Helping a child in a virtual reality game increased players’ motivation to help others in real life, according to a new study.

Playing a virtual reality game can increase a person's sense of altruism and influence levels of empathy, according to a new study from University of Oregon researchers.

At the Long Island State Veterans Home (LISVH), residents can travel to Italy, skydive or even swim with sharks, all without leaving the building.

A team of researchers from MIT, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and ETH Zurich, has developed a mind-blowing tool to not only create a digital twin of physical objects around you, ...

While Meta and other companies are creating virtual and augmented realities online, Sandbox VR is bringing an immersive metaverse experience to a location near you. The Hong Kong and Silicon ...

It’s fair to say that a lot of teaching is based on presenting students with facts. This means successful students tend to be those who retain facts easily, while students who struggle to process ...

“It’s clear to me that virtual worlds have a lot to offer,” says the philosopher David J. Chalmers. “This doesn’t make them a panacea.” By David Marchese The imminent arrival of the long-awaited ...

Dental students are getting real experience in a new virtual reality lab in preparation to treat patients. For first-year dental hygiene student Malique May-Holzman and her classmates, learning is ...

NATICK - There's a new virtual reality experience in Massachusetts and you won't need goggles for it. At Immersive Gamebox in the Natick Mall the goggles are replaced with visors. "I think with a lot ...