Virtual reality can help reduce painful sensations following touch people with nerve damage experience. Read More
Within four hours of using a new virtual reality smartphone app, those with a fear of heights report a significant reduction of their fears in real-life situations. Read More
Friends who "swapped bodies" using virtual reality to generate the perceptual illusion found their beliefs about their personalities altered to become more similar to the beliefs about their friends' personalities. Findings suggest that when our mental self-concept doesn't match our physical self, our memories become impaired. Read More
People are oblivious to change when color is removed from peripheral vision. Research reports the brain likely fills in for much of our perceptual experience when it comes to seeing the entire picture in color. Read More
Study reports virtual reality may interfere with visual memory. Read More
Combining neuroimaging and a constructed virtual reality town, researchers found the brain uses three different systems to perceive environment. One system allows us to recognize a place, another helps navigate through that location, and the third helps navigate from one place to another. The parahippocampal place area (PPA) helps encode location recognition, while the retrosplenial complex allows for mentally mapping the locations of specific places. Read More
Virtual reality treatment could help military veterans suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder
Study reveals 19% of veterans reported a greater reduction of their PTSD symptoms after 12 weeks of a novel virtual reality therapy than their peers who were not exposed to the treatment. Read More
Inter-Dream, a new immersive virtual reality system developed by researchers and artists, can ease you into the right frame of mind for a restful night's sleep. Read More
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Researchers report children on the autism spectrum who experience specific phobias may benefit from immersive virtual reality therapy. The study reports immersive VR helped almost 45% of children with ASD remain free from their phobias six months after treatment. Read More
Researchers say Force Push will give users the ability to move distant objects using an approach for remote object manipulation in virtual reality. Read More
According to a new study, virtual reality may be a useful tool for encouraging empathy and positive attitudes towards marginalized groups. Read More
A new virtual reality study reveals people's perception of taste can be altered by what they experience in their surroundings. Read More
