The little boy, about 7 years old, almost disappeared inside the virtual reality headset, yet the way he was holding up his hands showed he knew exactly what to do. A laptop screen showed what he was ...

Arizona State is using virtual reality to jump-start its freshman biology program. The Dreamscape Learn program immerses students into a fictional world where students can take on hands-on learning ...

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 ...

As virtual reality technology continues to develop, more colleges and universities are integrating it into the student experience inside and outside of the classroom. A recent survey of chief ...

ALBANY — For generations, learning to be a nurse meant studying textbooks, practicing on mannequins and then facing real people. Now, modern nursing schools have added a new step: virtual reality.

Two years after Arizona State University replaced all of its introductory biology labs with virtual reality labs, the university’s rising tide of STEM majors are getting better overall grades and ...

Picture this: You’re on top of an 80-story building and must wear a harness to protect yourself if you fall. But there are different kinds of harnesses lying around. You pick what you think is the ...

A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it's struggled to become a megahit with consumers. Open heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane ...

DURHAM, N.C. -- Virtual reality lets kids play 3D games with their friends as avatars, go back in time, even journey to outer space, all without leaving their living rooms. But while children are ...