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LightValve has been selected as a finalist for Best Virtual Reality Solution for the 2023 XR Awards.
We are in great company with finalists Pfizer, VRH and Dynepic.
Jim woke up an e-commerce giant’s IT classification process training with a post-apocalyptic superhero story he had pitched years ago to Marvel about The Technicals, an alien race that takes over and outsources Earth. The gameplay: You must learn how to create a keyword class to rescue Amazon and save the planet.
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Keynote Panel, 2021: “The Future of Learning”
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“A Video Game Improves Behavioral Outcomes in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cancer”
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Instructional designer James Piechocki (far right) featured in USC Cinematic Arts In Motion lead story, The Storytellers.
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Best Learning Program, US Postal Service, NIST FISSEA, 2019
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Excellence in Learning Award “Connecting to the Young Buyer”
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Honda Virtual Walkaround, 1st Place, Adobe National e-Learning Innovation Award, 2003
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“Fighting for Their Lives”
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“Anybody who isn’t all over this new learning technology had better get with the program.”
– Raytheon Technologies CTO, April 2017
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Platinum Award, Acura Journal Dealer Training, 2009