS Video, News Northumberland Fire and Rescue Services (FRS) recently hosted an international XVR Wildfire exercise.

Global wildfire exercise at Northumberland FRS

29-08-2017
Publications, News

Coventry and XVR form strategic partnership Publications, News Coventry University Enterprises and XVR Simulation have signed a heads of terms to form a strategic partnership in Asia.

Coventry and XVR form strategic partnership

9-08-2017
News

XVR On Scene 2017 launched at User Group Meeting News The Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue services hosted this year’s XVR User Group Meeting in Exeter on 28 and 29 June. XVR users from all over the country came to Exeter to visit the User Group Meeting, where the new XVR On Scene (OS) version was presented and delivered.

XVR On Scene 2017 launched at User Group Meeting

28-06-2017
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The road to XVR On Scene 2017 Publications, News Preparations for the official launch of XVR On Scene (OS) 2017 are in full swing. This year we are handling things a little bit differently...

The road to XVR On Scene 2017

12-06-2017
Publications, News

Revolutionary step FMTC to conduct VR training Publications, News AMS SCHIPHOL AIRPORT - XVR Simulation and FMTC are pleased to announce a newly formed educational partnership agreement to further expand the FMTC safety training curriculum with the simulation training capabilities of XVR Simulation.

Revolutionary step FMTC to conduct VR training

23-05-2017
Video, News

Getting things done in New Caledonia Video, News The DSCGR (the Civil Security Directorate for Risk Management) in Noumea, New Caledonia is stepping up their use of training methods with virtual simulation. Within three weeks the DSCGR went from little experience in virtual reality simulation training, to a fully operational simulation centre.

Getting things done in New Caledonia

20-04-2017
Blog

The responsibilities of the XVR Instructor Blog By Emiel Stevens - Being a candidate in XVR On Scene can be quite overwhelming and stressful as the user needs to process information and take decisions under pressure. The XVR Instructor is present during such a demanding simulation in XVR, making sure the candidate has an effective learning experience. In this blog I will be talking about what it means to be an instructor during an XVR On Scene training.

The responsibilities of the XVR Instructor

20-04-2017
News

Aviation incident training at Rotterdam Airport News This February, Safety region Rotterdam Rijnmond has conducted several large scale XVR On Scene training sessions in cooperation with Rotterdam The Hague Airport and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

Aviation incident training at Rotterdam Airport

6-03-2017
News

XVR and innovation: A great combination News We at XVR Simulation love innovations. We always check out the latest developments in virtual reality, simulation and technology. In our search for the latest, we always keep the customers’ needs in mind. Will it improve trainings? Does it provide added value? How is the balance between realism and usability?

XVR and innovation: A great combination

10-02-2017
Blog

Using simulation to train maritime incident response Blog By Tim Lodder - When an incident occurs on board a vessel, either at sea or in port, the operational command structure of the vessel changes. Officers have primary and secondary responsibilities, depending on the muster list or the assigned emergency response positions.

Using simulation to train maritime incident response

19-01-2017
News

Wildfire functionality greatly improved News The Wildfire simulation option in XVR On Scene will be greatly improved. Because of their size and the complexity of their behaviour, wildfires are challenging subjects for both virtual simulation as well as extinguishing. The new options have been developed in cooperation with partners and customers in various countries for XVR On Scene.

Wildfire functionality greatly improved

15-11-2016
Blog

Improving crisis decision making with XVR Blog By Dr Katherine Lamb - What can XVR be used for? How should you use it? For me, XVR provides a realistic, detailed and reactive visual stimulus, which you can use to deliver high quality incident command and crisis decision making training. In this blog post, I will explain my vision of what incident command training should be about, and how XVR can support this.

Improving crisis decision making with XVR

2-06-2016
Blog

Using XVR to create photos and videos Blog By Thomas Van’t Wout – Our customers use XVR not just for building simulation scenarios, but also for creating pictures and videos to support their training and education methods. In this blog post, I would like to show some inspiring examples at French safety region SDIS 69 in Lyon.

Using XVR to create photos and videos

1-04-2016
Blog

How XVR can help aviation incident preparedness How XVR can help aviation incident preparedness Blog By John Damen – From plane crashes to terrorist threats, Airport Operations departments have to deal with a variety of complex, often interconnected safety and security risks. In this blog post, I will explain how virtual reality training can help Airport Operations to improve their incident preparedness.

How XVR can help aviation

incident preparedness

22-02-2016
Blog

The Multi-Local approach of XVR Blog By Ferry Pak – One of our key challenges is to ensure that users around the world can adapt the XVR platform to their local conditions and demands. In this blog post, I will explain how we tackle this challenge.

The Multi-Local approach of XVR

28-09-2015
Blog

The bright future of VR in maritime & offshore Blog By Tim Lodder – An increasing number of companies and organisations in the maritime & offshore sector embrace virtual reality as a training tool. And they do this for good reasons, as I will explain in this blog post.

The bright future of VR in maritime & offshore

23-04-2015