Virtual reality is not just for video games anymore. It has a very real place in higher education today. By applying virtual reality technology to a wide range of training and educational purposes, ...

With more companies jumping on the bandwagon, virtual reality tech is more visible – and investable – than ever.

Slowly but surely virtual reality, or VR, headsets are becoming a part of classrooms in colleges, high schools and even middle schools. Meanwhile, large companies such as Apple and Meta continue to ...

While the benefits and drawbacks of virtual reality (VR) training are still hot topics of debate, the hyper-modern practice has quietly gained a foothold across various industries over the past few ...

Join our editor Monisha as she fulfills a lifelong dream of going to space, right from New York City! We take you inside the ...

Some institutions provide human and robot collaboration courses to position students to meet future workforce needs.

Here’s a rundown on the differences between virtual reality and augmented reality and the popular uses of each. A man experiences Google's Daydream View VR headset. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled ...

When natural disasters strike, they shatter lives, disrupt routines and loosen the emotional ties people have with the places they call home. For the Italian towns of Amatrice and Accumoli, devastated ...

Last year in The Conversation Canada, we described Agrilo, an affordable “colorimetric” soil-testing system developed through ...

Virtual reality can let us inhabit another body, but a new study shows that perspective taking can sometimes deepen prejudice and spread it further.

Virtual reality headsets and “immersive” real-life scenarios are being used to better prepare police officers responding to ...

Not long ago, I decided to try to write an article in a virtual world. This was not the first time I had this idea. In the spring of 2016, a student in the computer-science department at Georgetown ...