Augmented, Alternate and Virtual Realities in Education

The coronavirus pandemic and travel bans have accelerated interest in holographic communication.

Studies on the effects of virtual reality on myopia have so far had mixed results, but will be discussed by optometrist Dr Kate Gifford at WAVE 2020.

A couple of years ago I started up Virtual Reality Working Out Loud Week to promote real-world applications of virtual reality. The inaugural #VRwolweek unearthed 20 real-world examples of the emerging technology, and the enduring popularity of that blog post tells me that we are hungry for more. Loath to disappoint, I hereby present 25…

I'm always surprised when someone makes a sweeping declaration such as "No one's using virtual reality in the workplace". I heard this very statement recently at an e-learning conference. Yep, an e-learning conference. Sure, VR is an emerging technology, but as 20 real-world examples of Virtual Reality can attest, early adopters are indeed putting it…

Volograms has developed technology that lets users create augmented reality content on a smartphone.

The firm secures an extra $500m in funding from investors as it announces a new headset.

Facebook researchers came up with a way to translate your facial features onto the front of VR headsets.

Officials are hoping that an immersive virtual reality experience aimed at getting airmen to intervene will succeed where years of traditional training have failed.

A full-body haptic feedback suit simulates the world of touch and sensation — hot and cold, rough and smooth, pleasure and pain. So how real does it feel?

The games giant says PSVR2 will feature a less-cluttered set-up and numerous visual improvements.

Communications professor Jeremy Bailenson and first-year communications Ph.D. student Cyan DeVeaux have reimagined what education can look like using virtual reality.

Mary Bowden, who recently joined the hospital’s medical staff, has been suspended for “spreading dangerous misinformation” and sharing “harmful” personal and political opinions about the coronavirus vaccine and treatments.

Virtual reality is more accessible than ever, and its potential health benefits are clear.

Is dystopia really the best we can do here?

A French trial will use virtual reality headsets to trigger empathy in perpetrators. But previous research findings suggest we need to be sceptical of claims about what the technology can do.

Depending on who you talk to, the metaverse is either a utopia or a dystopia. And it's costing billions of dollars. But what even is it? And will it work?

Silicon Valley has been anticipating virtual reality for more than three decades, and keeps running into the same problem: people mostly like actual reality

Researchers are using mixed reality technologies to investigate how people behave in in emergency situations. The findings are helping shape disaster responses.

Faculty and staff at Southern New Hampshire University piloted virtual reality in an undergraduate psychology course to see if it can be an effective