Students and staff members at Ohio University’s College of Heath Sciences in Athens created a virtual reality program that helps train individuals on how to respond to an opioid overdose. The program ...

A small study found that distracting patients by immersing them in a virtual reality program helped reduce perceived pain, even in elderly patients who aren’t acquainted with virtual computer programs ...

In December, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare accredited George Mason University’s Lab for Immersive Technologies and Simulation, an innovative new program designed to bring a new dimension to ...

The Alive Center for Teens in Naperville recently launched a new “Teen-Led, Teen-Driven” program called “Senior Simulators” that aims to bring virtual reality experiences to seniors in assisted living ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —When Jett Yaggie first came to college, she didn’t quite know what to think about virtual reality simulations. “I didn’t think it would help me at all. I wasn’t too sure ...

Arizona State is using virtual reality to jump-start its freshman biology program. The Dreamscape Learn program immerses students into a fictional world where students can take on hands-on learning ...

Army leaders said they are looking at more virtual reality and remote training inspired by civilian programs at universities.

At Madigan Army Medical Center at Fort Lewis, Wash., psychologists plan to begin using virtual reality -- think immersive video games -- to treat post-traumatic stress disorder by recreating the ...