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VR nature scenes reduce sensitivity to pain – especially for those who feel present during the experience

Immersing in virtual reality (VR) nature scenes helped relieve symptoms that are often seen in people living with long-term pain, with those who felt more present experiencing the strongest effects. A ...
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Five things to do in virtual reality—and five to avoid

Open-heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane pilots cannot learn from their mistakes midair. These are some scenarios where virtual reality solves really hard ...
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VR hurricane storm surge experience could save lives along Georgia’s coast. Here’s how.

Haley Hatfield, a Ph.D. candidate at UGA’s Grady School of Mass Communication and Journalism setting up the VR Meta Quest headset for the demo-mode of Weather the Storm at an Environmental Science ...