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Mobile virtual‑ and mixed‑reality provider says demand outstrips capacity in Michigan schools
Summary
Emerge, a Metro Detroit workforce development consultant, told a House appropriations subcommittee that virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences are being used to provide career exploration and short skills simulations to Michigan students, but that costs and school capacity limit sustained adoption. The vendor asked for consideration of
Emerge, a Metro Detroit consulting firm that operates mobile virtual and mixed reality sites, presented data and demonstrations to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on School Aid and the Department of Education and urged broader, sustained support to expand access in Michigan classrooms.
Joe Bamberger, founder and managing partner of Emerge, told the committee the organization has taken mixed reality resources to about 8,000 students across 23 counties and 60 schools and is operating additional mobile visits five days a week. "We are in schools 5 days a week and having to turn schools down because of the demand that we are having for them," Bamberger said.
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