Virtual Reality (VR) technology has emerged as one of the most transformative advancements of the 21st century. With its ability to create immersive, interactive, and engaging experiences, VR has a...

Virtual Reality (VR) technology has emerged as one of the most transformative advancements of the 21st century. With its ability to create immersive, interactive, and engaging experiences, VR has a...

Quest is Meta's line of standalone virtual reality headsets, sold as Oculus Quest until 2022, reached by advertisers via app ads, in-app formats and data rules.

Quest is Meta's line of standalone virtual reality headsets, sold as Oculus Quest until 2022, reached by advertisers via app ads, in-app formats and data rules.

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Virtual Reality (VR) technology has emerged as one of the most transformative advancements of the 21st century. With its ability to create immersive, interactive, and engaging experiences, VR has a...

This Tutorial provides detailed information about the role of Virtual reality in Medical Education and healthcare trainings. Virtual Reality (VR) is revolutionizing the way medical professionals learn and practice. In this tutorial, we dive into how VR is transforming medical education, offering immersive and practical solutions for healthcare training and professional development. Key takeaways include: How virtual reality is used in medical education to enhance learning. Benefits of VR in healthcare training, including skill retention and confidence. Applications of VR simulations for training healthcare professionals. The role of VR in clinical education and patient care. Why virtual reality is the future of medical education. Examples of immersive training solutions using VR technology. This session is perfect for medical educators, healthcare professionals, and organizations aiming to leverage innovative technology to elevate training and patient outcomes. #VirtualRealityInHealthcare #MedicalEducation #HealthcareTraining #VirtualRealityTraining #HealthcareInnovation #MedicalVR #VRSimulations #SkyHealthAcademy #Healthcare

BREDA, Netherlands, Dec. 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — With the festive season approaching, traditionally a risky period for people recovering from alcohol addiction, researchers of Breda University of Applied Sciences (BUas), Novadic-Kentron (NK) and Thalamusa offer help with Virtual and Augmented Reality technology. RECOVRY (RElapse COntrol VR therapY) supports people in resisting alcohol temptation in social situations with virtual environments and humans. Breaking the isolation cycle For many people recovering from alcohol addiction, the festive season in December presents a difficult challenge. The social context brings with it increased anxiety and risk of relapse. This can lead to isolation: parties and […]

Background: The original counterclockwise study carried out in the late 1970s provided an extreme example of “reminiscence therapy,” reporting improvements in older adults’ cognitive and physical functioning after they had lived for 5 days in a house set up as if decades earlier (the 1950s). We tested a virtual reality (VR) analog of this approach, enhanced by embodying participants in a virtual body that looked like themselves at the corresponding younger age. Objective: This study aimed to examine whether brief VR exposures combining (1) embodiment in a virtual body as one’s younger self and (2) immersion in an iconic past event improve age-related subjective and performance outcomes compared with a current-self VR control condition. Methods: We carried out a between-groups study with 23 healthy older adults (aged 65‐85 years; mean age 71.2, SD 4.03 years). Participants were randomly allocated to either a Young Self condition (n=11; mean 72.3, SD 4.17), where they were embodied in a virtual body that looked like themselves from the 1960s, or in a Current Self control condition (n=12; mean 70.1, SD 3.75), where participants were embodied in their current body. There were 5 sessions. In Session 1, participants completed a baseline assessment. There were then 2 VR exposures, approximately 1 week apart (Sessions 2‐3), and follow-ups at 1 week (Session 4) and approximately 2 weeks (Session 5) after the final VR exposure. Outcomes included subjective age, awareness of age-related change, World Health Organization–Five Well-Being Index, Trail Making Test performance, and physical functioning (eg, grip strength). Results: A hierarchical Bayesian analysis revealed that 1 week after the final VR exposure, those in the Young Self condition demonstrated lower subjective age than those in the Current Self condition (prob=.95). They had higher awareness of positive age-related change (prob=.89) and a higher score on the World Health Organization–Five Well-Being Index (prob=.84). Moreover, with respect to performance variables, they took less time to trace a trail (prob≥.99), made fewer mistakes in doing so (prob=.89), had greater right-hand (prob=.85) and left-hand (prob≥.99) grip strength. However, 2 weeks after their final VR exposure, these differences diminished apart from positive awareness of age-related change (prob=.82), trail-making mistakes (prob=.83), and left-hand grip strength (prob≥.99). Here, “prob” refers to posterior probability. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that even 2 short VR exposures, where people were embodied in their younger body and immersed in an iconic event from more than 50 years earlier, resulted in improvement in some age-related responses. This is encouraging for further research with more extensive VR experiences over a longer time period.