Posts by Josh Peets
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Are you interested in learning more about how Immersive media can benefit you? Do you have any experience with immersive media that you’d like to share with others? Crosswater is interested in your ideas, and we hope you’ll consider joining our new Facebook Group! We believe that creative collaboration is the key to everyone’s success,…
Read MoreVR Training
Virtual Reality has been adopted by many different industries for many different purposes. One of the most common purposes for Immersive VR/360 Media is it’s use in job training. The manufacturing industry has seen a large drop-off in skilled workers. They have been searching for innovative training methods to prepare prospective employees for their jobs…
Read MoreVR/360 Water Lantern Festival
Crosswater’s VR/360 producers attended the Water Lantern Festival at the Outer Harbor in Buffalo. The Water Lantern Festival is a traveling event that stops in many cities to create a uniquely emotional and loving atmosphere where people can write down some hopes and dreams, or letters to loved ones, and then send them out into…
Read MoreVR Training
Slowly but surely, the practical uses of VR are pushing it further into the mainstream. This article focuses on how VR is being utilized by construction workers for job training, and how that is improving their safety conditions on the job. The possibilities are endless, and are not limited to only construction. Contact Crosswater at…
Read MoreSpaceX VR
The founder of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, announced that SpaceX’s manned mission to orbit the moon and return safely to Earth will be equipped with a VR live stream, allowing you to immerse yourself into history as it’s being made. Musk, who is widely regarded as one of the most innovative and influential business…
Read MoreMusic Therapy
Music and a healthy mind go hand-in-hand! “Research has confirmed that music has both psychological and physiological effects,” according to UC Berkeley’s article about music’s therapeutic value. Crosswater’s co-founder and composer, John Michael Adamo, knows this well, and has been composing music designed to comfort patients suffering from Dementia and Depression for an ongoing project…
Read MoreVR Therapy
Did you know that 19 million US adults struggle with phobias every day of their lives? Therapists have started using VR/360 technology to expose these people to their greatest fears, teaching them that the initial panic will pass and that they are strong enough to handle the physical reactions that result from irrational fear. VR…
Read MoreDog Tries VR
Here’s your daily dose of cute. Even our furry friends enjoy immersive VR/360! It looks like we have an entirely new audience to create VR/360 content for! Just look at how happy he is! #VR #doglovers #cutedog #experience #cute #virtualreality #immersive #welcometothefuture https://www.facebook.com/noobvpro/videos/1036739639829529/
Read MoreTherapeutic VR
Enjoy the soothing serenity of this tranquil scene in VR/360! Crosswater’s west coast Immersive Director and adventurer, Russell, continues to explore engaging landscapes to add to Crosswater’s immersive content library. This scene is from his rugged hike to Goat Rocks Lake, in Washington State, where Russell earned the new moniker, “Virtual Sherpa”! Stay tuned for…
Read MoreVR Shopping
Since VR’s introduction to mainstream society, developers have found endless practical applications for the technology to be integrated into our everyday lives. One of the newest Virtual Reality crazes is its introduction to retail and online shopping markets. VR bridges the gap between in-store and online purchasing by allowing people to get the department…
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