Virtual Reality Makes Manufacturing More Accessible For People With Disabilities

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(North Dakota Monitor) – A new virtual reality room at Bismarck State College is the latest addition to a project to help people with disabilities get manufacturing jobs in North Dakota.

The project is called XR for VR, which stands for “extended reality for vocational rehabilitation.”

It’s a collaboration between Bismarck State College, Fargo virtual reality media company Be More Colorful and nonprofits ND Assistive and CAST.org.

The goal is to make manufacturing more inclusive of people with disabilities.

“We’ve seen talented, capable people steered toward jobs far below their capabilities, earning much less than a living wage often due to incorrect assumptions around perceived limitations,” Be More Colorful co-founder Matthew Chaussee said.