Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon ...

Using virtual reality (VR) to explain what to expect ahead of a medical procedure could help patients better understand their ...

Meta's Metaverse App for VR Is Staying Open, Barely ...

A University of Michigan professor is getting national recognition for her research aimed at relieving depression symptoms in people living with multiple sclerosis, and she's doing it not with ...

A teenager living with dyspraxia says his movement and spatial awareness is improving thanks to virtual reality (VR). Sixteen-year-old Frankie Farrow, from Crediton, Devon, was diagnosed with the ...

A recent study suggests that 65 percent of our daily behaviours are done on “autopilot,” meaning that we do them without thinking. These automatic behaviours occur because they are the result of a ...

Despite a burst of popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AR/VR industry now seems adrift as companies try to decide how best to use the range of devices available.

You don’t have to look far to find reports of people who have used VR headsets and then felt ‘off’ after removing them. While motion sickness is surely the most well-known post-VR symptom, a subset of ...

Scientists say using virtual reality to explain what to expect before going under the knife could help people better understand their treatment.

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 ...