Some employers are excited about swapping out computer monitors for VR headsets, but the side effects of using the tech aren’t completely understood, writes this researcher. Here’s why it matters and ...

When someone gets hurt on screen in a movie or television show, most people feel that pain as if it happened to them. New findings from Maryland researchers show that seeing someone get relief from ...

Is the magical world of virtual reality arriving in your home this holiday season? You're not alone. Statistics show that more than a million VR headsets were shipped during the third quarter of 2017.

Breast cancer, as the most common malignant tumor among women worldwide, not only poses a serious threat to patients' physical health, but also the psychological problems accompanying its treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 12-minute virtual reality session during chemotherapy reduced heart rate, stress and pain compared with ...

Virtual reality - the experience of digitally created cyberspace – is arguably a unique nowadays novelty, even considered by some enthusiasts to be a new form of consciousness. However, people with ...

Immersive Virtual Reality experiences reproducing visual hallucinations effects, miming those induced by the use of psychedelic substances, albeit without the actual use of substances. This is the ...

POMPANO BEACH, Fla. — Retired Army Col. Farrell Patrick taught computer science at West Point during the 1970s and then at two private universities through the 1990s, so he isn’t surprised by the ...

Fully immersive virtual reality is an emerging and promising therapeutic tool to manage psychosocial disorders in older adults, according to the results of a new study. French researchers assessed the ...