Virtual Reality News and Research

RSS

Is your teen's internet use helping or hurting the family? Study reveals mixed feelings from parents

Parents largely view adolescent internet use as beneficial for family connectedness but express concerns about potential addiction and exposure to harmful content. The study suggests the need for balanced family discussions on internet use and calls for regulation from tech providers and the government.

29 Oct 2023

American Heart Association awards cash grants to social entrepreneurs to address health inequities

Approximately 50 million people in the United States are at higher risk for heart disease and/or stroke because they lack the most basic needs -; healthy food, clean air and drinking water, quality education, employment, housing and access to health care.

27 Oct 2023

Researchers receive $1.5 million grant to develop VR assessment system for TBI

One of the most common injuries sustained by military personnel in recent conflicts has been traumatic brain injury, or TBI.

26 Oct 2023

Shedding light on the future of cognitive health in a graying world

Age-related cognitive decline and changes in the brain.

23 Oct 2023

Shaping the Future of Therapeutics with 3D Imaging Mass Cytometry

In this interview conducted at SLAS EU 2023 in Brussels, Belgium, we spoke to Laura Kuett, a Ph.D. student in Systems Biology, about the promise of 3D Imaging Mass Cytometry.

17 Oct 2023

Immersive VR interventions effective in reducing pain and distress among cancer patients

Immersive virtual reality-;digital technology that allows a person to experience being physically present in a non-physical world-;seems to ease the pain and distress felt by patients with cancer, suggests a pooled data analysis of the available evidence published in BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care.

16 Oct 2023

Virtual reality therapy shows promise for treating hoarding disorder

Many people who dream of an organized, uncluttered home à la Marie Kondo find it hard to decide what to keep and what to let go. But for those with hoarding disorder -; a mental condition estimated to affect 2.5% of the U.S. population -; the reluctance to let go can reach dangerous and debilitating levels.

16 Oct 2023

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Penn Nursing, with partners from the Annenberg Virtual Reality ColLABorative and New York University's Rory Meyers College of Nursing, have been awarded 2023 grant from the Hillman Emergent Innovation: Serious Illness and End of Life program to study the use of social virtual reality (VR) in enhancing the treatment experience and reducing loneliness in people undergoing hemodialysis.

16 Oct 2023

Virtual reality can help calm caregivers of surgery-bound children

Virtual reality (VR) may be an effective and reliable tool to alleviate the anxiety experienced by most parents or caregivers when their child undergoes surgery, according to research presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2023 annual meeting.

15 Oct 2023

Specific navigational errors may indicate early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

People with early Alzheimer's disease have difficulty turning when walking, according to a new study using virtual reality led by UCL researchers.

11 Oct 2023

Virtual reality vs. opioids: clinical trial of non-pharmacological pain management during burn wound care

Researchers assessed the feasibility and efficacy of virtual reality as a non-pharmaceutical intervention for managing procedural pain in adult burn patients during dressing changes compared to standard opioid-based approaches.

28 Sep 2023

Could virtual reality be the answer to post-stroke rehabilitation?

The effectiveness and safety of virtual reality (VR) in people diagnosed with cerebral stroke.

19 Sep 2023

RIT researcher receives award to understand the effects of cortical blindness

Rochester Institute of Technology's Gabriel Diaz, associate professor in the Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science, has earned the Research to Prevent Blindness/Lions Clubs International Foundation Low Vision Research Award (LVRA), in collaboration with researchers at the University of Rochester.

14 Sep 2023

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': On abortion rights, Ohio is the new Kansas

Ohio voters — in a rare August election — turned out in unexpectedly high numbers to defeat a ballot measure that would have made it harder to pass an abortion-rights constitutional amendment on the ballot in November.

10 Aug 2023

Can social robots and brain-computer interface video games help manage ADHD?

Scientists have discussed the utility of social robots and brain-computer interface video games in treating young people with ADHD.

10 Aug 2023

Measuring brain activity with a modified commercial virtual reality headset

Researchers have modified a commercial virtual reality headset, giving it the ability to measure brain activity and examine how we react to hints, stressors and other outside forces.

6 Aug 2023

Virtual reality-based exercises found to reduce depression and anxiety among individuals treated with hemodialysis

Researchers determined the association between regular physical exercise based on virtual reality (VR) and the development of depression.

3 Aug 2023

Theta oscillations more prevalent in the brain when remembering events, study finds

Neurons produce rhythmic patterns of electrical activity in the brain. One of the unsettled questions in the field of neuroscience is what primarily drives these rhythmic signals, called oscillations.

31 Jul 2023

RCS England and Intuitive partner to shape the future of robotic-assisted surgery

Leading robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) company Intuitive has further developed its support for the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCS England) through its support of a new multi-professional network that will shape the future development of RAS surgery nationally.

24 Jul 2023

Neuroscientists discover new brain cells that help correct navigational errors

During routine navigation in daily life, our brains use spatial mapping and memory to guide us from point A to point B. Just as routine: making a mistake in navigation that requires a course correction.

19 Jul 2023

Virtual Reality News and Research

Is your teen's internet use helping or hurting the family? Study reveals mixed feelings from parents

American Heart Association awards cash grants to social entrepreneurs to address health inequities

Researchers receive $1.5 million grant to develop VR assessment system for TBI

Shedding light on the future of cognitive health in a graying world

Shaping the Future of Therapeutics with 3D Imaging Mass Cytometry

Immersive VR interventions effective in reducing pain and distress among cancer patients

Virtual reality therapy shows promise for treating hoarding disorder

New project to explore nurse-moderated social VR experience for hemodialysis patients

Virtual reality can help calm caregivers of surgery-bound children

Specific navigational errors may indicate early signs of Alzheimer’s disease

Virtual reality vs. opioids: clinical trial of non-pharmacological pain management during burn wound care

Could virtual reality be the answer to post-stroke rehabilitation?

RIT researcher receives award to understand the effects of cortical blindness

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': On abortion rights, Ohio is the new Kansas

Can social robots and brain-computer interface video games help manage ADHD?

Measuring brain activity with a modified commercial virtual reality headset

Virtual reality-based exercises found to reduce depression and anxiety among individuals treated with hemodialysis

Theta oscillations more prevalent in the brain when remembering events, study finds

RCS England and Intuitive partner to shape the future of robotic-assisted surgery

Neuroscientists discover new brain cells that help correct navigational errors

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

From Puberty to Menopause: Clue’s CEO, Audrey Tsang on the Power of Femtech

Latest News