Hospitals test VR headsets to ease patient stress and anxiety

Hospitals in England are testing virtual‑reality headsets to help patients cope with stress, long waits, and pre‑procedure ...

Hospitals turn to virtual reality to ease patient stress

Hospitals in England are testing virtual reality headsets to help patients "escape" their rooms, reducing stress and anxiety ...

Meta Superintelligence Labs is quietly building a hardware team

Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang, is hiring a new leader to spearhead its AI hardware division, hinting at ...
Dark Reading

Picking Up 'Skull Vibrations'? Could Be XR Headset Authentication

"Skull vibration harmonics generated by vital signs" can be used to sign in to VR, AR, and MR headsets, according to emerging ...

This Day in History: Congress passes coinage act

The U.S. Mint produced the nation's first circulating coin currency nearly one year after it was established by Congress' ...

Dothan police use virtual reality training to improve autism, mental health crisis response

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - On National Autism Awareness Day, the Dothan Police Department is giving a closer look at how it’s ...

Using augmented reality to motivate prosthesis training

Artificial limbs look and function more like real limbs than ever before—but that's only helpful if they are used as intended ...

How Penn State's Quarterbacks Are Deploying VR Technology This Spring

Connor Barry is a Division III All-American quarterback who transferred from Christopher Newport to Penn State for his final season. Campbell said Barry has been “the surprise so far” after just the ...
New Atlas

Fingertip blanching used to put virtual touch panels on real-world walls

You know how your fingertip flushes white when you press it against a hard surface? Well, scientists have now used that ...
Kennesaw State University

First-year students leverage AI technology to prevent falls for virtual reality users

As virtual reality technology continues to grow, two Kennesaw State University first-year students are working to make it ...

With Ukraine's Leopard 2s needed on the front lines, it's training tank crews with mixed-reality headsets used by NATO

Training with a headset can't beat live training, but real tanks and ammo aren't readily available for Ukrainians, Varjo's ...

Why Hashtag United signed and sold AI footballers: ‘AI is not going anywhere’

“I have my own personal opinion on AI, which is probably different to what you think it would be,” says Spencer Carmichael-Brown, who you might know as Spencer Owen, the YouTuber turned founder of the ...