Posts Tagged ‘sound design’
Spatial Audio
Spatial Audio is a Crosswater specialty. It completes the immersive experience. Enjoy how one of our Spatial Audio engineers, Fred, captured nature’s immersive soundscape. Bonus points to those who can identify the bird call in this scene! . What is Spatial Audio? Imagine a person talking to you from behind. You would most likely…
Read MoreAirshow in VR
See and feel the roar of the USAF Thunderbirds in an immersive experience captured by Crosswater VR/360 Producers, Dan & Lauren! Look up to the sky and follow the formation of F-16 Thunderbirds soaring overhead! Crosswater’s audio engineers have years of experience in sound designing spatial audio, so make sure to wear your headphones for…
Read MoreVR inside a Plane
Crosswater’s VR/360 producer and avid aviation enthusiast, Dan, takes us on his adventure in a B-17 bomber, known as the “Flying Fortress” during WW II. Join Dan as he explores inside the aircrafts multiple turrets and captures a birds eye view of the terrain below and the skies above! Many thanks go to the Niagara…
Read MorePilots using VR
VR technology has revolutionized ways that people complete their jobs, and its uses keep expanding! Pilots are now using VR while flying to help them visualize their surroundings and increase situational awareness. Read the article and watch the videos to get the perspective of 2 long-time Texan pilots, who advocate for the use of VR…
Read MoreToronto Star Article
The Toronto Star published an article detailing the innovations to long term Dementia care that are being implemented by our Canadian partners, Primacare Living Solutions. Crosswater is their exclusive provider of Immersive VR/360 experiences, designed to soothe Dementia patients with relaxing content. Their dedication has been reaffirmed with the adoption of UK based Dementia Care…
Read MoreVR Medical Training
Crosswater renews its dedication to VR for medical training this week at UB. Crosswater’s Immersive VR/360 producers are back at the University at Buffalo’s Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in the Behling Simulation Center to capture an Emergency Code Scenario. In the future, simulations like these can provide students with the chance to…
Read MoreVR for Pain Management
The introduction of VR has been the technological shakeup that the media industry needed to recognize its full potential to have a positive impact on the world. Immersive VR/360 media is commonly used to reduce pain and discomfort during medical procedures, resulting in a fewer need for opioid pain killers and creating fewer dependences to…
Read MoreMany Benefits of VR
VR has to power to revolutionize how we treat people in need of care and how we teach growing minds. This article touches on many benefits of VR, from pain management, to improved memory retention and medical training. Follow the link to read the findings of researchers at esteemed universities, such as University of Maryland…
Read MoreVR/360 Training
Training your workforce with Immersive VR/360 has many benefits. Forbes provides what they believe are the Top 5: 1. They make training more innovative and enjoyable. 2. They create experiences that are impossible in any other form of training. 3. They teach through practical simulation rather than theoretical concepts, which leads to greater information retention.…
Read MoreVR Training US Army
The U.S. Army is using immersive VR/360 media for training purposes. They have been creating realistic 3D simulations of various scenarios to introduce soldiers to accurate combat experiences. These first iterations of VR training are expected to “enable units to enter live training at a much higher level of proficiency,” according to Maj. Gen. Maria…
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