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Augmented reality could transform job training for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In a new study, participants correctly completed just 14% of job-task steps on their own. With AR guidance, accuracy jumped to 93%, with some reaching 100%, and all achieved mastery across sessions. After only a 15-minute AR training session, participants reached at least 75% independence—progress that typically takes two to four months with traditional coaching—highlighting AR’s potential to accelerate workplace readiness and expand access to competitive employment.
A new app developed by University of Staffordshire and TKO Consulting is using virtual reality to raise awareness of violence against women and girls.
The project is the brainchild of former Stoke City footballer Meg Bowyer who has been subjected to sexual harassment on multiple occasions when out exercising.
“Men would shout inappropriate comments as I ran past,” she said. "If that was your mum, sister, wife, daughter or friend, you wouldn't like them having that shouted at them.
“So, I thought what can we do? I thought, if men can put on a VR headset and see through the eyes of a woman, that might make them understand how we feel.”