Tech company Mursion is employing white actors to play people of color in diversity training programs using virtual reality — and the practice is raising some controversy in the acting and media world ...

Talk about getting it wrong: A company that uses technology to conduct diversity training for major corporations has been using white actors to portray people of color in fictional scenarios where ...

Students in many teacher training programs for the last few years have, as a precursor to actual classroom experience, engaged with virtual avatars to simulate the experience of interacting with ...

Pressured to do so largely after the death of George Floyd, a growing number of companies have applied multiple approaches to boost workplace diversity. But a strategy by a tech company that includes ...

“Jasmine” sometimes nods off or stares at her cellphone during class. “Ethan” blurts out answers without raising his hand first, while “Dev” rarely speaks unless he’s called upon. “Ava” drums her ...

ABERDEEN, S.D. (KELO) — A virtual reality tool is helping education students prepare to teach in the classroom. Northern State University senior Sarah Schafer begins student teaching this fall. Before ...

VIRTUAL INSANITY: Mursion, a San Francisco-based provider of virtual reality simulations for workplace training, has closed an $8 million Series A round led by New Markets Venture Partners. Other ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mursion, the industry leader in immersive virtual reality training for emotional intelligence in the workplace, today announced it has closed a $20 million ...