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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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New study finds virtual reality may help people cope with pain — here's what the scientists found

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Technology Is Changing Our Relationship With Nature As We Know It

University of Washington psychology professor Peter Kahn has spent much of his career analyzing the relationship humans have with nature—and he thinks that relationship is more fragile than many of us ...
Ledger-Enquirer

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 ...