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Pokémon Goes To The Office: GE Chief Economist Explains How Gaming and Work Are Merging

Marco Annunziata GE
July 14, 2016

Gaming and technological innovation are merging. As they scale across industry, they will power the next wave of growth.

 
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Yes, They're Playing Video Games, But It’s Work: How GE Tapped Gamers To Build Virtual Worlds Populated With Its Technology

July 04, 2016
After work on Friday, there are few things Claudio Cargnelli likes more than sitting with his kids on the sofa at his Toronto home playing “Clash of Clans,” a video game where barbarians and pyromaniac wizards battle raiders around the world.
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Grayson Brulte: 4 Ways Virtual Reality Is Shaping the Future of Work

Grayson Brulte Brulte Company
March 06, 2016

We are just scratching the surface of virtual reality. From doctors to auto technicians to astronauts, here are some ways VR technology is helping to reimagine the future of work.

 

Over time, ideas change and innovation takes us to new, unexplored territories that unleash the kind of creativity that creates new dynamic businesses and reimagines old ones. Today, we are potentially on the cusp of such a change — driven by virtual reality (VR).
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Dan Jackson: 7 Oil & Gas Jobs That Will Exist in the Future

Dan Jackson Io Oil Gas
January 31, 2016

Over the coming decades, all industries will be transformed by converging technological trends that dramatically alter how companies do business. This will undoubtedly lead to many current jobs becoming obsolete. However, technological change will also create countless new roles that companies will need to fill.

 

We’re future-gazing and fast-forwarding to 2040, where we’re looking at the most in-demand jobs in the offshore oil and gas industry.

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Do the Locomotion: This VR Experience Lets you Ride a Brand New GE Locomotive Across Colorado Prairie

July 01, 2015
How do you test a brand new locomotive? You take it to a custom track hooping over hundreds of high-altitude acres of a remote Colorado prairie, and push it hard to prove its mettle.
The tests typically include grueling series of tasks simulating high speed, heavy haul and other extreme conditions in one of America’s starkest and most beautiful landscapes.
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