Mainebiz

At SMCC, virtual welding provides new hands-on boost to workforce training

Southern Maine Community College sees plenty of workforce opportunity in the welding trade. In 2018, the college opened a new welding lab with state-of-the-art equipment to train prospective employees ...
Nasdaq

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding Opens New Virtual Reality Welding Lab to Enhance Workforce Training

HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding division recently inaugurated a virtual reality (VR) welding lab at its Pascagoula shipyard, collaborating with the U.S. Navy, Accelerate Mississippi, and Mississippi Gulf ...
Business Wire

First of Its Kind Virtual Reality Training Aims to Help Growing Demand in Skilled Trade Jobs Amid New Infrastructure Bill

StrataTech Education Group Launches OcuWeld, an all-new virtual reality training program PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--StrataTech Education Group, a leading operator of skilled trade schools, launches an ...
FedScoop

Spark Tank competition generates new virtual reality training opportunity for Air Force welders

The Air Force is preparing to buy a virtual reality tool that simulates training scenarios specifically aimed at cultivating its welding talent. Military units have been increasingly acquiring and ...
Portland Press Herald

Community college opens virtual welding lab to enhance workforce and skills training

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A student uses one of the welding simulators in Southern Maine Community ...
Crain's Cleveland Business

Lincoln Electric uses VR welding to train — and entice — students for future in manufacturing

You’re never too young to start welding. Kids, it turns out, are pretty good at it. Stick a welding rod in their hands, put a piece of work in front of them, give them some basic instruction and ...
The News-Gazette

Shiloh High virtual welding system reduces training time, improves efficiency

Will Morris, a Shiloh High School student, uses virtual welding equipment in class. The high school is one of the few in Illinois with the equipment. Shiloh High School student Carson Hepburn uses ...
News on 6

Virtual reality welding: How tech is enhancing Tulsa trade program

Professional welders are a highly sought-after position. Tulsa Welding School (TWS) has a 7-month training program that teaches the skills of the trade. The school has always focused on hands-on ...
News on 6

Tulsa Welding School Holds Open House To Show Off Virtual Training Labs

The Tulsa Welding School relies on hands-on learning opportunities for its students, and during the pandemic, when one-on-one learning was not an option, leaders said it was challenging. As a solution ...
Computerworld

How VR-powered workstations enable better training and collaboration

Engineers, manufacturers, energy firms, and architecture and construction businesses have all become power users of Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), technologies which started out in the ...
Nasdaq

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Opens New Virtual Reality Welding Lab

PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division along with representatives from the U.S. Navy, Accelerate Mississippi and Mississippi Gulf Coast ...