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Virtual Reality can Reduce Pain in Dentist Visits
A team of British researchers wanted to test if a bit of VR distraction could provide some kind of relief for the pain or anxiety that suffer dentist patients. …
VirZOOM Brings Bikes to Virtual Reality Workouts
VR exercise bikes sound like something really expensive and they are, but VirZOOM has an interesting new option that will make VR workout more attractive. VirZoom Showcases $99 Bike VZ…
Vivid Vision Raises $2.2M to Bolster its VR Tools
Vivid Vision announced it raised million dollars in a seed round led by Jeff Clavier from SoftTech VC. Additional investors include The Venture Reality Fund (“The VR Fund”), CRCM Ventures,…
Researchers Study Gorilla Arm Fatigue in VR Gaming
A group of researchers is studying arm and muscle fatigue related to the use of hand gestures for mid-air computer interaction such as VR and AR gaming. Study Tries to…
Kernel – The Company that Wants to Hack the Brain
Kernel is a neuroscience startup and its CEO and main sponsor, Bryan Johnson, doesn’t ask if we should have chips inside out brains, but when will we. Johnson founded Kernel…
MindMaze Combines Virtual Reality with Healthcare
MindMaze is a BioTechnology company that brings together a complex mix of roboticists, physicists, neuroscientists, and computer scientists committed to improving the life quality of brain injury survivors. The MindMaze…
Indiana University Uses VR to Study Head Impacts
EYE-SYNC, created by SyncThink, is a VR headset that features a head-mounted eye tracking device for quick, reliable viewing, analyzing, and recording of eye movement impairment through the use of…
How is VR Helping People with Phobias?
Virtual Reality is becoming a very useful tool in the treatment of phobias. As we know, phobias are overreactions to particular objects or situations that do not pose such a…
New NVIDIA Tool Measures Quality of VR Experience
The setup for your Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset can make you either puke or enjoy whatever content or video game you play, but is it possible knowing if…
Phantom Movements in VR Ease Phantom Limb Pain
Swedish researchers reported that a group of amputees had lasting and clinically meaningful reductions in phantom limb pain thanks to the exercise of their phantom limbs using video gaming and…