Four Ways Virtual Reality can Improve Brain Function We all know that brain function has a major impact on our quality of life and ability to relate to others. How well our brain functions depends on the types of activities … Continue reading Brain Training
Automated virtual reality therapy helps people overcome phobia of heights A fear of heights could be overcome with the help of a virtual therapist, new research suggests, with experts saying the findings boost hopes virtual reality could play a key … Continue reading Fear of heights
Are We Already Living in Virtual Reality? Thomas Metzinger had his first out-of-body experience when he was nineteen. He was on a ten-week meditation retreat in the Westerwald, a mountainous area near his home, in Frankfurt. After a long day … Continue reading Virtual embodiment
Combination of Virtual Reality and Eye Tracking: Explore the Mind of Consumers Eye tracking, the sensor technology that enables a device to measure exactly where and when people’s eyes are focused, is known to provide a better understanding of consumers’ … Continue reading Tracking shoppers’ attention
We need to look more carefully into the long-term effects of VR When you think about it, virtual reality is such a step change in immersion, mediums like TV and video games seem abstract by comparison. What we’re not asking … Continue reading How VR rewired the brain
How Virtual Reality is Changing Minds Virtual reality has the potential to be a game-changer when it comes to empathetic storytelling by challenging stigma and shifting the conversation about abortion access in America, according to the Planned Parenthood Federation of … Continue reading Sharing views
Mind-Controlled VR Game Really Works It may be a while yet before you can harness telekinetic powers in real life, but a brain-controlled virtual-reality game is aiming to let you use your mind to pick up and throw items with … Continue reading Playing brains
Think virtual reality is just for games? These awesome VR apps will change your mind If there’s anything we’ve learned from Hollywood movies, it’s that there’s only a matter of time before the machines inevitably become sentient, take control of … Continue reading Food for mind
Beware emotional robots: Giving feelings to artificial In the recent movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the face of the character Grand Moff Tarkin was constructed digitally, as the actor who had originally played him had died. Some who … Continue reading The avatar’s mind
How VR Productivity Apps Could Make Us As Smart As Sherlock In the first of a new regular series of reports, Noah looks at how virtual reality could use fictional ideas like Sherlock Holmes’ ‘mind palace’ as inspiration for new … Continue reading The cult of productivity apps
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 