VR inspires guide to city design through eyes of a child

Inspired by a virtual reality tool that allows users to experience cities from the height of a three-year-old, a new set of ...
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Virtual reality improves children’s visual function, eye position after strabismus surgery

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The orthophoria rate at 6 months was significantly higher in the training group vs. the control group. The eye ...
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Virtual Reality Therapy Gives Neurodivergent People a Practice Run

Using virtual reality, a neurodivergent person can practice such tasks without risk and before applying the experience to the ...
Chicago Tribune

Virtual reality headsets ease treatments for young patients at Advocate Children’s Hospitals

As one of 27 certified child specialists employed by Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn and its sister hospital in Park Ridge, Annie Myren employs a variety of creative strategies to help ...

Can Wearing Virtual Reality Goggles and Smart Glasses Actually Damage Your Eyes?

Even if VR gear and smart glasses don’t damage your eyes, they can still cause uncomfortable eyestrain. According to Garg, when you’re using VR or staring at any digital screen, your eyes are not ...
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Study shows how virtual reality could train children to achieve adult pedestrian functioning

David Schwebel, Ph.D., associate vice president for Research Facilities and Infrastructure at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, developed an immersive virtual reality kiosk simulator and a ...
Medscape

Virtual Reality Play Kit May Ease MRI Anxieties for Children

Children about to undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan might understandably feel apprehensive, but a study suggested that their fears could be eased by giving them a 'play kit' that uses a ...
News Medical

Virtual reality can help calm caregivers of surgery-bound children

Virtual reality (VR) may be an effective and reliable tool to alleviate the anxiety experienced by most parents or caregivers when their child undergoes surgery, according to research presented at the ...
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Children's Hospital using virtual reality to make procedures easier for patients

AURORA, Colo. — Over the past few years, Children's Hospital has been increasing its use of virtual reality (VR) during patient procedures. The hospital's Gaming Technology Department oversees the ...
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MSU Developmental Speech Lab uses virtual reality to research stuttering

Grace Thomas, an undergraduate research assistant, dons the virtual reality headset during a demonstration of the lab's research methods in the Communication Arts and Sciences building on Michigan ...
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Meta To Allow Children To Chat In Virtual Reality

After lowering age restrictions for Quest headset users last year, Meta has announced it will now begin allowing children ages 10 to 12 to connect with others in virtual reality (VR) calls on its ...