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Post and interesting fact about the article you read (be sure to include the TITLE of the article) and include a connection you made to your own life or experiences. Write you NAME at the end of your post.

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New VR project helps rural saskatchewan students talk about mental health

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New VR project helps rural saskatchewan students talk about mental health

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VR is being used to let youth in rural saskatchewan connect withnurses withouthaving to drive hours whenever they need to talk to a nurse or psychologist. My brother may have to drive far away to see a anesthesiologist.

Mila

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Motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna, B.C.

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Motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna, B.C.

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Brothers Kyle and Micheal Markus opened virtual Arcades, where in just one room, you can do all sorts of things like fly a plane, race a car, ride a roller coaster and much more!

A connection I made to my own life is I have been in many arcades, and in all of them, my favorites were the virtual reality rides and/or games. That is the reason why I chose this article in the first choice.

sincerely,

Kaeden.

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New VR fire safety program releases in Calgary

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New VR fire safety program releases in Calgary

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A new program promoting fire safety launches in Calgary to VR and computer. In seven different languages, this program teaches how to prevent future fires and stop current ones. It teaches valuable lessons such as checking/changing smoke alarm batteries, making evacuation plans and handling fire carefully. It is also being used to train firefighters!

-Gracie B

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‘It feels so realistic’: VR fire safety program launches in Calgary - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

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The Calgary Fire Department rolled out a virtual reality program to help educate Calgarians on how to handle real-life situations in a safe and controlled manner.

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UNB institute uses Virtual Reality to simulate real world in rehabilitation

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UNB institute uses Virtual Reality to simulate real world in rehabilitation

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The UNB institute of Biomedical Engineering is using Virtual Reality to help some people with rehabilitation to simulate in real life circumstances.

-Dima

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Hema-Quebec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Hema-Quebec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Did you know that only three percent of Quebecers donate blood?It relates to me as my grandpa has leukemia ad my auntie had colon cancer and when people donate blood it helps people who are in need of blood and that includes people with cancer.It also relates to me as my dad had donated blood and when I am allowed to I want to also donate blood.-Elianna

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Montreal's shriners hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality 

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Montreal's shriners hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality 

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VR is helping kids like Alab get their iv and blood taken without the stress and anxiety, by playing video games while getting their blood taken or another medical need that might be stressful. They did a study on if VR actually helped or not and Alab was part of this, the study showed that kids that had VR on while doing medical treatments, had a lot less stress and anxiety. I think it would be very helpful to me, because i really don't like getting needles, and if i could play VR while getting a needle it would help a lot.

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Montreal’s Shriners Hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality

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Montreal’s Shriners Hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality

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A guy named Alab Aguila is ten years- old and is a patient at the shriners . He has been a patient since he was a little baby

Alab Aguila has a condition called brittle bone disorder or osteogenesis imperfecta it causes him to go get infusions every 3 months.

His disorder is a genetic disorder

It is always really hard for Alab as he would be crying and resisting mostly.

they started to us a VR to distract him and so now he is excited to go to the hospital so that he can beat the game

The hospitals say that more than 15000 patients will start to benefit from this technology in the next five years.

-Kailey.V

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Engaging Students in Marine Conservation Through Virtual Reality

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Engaging Students in Marine Conservation Through Virtual Reality

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Kristin Moskalyk and Nicole Lamoureux, graduate students from the University of Saskatchewan, created an interactive virtual world for their sustainability course, focusing on SDG 14: Life Below Water. Their project aimed to help students, particularly those from landlocked regions, understand ocean conservation despite never having seen the ocean. Using Frame VR, they developed engaging learning materials like games and videos. VR was used to provide an immersive, interactive experience that allowed students to explore ocean conservation in a way that traditional methods couldn't. The project, called Techy Teachers, won a $10,000 prize in a global competition and was showcased at the United Nations Science, Technology, and Innovation Forum, where it received positive feedback for its innovative approach to education.

-Chloe

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies | Globalnews.ca

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Two University of Saskatchewan students won a competition after creating a metaverse to teach people in prairie provinces about our oceans.

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VR fire safety program launches in Calgary

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VR fire safety program launches in Calgary

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In Calgary, fire departments have started using virtual reality to train firefighters for real life scenarios. The simulations are very realistic apparently so they are much more effective in training firefighters for specific or dangerous situations. Also in partnership with advanced haptic suits, the simulation can do pretty cool things like replicate weight which regular VR headsets can’t do. For my connection, I was playing a VR game and I lit someone on fire and felt bad so I put them out so I’m literally a firefighter.

(This is a certified Dylon Industries production)

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies

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Two University of Saskatchewan students, Kristin Moskalyk and Nicole Lamoureux, created a virtual reality tool called "SDG Island" to teach about marine conservation and sustainable ocean resources. This project was part of their final assignment and won them a spot as finalists in the Metaverse for Sustainable Development Goals Global Prize and Virtual Reality Competition.

This highlights the use of technology to make education more accessible and fun. VR is really silly and I like playing it.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10467427/u-of-s-students-educational-ocean-metaverse/

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies

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Two University of Saskatchewan students, Kristin Moskalyk and Nicole Lamoureux, created a virtual reality tool called "SDG Island" to teach about marine conservation and sustainable ocean resources. This project was part of their final assignment and won them a spot as finalists in the Metaverse for Sustainable Development Goals Global Prize and Virtual Reality Competition.

