Marine Institute's grad student Ashlea Burrows is using virtual reality to look at how effective firefighting training is and the CBC’s Elizabeth Whitten has a try.

Many people survive a stroke but continue to struggle with an arm or hand that does not work as it once did. A new ...

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 ...

Adventure is a five-part virtual reality exclusive series to Apple Vision Pro. The film takes the audience inside the lives of extreme athletes and how technology brings their experiences to life.

After a shift stocking coffee beans at grocery stores around Birmingham, Sarah Stewart sits in her mother’s office chair and logs into a virtual world. She straps on virtual reality goggles and ...

Imagine the first time you visit Nashville, Tennessee, you commission a private helicopter tour. You gaze down on the gleaming glass buildings of its contemporary skyline, its neighborhood ball fields ...

For many of us, climate change feels like a distant threat—damage that will happen in the future somewhere far away to people we know little about. A new Stanford University-led study reveals how ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...

University of Florida doctoral students are using Meta Quest 3S headsets to simulate lifelike rehabilitation scenarios and customize injury recovery plans. The immersive technology allows clinicians ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite recent advances, VR adoption has been relatively slow in ophthalmology compared to other specialties.

Traditional firearms training started with classroom instruction, basic range drills, and progressed to competitive and force-on-force scenarios. Modern advancements include virtual reality and ...