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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Working with teens, UW researchers designed RESeT: a snowy virtual world with six activities, listed on the center image, intended to improve mood. The left panel shows the welcome screen, and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

A few years ago, my good friend Lukasz Porwol, leader of the eGovernment Unit at the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at the University of Galway, invited me to experiment with his ...

When I first started teaching online nearly 20 years ago, everything was done through Outlook. No learning management system. No Zoom. No interactive tools. If you wanted to make something visual, you ...