Although we might still be a long way from dialing into the Matrix, virtual reality has evolved significantly since Heilig’s Sensorama in the 1960s, and it isn’t being used strictly for entertainment ...

Students at Learning Futures are developing a virtual reality learning space called Huddle that will be tested by an ASU class later this semester. Huddle is an instructor-led virtual learning ...

Picture this: You’re on top of an 80-story building and must wear a harness to protect yourself if you fall. But there are different kinds of harnesses lying around. You pick what you think is the ...

This article presents a feasibility study that assessed the effectiveness of a virtual reality (VR) game in training older adults’ cognitive and independent living skills. A home-like virtual ...

A scalpel can follow instructions, but a hand still has to decide what “superficially” means. That is the stubborn problem at ...

As medical schools increasingly turn to virtual reality, 3D models and digital simulations, a new correspondence in Nature ...

In the first study to consider brain activity during visuospatial problem-solving across immersive virtual reality (VR), 2-D computer screens and physical environments, researchers from Drexel’s ...

When Muhsinah Morris stepped onto the central quad of the Morehouse College campus in Atlanta, Georgia, she cried. “We hadn’t been on campus for almost a year,” she recalls. “It was amazing. You hear ...

Motor learning is often hindered or facilitated by visual information from one’s body and its movement. However, it is unclear whether visual representation of the body itself facilitates motor ...

Illinois food science students use VR, 360-degree video and COIL partnerships with universities in Mexico and Taiwan to gain ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing a virtual reality-based learning environment to improve middle school students’ interest in STEM fields, specifically the evolving ...

It’s not as pricey as it sounds: visiting Egypt, blasting off for Mars, traveling in time, rebuilding an entire college campus. When it all happens in the virtual realms of the metaverse, almost ...