Virtual reality lab established in mine.

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Goldcorp Inc., Placer Dome and Laurentian University's Mining Innovation, Rehabilitation and Applied Research Corporation (MIRARCO) are teaming up to establish the world's first virtual reality laboratory (VRL) in an active mining camp.

Placer Dome and Goldcorp Inc. will build the VRL at the Red Lake Mine located at Red Lake in northwestern Ontario.

VRLs offer high-end projection and viewing technologies that provide seamless three-dimensional stereographic images around the session participants, drawing them into a virtual representation of their most...