Pulaski County Sheriff's Office Lt. Chris Ameling runs a virtual reality training scenario. Law enforcement can never train too much, and if the training happens to be fun then that’s all the better.

Years ago, virtual reality was merely a sci-fi concept. Today, technology has blossomed to the point that virtual reality is now an actual reality. Virtual reality systems offer an immersive ...

In virtual reality there is much to be seen, but most of our other senses are left wanting. Ever since the concept gathered mainstream attention in the 1990s, it’s been primarily experienced through ...

Virtual reality uses technology to “transport” you to a digital space where you can move through and interact with a simulated environment. It’s just one type of extended reality, an umbrella term ...

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, ...

Virtual reality is already widespread in entertainment and is starting to spread to fields ranging from education to health care. But while vision and hearing interfaces are extremely advanced, and ...

I crawled through a vent with a loaded weapon in hand, hoping a creature wasn’t waiting up ahead. There was a clang in the vent behind. I panicked, spun around to face what was coming, and bumped my ...

Because we in Silicon Valley are newness junkies, it can feel like an act of sabotage to have memories, but, for better or worse, I have them. It’s been more than forty years since I co-founded the ...

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A 12-minute virtual reality session during chemotherapy reduced heart rate, stress and pain compared with ...