New research published in Current Biology sheds light on how animals create and maintain internal spatial maps based on their surroundings. The study, led by Dr. Guifen Chen from Queen Mary University ...

The first time I used virtual reality (VR), I was struck by how completely it cut my senses off from my surroundings. By the time I took the headset off, I had lost track of where I was standing in ...

A few years ago, my good friend Lukasz Porwol, leader of the eGovernment Unit at the Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics at the University of Galway, invited me to experiment with his ...

When Muhsinah Morris stepped onto the central quad of the Morehouse College campus in Atlanta, Georgia, she cried. “We hadn’t been on campus for almost a year,” she recalls. “It was amazing. You hear ...

Virtual reality (VR) has arrived in the fire service as a transformative tool for enhancing training effectiveness and realism. Immersing students in a virtual environment that’s a familiar setting, ...

How can virtual reality help people learn tough topics? This UC Davis class explores immersive, experiential learning with ...