Experiencing virtual reality may sound exciting, but it turns out there are quite a few compelling reasons people are ...

Using virtual reality (VR) to explain what to expect ahead of a medical procedure could help patients better understand their treatment and reduce anxiety, a new study suggests. The research was ...

Virtual reality (VR) is a technology that provides perceptually rich, multisensory simulations that surround users and respond to naturalistic body movements. Early research on the medium was largely ...

A recent study suggests that 65 percent of our daily behaviours are done on “autopilot,” meaning that we do them without thinking. These automatic behaviours occur because they are the result of a ...