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What Is Immersive Biofeedback?
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (587+ words) Posted July 12, 2026 | Reviewed by Tyler Woods That is the problem I want to address, along with a new category of tools that may be part of the solution. The approach I want to explore sits at the intersection of two…...
Virtual Reality Puts Protesters Face-to-Face With Force
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (724+ words) Posted May 26, 2026 | Reviewed by Gary Drevitch A protest march is not just a crowd moving through a street. It has a rhythm, a purpose, a sense of “we,” just like a fragile social organism. People chant, walk, look around, and…...
The Science of Seeing Differently Through Virtual Reality
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (641+ words) Posted April 15, 2026 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan You look down, and something feels wrong. The hands in front of you are not the ones you are used to, and when you catch your reflection, it is a different face that meets…...
Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (680+ words) Can immersive tech transform learning? The ImmersED project blends STEM and social-emotional learning, offering students vivid, equitable environments where all can thrive. Social-Emotional Learning and STEM in Immersive Spaces Immersive technology brings STEM and social-emotional learning together. Posted April 2, 2026 | Reviewed…...
Video Games Can Help Kids Learn to Read
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (236+ words) Updated April 10, 2026 | Reviewed by Abigail Fagan Learning to read fluently requires hundreds of hours of practice. Some children happily sit and read for hours, but others (especially those with ADHD or dyslexia) cannot. Parents and teachers often wonder how to…...
Chronic Pain Treatment
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (381+ words) Posted August 15, 2025 | Reviewed by Davia Sills Pain is our body’s way of letting us know that something is wrong. For many people living with chronic illness, pain alerts us that our disease is flaring and that we need medical treatment....
Building a Therapeutic Revolution: Veterans Lead the Way
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (373+ words) Posted March 17, 2026 | Reviewed by Margaret Foley Much of contemporary discussion in mental health innovation centers on treatments—mechanisms of action, clinical endpoints, and regulatory milestones. Yet effective care depends not only on interventions, but on the relational and institutional structures…...
How the Metaverse May Transform Everyday Life
8+ mon, 8+ hour ago (793+ words) A recent multidisciplinary study by a large group of researchers from different fields examines this question. They look at the metaverse from many angles: technology, psychology, education, health,... How the Metaverse May Transform Everyday Life Discover why scientists think virtual…...
Reality Splits: Seeing Different Worlds in Mixed Reality
4+ mon, 8+ hour ago (771+ words) Posted March 13, 2026 | Reviewed by Davia Sills You are sitting across from a colleague at a table. Though you’re both wearing virtual reality headsets, you can see the room around you—it's just that on the table in front of you…...
Serving Strangers in a Virtual Restaurant
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (600+ words) Posted February 12, 2026 | Reviewed by Jessica Schrader Virtual reality has been sold as an “empathy machine” for more than a decade: Slip on a headset, inhabit someone else’s body, and (or so the promise goes) your biases will melt away. Reality,…...