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Analysis · Thursday, August 9, 2018

Silicon Valley’s SweetRush Tapping Costa Rica for VR Learning Innovation

Silicon Valley e-learning firm SweetRush acquires a Costa Rican VR and AR company to build virtual reality corporate training solutions from its Costa Rica operations.

By Matt Kendall · 4 min read

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Silicon Valley’s SweetRush Tapping Costa Rica for VR Learning Innovation

Silicon Valley e-learning firm SweetRush acquires a Costa Rican VR and AR company to build virtual reality corporate training solutions from its Costa Rica operations.

By Matt Kendall

Published Aug 9, 2018

4 min read

Silicon Valley’s SweetRush Tapping Costa Rica for VR Learning Innovation

As learning and development practices rapidly fuse with emerging technologies, one Silicon Valley e-learning company, SweetRush, is banking on Costa Rica to develop the next generation of innovative training options.

SweetRush recently acquired a small Costa Rican company specialized in virtual reality and augmented reality in order to develop game-changing VR training solutions that are set to disrupt how corporations approach learning and development.

“One of our most innovative projects is allowing executives to virtually experience the work of lower-level employees,” said Ernesto Uribe, the company’s director of Costa Rica operations (pictured above, left).

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Matt Kendall

As Chief Editor in 2016-2017, Matt spent more than two years reporting on the nearshore BPO and IT services industries, producing over 900 stories for Nearshore Americas.