This highlights the use of technology to make education more accessible and fun. VR is really silly and I like playing it.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10467427/u-of-s-students-educational-ocean-metaverse/

-Nicholas Z

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New virtual reality tool created by students brings the ocean to the Prairies | Globalnews.ca

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Two University of Saskatchewan students won a competition after creating a metaverse to teach people in prairie provinces about our oceans.

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Montreal’s Shriners Hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality

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Montreal’s Shriners Hospital fights pain, anxiety using virtual reality

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one thing that I related to in this post was that I have had multiple family members that have died from cancer including my mom's cousin.

-Kailey.V

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This artical was posted on the 13th of April 2023

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motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna B.C

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motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna B.C

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Brothers Kyle and Michael Markus, along with there other family memebers, recently opened Virtual arcades after five years of development. the Virtual reality arcade has 32 different motion simulators, with multiple seats, and six different gaming categories including racing, sports, flight, adventure, theme park, and cinema. You can choose what you would want to do Ex. Rollercoatser iy makes you feel like your in the actually roller costar

The connection i make with this is ive gone on multiple roller coasters and there awesome. So i would never imagine feeling like your in the live roller coatser but in a VR world

- Emilee

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Motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna, B.C.

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Motion simulated VR arcade opens in Kelowna, B.C.

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Two brothers in Kelwona, B.C. opened a motion simulated VR arcade after 5 years of development. One of the brothers said "We brought a very complex system over from overseas to North America, but mainly to Kelowna. Everyone thought we should go to Vancouver, Toronto, but it’s our hometown. We’ve been here a long time, we’re very community-driven, so we really wanted to open up first in Kelowna.

I really love arcades and VR ones especially so if somebody like these brothers do something like this, I will be really happy!

Kyle

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How tech is helping canadians with dementa 

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How tech is helping canadians with dementa 

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Lots of people have dementia and it can mentally cripple people, but with the life 360 app it can remind people to do lots of things. It personally affects me because lots of people in my family like my great grandfather have dementia and with this they can start to live better again. - Finn

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‘It feels so realistic’: VR fire safety program launches in Calgary

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‘It feels so realistic’: VR fire safety program launches in Calgary

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The CFD, the City of Calgary and ConocoPhillips collaborated to create a program that teaches users how to identify common hazards in a virtual home and how to deal with a stove-top fire. Stove- top fires are the leading cause of house fires in Calgary. Mayor Jyoti Gondek said “You don’t have time to react. It has to be ingrained in your brain what you’re going to do to get out of that situation,” she said. “And if you can give young people and their families the opportunity to experience through VR what kind of a situation they might be in and what an escape looks like, you’re preparing them for something that might ultimately happen to them.” I can make a connection because in summer I saw that a forest fire caused around half of a town to burn down near Banff.

- Lucas

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Hema-Quebec, the organization does the managing for the blood supply in the province of Quebec, is creating a new virtual experience aimed at encouraging more people to donate blood. The initiative is part of an effort to increase the number of donors, especially in the context of declining donation rates or challenges in maintaining a steady supply of blood. This new virtual experience might include interactive features education or online platforms to make the donation process more accessible or engaging for potential donors. The goal is to raise awareness and motivate people to participate in blood donation through innovative and digital means, adapting to evolving technology and shifting social behaviors. I chose this oone because i have a relation wth this video because with donating blood. My dad sometimes donates blood, I think twice a year! My grandpa has cancer and my auntie use to have cancer.

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Quebec’s official blood bank, Héma-Québec, is adding a new tool to try and persuade more people to donate blood.

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Located in Héma-Québec is a brand new virtual experience that will show people what it is like to donate blood, and make it feel easier to get blood taken. This is intended by the government to persuade the people of Héma-Québec to donate their blood for their intended purposes. My opinion is that this could better our future if the technologie is used in the case of showing people, not tricking people into blood banking. -James Puff

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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Héma-Québec adding new virtual experience to boost number of blood donors

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New efforts are being made to increase the amount of blood donors the reality headsets will be distributed to two blood donation centers the high tech experience is designed to give potential donors a virtual experience of what it’s like to give blood the simulation will give them step by step of giving blood.The goal is to help potential donors overcome their insecurity of giving blood.They want to increase the percentage of donors.the headsets will be able in blood donor drives and public places like shopping malls.The connection I can make with this is my mom used to give blood.

-Estella

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality

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VR can help prepare students for nearly any type of situation they may face on the job and lets them put themselves in any environment. University of Manitoba nursing students first started using VR during the pandemic. Now that it’s expanded to other health sciences departments, the educators are seeing benefits like connecting students from anywhere.

I like that VR can do something like this to help medical students learn things by having fun while being in that situation.

-Jaja

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

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The future of health care education has arrived at the University of Manitoba. Students in a wide range of programs will now have access to virtual reality simulations.

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality

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VR can help prepare students for nearly any situation they might face on the job. University of Manitoba nursing students first started using VR during the pandemic. Now that it’s expanded to other health sciences departments, educators are seeing additional benefits like connecting students from anywhere. “If we are trying to teach a skill before they go to clinical then we could obviously do it before. But then it might be something thats integrated throughout. It really depends on what we are trying to teach."

I like how VR can help medical students learn and prepare for things they might face while having fun.

-Jaja

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University of Manitoba health sciences students using virtual reality - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

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The future of health care education has arrived at the University of Manitoba. Students in a wide range of programs will now have access to virtual reality simulations.