Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us ...

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests virtual reality (VR) may play a meaningful role in future mental-health ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people ...

Drab urban environments tend to increase our stress, whereas nature can soothe the soul, but how do you get the best of both? One option is to increase color and vegetation in cities, but finding the ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing a virtual reality-based learning environment to improve middle school students’ interest in STEM fields, specifically the evolving ...

The evolution of technology continues to reshape our world at a significant pace, with each innovation unlocking new possibilities and changing the way we live, work and interact. As we look to the ...

Psychologists had people learn words from two phonetically similar languages in virtual reality environments. Those who learned each language in its own unique context mixed up fewer words and were ...

FILE - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smiles as he shakes hands with European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Vera Jourova prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 17, ...

Almost a decade ago, Chongxi Lai, then a graduate student at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Research Campus, was puzzled by a nagging question: Are animals capable of imagination? “I ...