Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can sharply reduce people's anxiety about death. In a small pilot study of about 60 ...

Training with this new technology could help the United States Navy avoid incidents like last year's collision between an ...

The Tampa Police Department rolls out new virtual reality pods, so officers can practice de-escalation techniques.

Weber State University nursing student Carsen Weyland uses virtual reality in Lampros Hall to simulate responding to a mass casualty event on July 20, 2023. At right is nursing instructor London ...

Within a matter of minutes, the headsets can transport them to Europe, immerse them in the ocean depths or send them soaring ...

AI, augmented reality and virtual reality have been found to be useful tools in health care, with utilization in ...

A new study explores how nature-based virtual reality can improve the wellbeing of children undergoing intensive treatments.

The idea that reality might be a kind of cosmic software has moved from late night dorm debates into serious physics journals ...

If you’re interested in VR, you’ve probably thought at least once or twice about the simulation hypothesis—the idea that we might actually already be living in a virtual reality world. Many people are ...

When you think of virtual reality (VR), video games and other types of entertainment might come to mind. But it’s also showing promise as a complementary treatment in medicine. VR puts you in a 3D, ...

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