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The ability of VR to give us presence in a virtual context opens up a world of opportunities for brands and content creators, but what does it mean for our minds? The immersive promise of VR combined ...

“If you want to see the future, look through the eyes of a teenager” While adolescents may not look strikingly different to adults (except maybe their choice of clothes and how they choose to wear ...

Virtual reality can place people inside the lived experience of bias rather than asking them to imagine it. Some virtual ...

A study investigated the unconscious inclinations that influence decision-making in people with depression. The innovative methodology aligned with one of the main trends in modern technology: the ...

Virtual reality tools have untapped potential to elicit positive emotions for use in education, health care, architecture and ...

Virtual reality (VR) technology helps professionals grasp the traumatic experiences of looked-after children, research has found. Analysis of a pilot involving 30 councils and care organisations, ...

Social workers and foster carers in Northamptonshire are being offered training using virtual reality (VR) headsets showing “immersive story telling” to better understand the impact of trauma on ...

Virtual reality technology is being used to help judges and staff working in domestic abuse cases better understand victims' experiences. Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) from Cleveland, Durham ...

Men who embodied female avatars via virtual reality didn’t respond well to being catcalled, raising hopes that this approach could make perpetrators more aware of the effects of such harassment.