This article and the accompanying image originally appeared on the KU News site and are reposted here with permission. For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a ...

“These preliminary findings are quite promising given the high rates of sedentary behavior and associated health risks exhibited by children and youth with physical disabilities,” said James Rimmer, ...

In a groundbreaking PTSD clinic at the University of Central Florida, trauma survivors are now able to confront the memories that haunt them in a virtual reality world so sophisticated it can even ...

Researchers have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by patients when undertaking an MRI. Researchers from King's College London have created a novel interactive VR system to be used by ...

Have you ever reached out in a virtual world—whether in a game, a training simulation, or even a video call—and felt the absence of touch? It’s a strange limitation, isn’t it? No matter how visually ...

Just as a driver uses a road map or GPS to navigate unfamiliar streets, so too can surgeons access surgical navigation systems to guide them through the unique plains of a patient’s anatomy. The ...

The 20-something man walked into Stanford Health Care’s emergency department suffering from a common injury with an uncommon — but growing — cause: He broke his hand while flailing around in a virtual ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that it had approved marketing for a virtual reality system that is designed to help with pain reduction. EaseVRx, a prescription-only, ...

The FDA reports that EaseVRx uses the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other behavioral therapy techniques to reduce pain and pain interferences. The US Food and Drug ...