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Dr. Kristopher J. Blom
Gamifying fear as a way to start doing
Gamifying fear is an approach to help you to overcome fear and start participating in that activity. Assuming your feared activity isn’t deadly and you can find a way to approach it with safe baby steps, I a gamification based approach may help you start and keep working at it. Gamification can help remove a…
1.0 Release
Virtual Orator has been helping people achieve their public speaking training goals since its first public release in 2015. At release, it provided realistic public speaking experiences for people train. It has grown into a professional product that continues to improve, providing a greater variety of public speaking situations and tools. We are now releasing…
Training Job Seekers for interviews with VR
Training interviews realistically is possibly even more critical than any other form of public speaking. The interviewee’s job is at stake. Hence, it is critical to leave a good impression, which means you need to be prepared. We are pleased to release a first set of resources for trainers to leverage the power of Virtual…
Remote Presentation Practice with Virtual Orator
In a pandemic and post-pandemic world, public speaking is now often different. Remote presentations are now common and will likely become more of a norm. Even sales pitching that would traditionally always insist on physical presence are now frequently online. Getting Meaningful Practice Remote presentations are still public speaking but have different qualities and challenges.…
Research: Single VR Session Reduces Stress
A research study shows Virtual Orator can reduce stress in a single session, including for those with speaking experience. Results verify people truly feel they are in front of an audience and engaged in public speaking when using Virtual Orator.
Virtual Orator Learns Languages
Giving a speech in a language other than English? Virtual Orator has supported that out of the box from the start. Now we have released the first translations of the interface into French and German.
Release Anxiety in a Breath
Do you feel the fear build up before you have to speak to an audience? I accidentally found a way that works for me when anxiety is building and I think it might work for others. It is simple and doesn’t require any practice to be effective. The best part? you get to channel your…
The Outsider Presentation
Presenting to a group of people who are different from you can be an additional cause of anxiety. An all to common outsider presentation today occurs for women, having to present to rooms full of men. Preparation and gaining comfort with these outsider situations can help.
Practicing Presenting Desktop Apps in VR
Practice presenting in VR with your favorite presentation software. It’s now possible in Virtual Orator, via our Replicated Desktop function. You run your presentation just like normal and see it all in the virtual scenario with an audience and performance feedback afterwards.
#imprompTuesdays – Your weekly public speaking training
Introducing #imprompTuesdays. Tuesdays are now the day for impromptu public speaking. What? Why? A recent research paper by Mortaji indicates that holding a weekly, low pressure impromptu speech can both significantly reduce fear and at the same time improve skills. That’s great results from just doing a simple, actionable task. It doesn’t take a lot…
