Phantom limb pain is common for people who have lost arms and legs. They experience pain in parts of their body that are no longer connected, and unfortunately this pain can be debilitating. Now, researchers are developing a method using augmented reality to help patients deal with chronic intractable...
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 at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. The project showcases the potential for VR to be used as a...
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Baseball VR, Anyone?

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How do you make America's game better? With VR of course! But this isn't just a typical add on to athletic training. In fact, this could just be the next big thing that changes the game altogether! EON Sports, the worldwide leader in virtual and augmented reality technology for...
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 estimated four percent of people with it are diagnosed before turning 50. Not far behind...
If you've ever wanted to go up against a real fighter without suffering the physical damage that would cause in an actual fight, the Kunlun is literally the game for you. While it may not be as good as Knockout League, it might be a close second best. What is...

VR Swim

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Can you imagine strapping on a HTC Vive virtual reality headset and heading underwater for a weightless virtual reality experience? It will soon be possible thanks to Stephen Greenwood and Allan Evans. The two virtual reality pioneers have developed a custom virtual reality headset that can be used at...
Magic Leap engineers have allegedly developed an augmented reality device to diagnose and treat color blindness as well as other eye maladies. Though not much is known about this technology beyond the information contained in Magic Leap's filed patent, it appears as though the company's masterminds have developed a...
This is a top 5 list that will certainly pick at the hairs on a games' scalp to see if some radical changes have happened. A lot of people realize that an update can either be a bug fix or be something that completely changes how a game is...
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 impairment and whether that impairment would have consequences in the real world. The VR test, under...
It all started with Super Hot and it has risen to fame as one of the must play games of the year. Developers have a tendency to want to replicate and modify current entertainment in order to get more fun out of it. Super Punch takes Super Hot to...
Virtual Reality has opened up a lot of possibilities for us but it has especially opened up an entirely new avenue for Sports and Fitness. No longer does one have to dream about riding a motorcycle up a turnpike when all they have to do is put on a...
Welcome to this evening's intellectual delight, filled with patents and some sneaky information gathering that's public to everyone who is willing to look for it. There's a lot of hype around Nintendo's new toy... I mean console, coming out on the market: Nintendo Switch. It seems like Nintendo is...

AR for the Blind

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If you watched Star Trek in the 1980s and 1990s, you probably remember Geordi La Forge. He was blind but made use of a special visor placed over his eyes to see. A similar visor exists today. It is called “eSight”. This incredible technological innovation makes use of virtual...
When former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch was asked about his secret to keeping his body toned, he would always point to his passion for swimming. Athletes around the world rely on swimming to stay in tip-top shape. However, doing one lap after another in a pool eventually becomes...
Mountain climbing is an activity just about everyone would like to experience once in their life. Unfortunately, its inherent danger scares most people away. Your mountain climbing dreams will soon become a reality. A virtual reality, that is. VR climbing provides fun-seekers and fitness-minded individuals with the opportunity to climb...
The creative geniuses at OptiTrack have developed a new system that has the potential to speed up the arrival of virtual reality arcades and theme parks. OptiTrack, known for its motion tracking technology, has created surprisingly affordable cameras. This development could reduce the cost required to track virtual reality...
Come on, who doesn't love ping pong?If you want a game that's just Ping Pong without any fancy graphics but you want it to be challenging in nearly every aspect of the game, then VR Ping Pong is the game for you. Not only that, but you get to...
A virtual reality guide for spinal surgery is under development by Philips. The Dutch company recently announced it has developed real-time augmented reality (AR) technology to guide spinal surgery, making these risky procedures less invasive. The technology would make spinal surgery less invasive, shortening recovery time and improving overall...
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More than ever before the health industry is incorporating technology into healing and promoting health. Heart surgery is one of the many fields in which virtual reality is being used to improve outcomes. Surgeons at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in central Illinois are using a room-sized model of the...
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Health Game Changer: VR MRIs

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Virtual reality has made it possible to view and manipulate MRIs, CT scans and other medical scans in a virtual environment. This technological achievement will prove invaluable to medical professionals as well as medical students who are learning about the idiosyncrasies of the human body. Virtual reality medical scans...