VR and Chemotherapy for Cancer Patients
Start VR has collaborated with Samsung Australia and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse to develop a ground-breaking initiative to supply Samsung virtual reality (VR) technology to help alleviate stress for diagnosed oncology patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment...
Virtual Partners Get You More Motivated to Get Fitter, Faster!
It’s long been known that pairing up or joining a group can help you achieve your fitness goals. Unfortunately, not everyone has the time, money, or ability to workout with others. Now there’s good...
VR Game Play Can Make You Fitter
The ongoing debate on the effect of video game play has often had negative connotations – players acting violently, lacking of personal interaction, and reducing their physical activity – but now there is evidence...
Virtual Reality Provides Early Diagnosis Tool for Parkinson’s and MS
With more than 10 million people worldwide living with Parkinson's disease, it's obvious that the disease is a growing concern for the entire world. In fact, incidence of Parkinson's increases with age, but an...
Virtual Reality Could Heal Major Brain Disorders
Researchers recently discovered the brain displays a different pattern of activity when engaged in a virtual reality experience. Some believe this could play a role in treating Alzheimer’s disease and other memory issues in...
VR Curing Vertigo?
Wait a second. You've heard the old story that virtual reality brings on a bad case of vertigo for most users, right? Of course you have. It's about as common to hear now as...
Mind Over Matter in VR Could Mean More Fitness Gains
You know how when you're playing a really immersive video game like Call of Duty, you get really into it? Some people call that the gamer zone. Science has found that when you're in...
Could a VR Workout Actually Do What your Gym Routine Promises?
Whether you are lifting for strength or lifting for size, the rate of muscle growth might actually stay the same. Many try to disprove this by pointing out the visual differences between powerlifters and...
Get Smarter with Virtual Reality
What's the latest weapon to being the smartest kid in the classroom? New research shows that academic tests that utilize virtual reality might predict better than pencil-and-paper tests whether a person has a cognitive...
A Fitter You With VR Gaming!
Do you think you look like your VR gaming self? Recently, researchers at the University of California, Davis, discovered a link between the appearance of a game player’s avatar and his or her physical...
