Students and staff members at Ohio University’s College of Heath Sciences in Athens created a virtual reality program that helps train individuals on how to respond to an opioid overdose. The program ...

A small study found that distracting patients by immersing them in a virtual reality program helped reduce perceived pain, even in elderly patients who aren’t acquainted with virtual computer programs ...

In December, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare accredited George Mason University’s Lab for Immersive Technologies and Simulation, an innovative new program designed to bring a new dimension to ...

Health-risk behaviors such as binge drinking, drug use, and violence are common among college students. These issues are especially prevalent among first-year students living away from their families ...

Decatur City Schools is one of five districts in Alabama to receive virtual-reality headsets from the ed-tech company Prisms ...

To many, virtual reality seems a thing of the future. But Boston-based Tufts Medical Center is setting out to bring it to the world of healthcare, according to Boston Magazine. Tufts is partnering ...

BRIGHTON, N.Y. — The Brighton Police Department is using virtual reality to help train its officers for high-stress situations. The department announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with InVeris, a ...

A new study suggests that virtual reality experiences designed to mimic psychedelic visual effects could safely boost creativity and flexibility in thinking.

If you have ever left an unpleasant medical appointment wondering, “Gosh, this doctor has no idea what it’s like to be the person in the chair,” there’s a company you should know about. OtheReality is ...

The Alive Center for Teens in Naperville recently launched a new “Teen-Led, Teen-Driven” program called “Senior Simulators” that aims to bring virtual reality experiences to seniors in assisted living ...