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“I posit that you should just do it all,” says 3lb XR<\/a> and 3lb Games<\/a> Founder and CEO Robin Moulder.

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She’s speaking from experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to being a software engineer, entrepreneur and XR innovator, Robin is, quite literally, a rock star. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a founder of the 1990s alternative-rock band Jack Off Jill, she played bass, toured with her band and recorded albums–while working full-time in software and management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And she found both careers fun and creatively fulfilling, as they involved her passions: music and technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“(It’s) switching my brain to another mode,” Robin says of her music. Exploring the different areas, she explains, “lit up” all the areas of her brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New creative applications<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Today, Robin combines those two areas of expertise through her work in XR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this year, her 3lb XR accelerator debuted a series of gamified virtual-reality training applications<\/a>. These are hands-on simulations for safe and thorough training of staff in industrial, hospitality and medical fields. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What really matters to me is that we, as a company, are very much aligned with your mission,” Robin says of the clients she serves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That alignment can be groundbreaking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working with Tucson Medical Center, 3lb XR recently introduced a first-of-its-kind pilot program for medical staff. The simulations–which you can find on 3lb XR’s YouTube channel<\/a>–include suicide prevention training, medical inventory and thorough cleaning procedures. So far, 1000 members of the staff have been training on various procedures through these simulations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of these simulations? Learners can safely make mistakes and learn from them; physical supplies and facilities aren’t depleted; and trainees tend to become more vigilant through the interactive experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

{Plus, they tend to be fun!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robin says that’s just the beginning, as she and her team work to accelerate the metaverse by making hands-on VR training widely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the “fun” element is very much present in these VR simulations, it’s equally so in 3lb Games’ creations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aspects of acceleration<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Robin started Michigan-based 3lb Games in 2008. Their current release, an action adventure game, Vault of Stars, was released in early access for the Meta Quest 2 earlier this year. For their next release, Space Dragon: Unchained, your arms become VR dragons that are used to blow up planets! Space Dragon: Unchained will be released on November 3rd and can be waitlisted on the Oculus App Lab Store now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked about Robin’s creative journey in music and technology, the story of 3lb Games and 3lb XR, and the ways Robin and her team are accelerating the metaverse–for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this edition of Over Coffee\u00ae we cover: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n