May 2024

The schedule for the May 2024 release is as follows:

  • Customers in the Enterprise region (.ent.evidence.com) receive on May 30, 2024.
  • Customers in the European region (.eur.evidence.com) and European legacy region (.eu.evidence.com) receive on June 3, 2024.
  • Customers in Canada (.ca.evidence.com) and New Zealand receive on June 4, 2024.
  • Customers in the U.S. Federal (.us.evidence.com) and U.S. Law Enforcement region (.evidence.com) receive on June 5, 2024.
  • Customers in Australia, the United Kingdom, and South America region (.la.evidence.com) receive on June 6, 2024.

For information on the update schedule times for your region, refer to the Axon Evidence Maintenance Schedule on the Axon website.

We don’t expect any downtime during this update.

Additional help documentation for the products included in these release notes is located at axon.com/help.

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Handgun VR controller

In the coming weeks, we will release the VR19H Handgun VR Controller. The VR19H is purpose-built for virtual reality and designed to work in conjunction with TASER VR Controllers. Like the TASER 10 and TASER 7 VR Controllers, the VR19H has infrared LEDs that are wirelessly tracked by the VR headset's onboard sensors, allowing the system to understand the precise location and orientation of the controller. All Axon VR controllers are designed to be true-to-life and enable officers to train with similar equipment used in the real world – leading to enhanced proficiency in holstering, weapon transitions, use-of-force decisions and confidence under stress.

The VR19H will replace the SIRT training pistol in our Axon VR bundles and existing Axon VR customers will automatically receive the VR19H. Orders will begin shipping in late Q2.
Axon VR19H Handgun VR Controller.

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Virtual Reality-Based Training (vRBT) Live Action

Along with the new Handgun VR Controller, Axon will release Virtual Reality-Based Training Live Action, a new VR content category/application that combines 360⁰ video with TASER 7, TASER 10, and handgun VR Controllers for a highly immersive and realistic training experience. This innovative approach enhances rapid visual assessment, de-escalation techniques, and hands-on technical proficiency with TASER energy weapons and new handgun VR Controllers. Primed with radio traffic from a dispatcher, trainees dive into high-stress calls for service, demanding quick, critical decision-making ranging from issuing a TASER energy weapon audible alert to deploying their TASER energy weapon or handgun, effectively equipping them for complex real-world scenarios.
Still image fro, the VR based training showing a TASER energy weapon drawn on a subject standing in the middle of a deserted road surrounded by an open expanse of landscape.

Upon release, agencies will have access to 13 unique scenarios.

  1. Robbery *
  2. Armed Subject I *
  3. Armed Subject II *
  4. Neighbor Altercation
  5. Traffic Stop I: Sovereign Citizen
  6. Traffic Stop II: Non-Compliant Passenger
  7. Bar Altercation
  8. Domestic Disturbance I
  9. Domestic Disturbance II
  10. Workplace Disturbance
  11. Assault Suspect: Attempt to Locate
  12. Terry Stop
  13. Active Shooter

* Scenarios that support the TASER 10 VR Controller only.

In conjunction with these scenarios, a Facilitator’s Guide can be found in Axon Academy. This guide is intended to support trainers implementing these scenarios into their training curriculum, as well as facilitate debriefs with their trainees post-training.

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