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March 27, 2012

Matthew Wallace Selected for “Top 25 Newsmakers”

Matthew Wallace of East Hartford, CT has been honored with a recognition by ENR/Engineering News-Record in its selection of “Top 25 Newsmakers“ EAST HARTFORD, Conn., March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Announcing a special recognition appearing in the January 2012 issue of ENR/Engineering News-Record published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., Matthew Wallace was selected for the following honor: “Top 25 Newsmakers” Matthew Wallace commented on the recognition: “This is quite an honor…

October 6, 2011

Blackstone Valley Tech Demos SimSpray in Classroom Environment

One of VRSim’s earliest educational SimSpray customers, Blackstone Valley Tech in Upton, Massachusetts, gives a user-based preview of what SimSpray can do in a school environment. Not only can students and instructors receive instantaneous feedback, but students can practice on various panels, keep costs to a minimum, and even reduce…

April 25, 2011

Virtual Reality Comes to the Shop Floor

By HARRIET JONES•APR 25, 2011 | WNPR’s Small Business Project has reported on the high cost of training a skilled workforce to meet the needs of the state and the nation. This week Harriet Jones visits a small business in Connecticut that’s working on providing a cost-effective and innovative solution to that…

August 8, 2010

[IMTS Preview] Lincoln Electric for Welding Simulator, Environmental Push Pull System, Robotic Technology

AM Staff | Aug 08, 2010 Lincoln Electric has developed a new way to teach welding techniques through a virtual welding system called VRTEX 360. The system incorporates technology Lincoln recently acquired from VRSim Inc., an East Hartford, Conn.-based leader in the development of training software and graphic simulation for industry and academia….

April 5, 2010

Virtual Tools

Deanna Postlethwaite, marketing manager of the automation division at The Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, explains how virtual-reality technology can help train welders By Gretchen Salois April 2011 – FFJournal: How and why was virtual welding technology developed? Postlethwaite: The original product was developed in coordination with the Navy Joining Center, Edison Welding Institute…

January 10, 2010

VRSim Donation Helps Strengthen High School Welding Training

EAST HARTFORD, CT (January, 2010) – VRSim, a leader in virtual and augmented reality training simulations, today announced its donation of a portable SimWelderTM (virtual reality welding training system) to Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School. Located in Haverhill, Massachusetts, Whittier offers 20 Vocational Technical Programs designed to provide the…

December 1, 2009

Lincoln teaches welding via virtual reality

12.1.09 To help improve training of the nation’s future welders, Lincoln Electric has developed a new way to teach welding techniques through a new virtual welding system called VRTEX 360. The system incorporates technology Lincoln recently acquired from VRSim Inc, an East Hartford CT-based developer of training software and graphic…