Researchers Have Uncovered New Functions of the “Ancient Brain”
A multiregional hindbrain circuit enables animals to regain their pathing after deviating from it. A zebrafish heads toward its target, but strong currents push it…
Virtual Reality News
Time Warp: How Crowding on Public Transit Can Distort Our Perception of Time
An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Cornell University conducted a study on time perception in a highly realistic setting, using virtual reality simulations of a…
Breaking an Optical Rule – Engineers Manipulate Light at the Nanoscale
A formula developed by Rice engineers identifies materials for 3D displays and virtual reality. If you’re going to break a rule with style, make sure…
Flies in Virtual Reality Arena Prove They’re Smarter Than We Thought
Immersive virtual reality and real-time brain activity imaging showcase Drosophila’s capabilities of attention, working memory, and awareness. As they annoyingly buzz around a batch of…
Scientists Go “Inside” the COVID-19 Viral Protein To Attack a Weak Point
Virtual reality (VR) technology enables scientists to create 3D models of an object and then virtually go “inside” to look around to better understand its…
Stanford Uses AI To Make Holographic Displays Look Even More Like Real Life
Virtual and augmented reality headsets are designed to place wearers directly into other environments, worlds, and experiences. While the technology is already popular among consumers…
Upgrading the Space Station’s Cold Atom Physics Laboratory With Mixed Reality
NASA is looking into whether mixed reality technology could help with repairs and upgrades on the cutting-edge Cold Atom Lab aboard the space station. NASA’s…
Have You Ever Wanted To Explore Outer-Space? Now You Can!
Explore the Universe With Virtual Reality Using Powerful, Open-Source Software VIRUP Have you ever wanted to explore outer-space? Now you can, without leaving Earth, thanks…
Eye Tracking Virtual Reality Technology To Make MRI a New Experience
Researchers from King’s College London have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by patients when undertaking an MRI. In a new paper published in Scientific…
A New Way to Make AR/VR Glasses: Freeform Optics Combined With Metasurface to Avoid “Bug Eyes”
“Image” is everything in the $20 billion market for AR/VR glasses. Consumers are looking for glasses that are compact and easy to wear, delivering high-quality…
Holographic Display Improvements Poised to Enhance Virtual and Augmented Reality
Advances in both software and hardware could make holography viable for more applications. Researchers have developed a new approach that improves the image quality and…
Sound Projectors Deliver Audio to People Where They Want It for Virtual Reality
Sound projectors provide an alternative to headphones for use in virtual reality and augmented reality simulations and for other contexts where it is helpful to…
Virtual Reality System for Small Animals Based on Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi Virtual Reality system (PiVR) is a versatile tool for presenting virtual reality environments to small, freely moving animals (such as flies and…
Doctors 3D Print Exact Model of 7-Year-Old Girl’s Airway to Prepare for Delicate Operation
An anesthesia team in Israel has become one of the first to use 3D printing and virtual reality to produce an exact model of the…
People Anticipate the Force of Gravity by ‘Seeing It’ Rather Than ‘Feeling It’
What Goes Up May Actually Be Down Researchers use virtual reality to show that people plan their movements and anticipate the force of gravity by…
Virtual Reality Is Causing Real Injuries – Here’s How to Reduce Physical Risk in VR
Carpal tunnel, stiff shoulders, eye-strain headaches – these are all well-known side effects of prolonged computer use. But what happens when you step away from…
VR Immersion in Icy Arctic Scenes Helps to Ease People’s Pain
Watching immersive 3D videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain, a study has found….
New Visualization Allows Viewers to Explore the Center of the Milky Way
A new visualization provides an exceptional virtual trip — complete with a 360-degree view — to the center of our home galaxy, the Milky Way….
