Can virtual reality and brain stimulation treat PTSD?

Combining two treatments could be a promising option for people, especially military veterans, with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
March 7, 2024 ~8 min

Can an app ease your fear of the dentist?

A smartphone app and virtual reality may offer a way to help you overcome your fear of the dentist, all from the comfort of your own home.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
Feb. 28, 2024 ~8 min


Brain stimulation could help doctors learn to use surgery robots

Stimulating people's brains with gentle electric currents can boost learning for doctors working with surgery robots, researchers say.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 2, 2024 ~6 min

VR can help people with autism navigate the real world

Virtual reality can help people with autism navigate real-world experiences such as public transportation.

Brian Consiglio-U. Missouri • futurity
Dec. 11, 2023 ~6 min

Backpack mimics feeling of jumping extra high in VR

A new technology called JumpMod can give people the sense of jumping higher, landing harder, and being pulled down while in VR.

U. Chicago • futurity
Oct. 9, 2023 ~8 min

‘Cybersickness’ from VR headsets hits women more often

When using virtual reality headsets, women are more likely than men to suffer cybersickness, researchers have found.

Rachel Cramer-Iowa State • futurity
May 3, 2023 ~6 min

VR relaxes patients during wide-awake surgery

Patients feel better during wide-awake surgery when they're immersed in virtual reality, according to a new study.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan State • futurity
March 6, 2023 ~8 min

Virtual green space boosts pregnant women’s well-being

Exposure to green space in virtual reality has health benefits for pregnant urban women, including lower blood pressure.

Brianna Aldrich-UC Irvine • futurity
Nov. 18, 2022 ~5 min


Meeting ‘future selves’ in VR aids substance use disorder recovery

VR experiences that involve meeting avatars based on their future selves could help people recovering from substance use disorder.

Sodam Kim - Indiana U. • futurity
Nov. 1, 2022 ~5 min

Mixed reality headset helps measure forests

To measure vegetation in the wild, researchers set up a Microsoft HoloLens as a mixed-reality sensor to feed their application called VegSense.

Mike Williams-Rice • futurity
Aug. 2, 2022 ~5 min

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