IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Watching immersive 360 videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve intense burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain, a small study has found. Scientists from Imperial College London have found that using virtual reality headsets could combat increased sensitivity to pain, by immersing people in scenes of icebergs, frigid oceans and sprawling icescapes. In a...
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Personalised VR technology could improve and maintain positive mental health and well-being
by University of Sheffield Personalised virtual reality (VR) technology that enables new forms of self-reflection could improve and maintain positive mental health. So a collaborative team of researchers, led by experts from the University of Sheffield, are pioneering a highly personalized, therapeutic VR tool which people with common mental health problems can use to create...
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Augmented reality glasses may help people with low vision better navigate their environment
Glasses enhance mobility and function in patients who have difficulty with peripheral vision or seeing in low light UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – HEALTH SCIENCES LOS ANGELES – Nearly one in 30 Americans over the age of 40 experience low vision — significant visual impairment that can’t be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, medication or surgery. In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an...
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Virtual reality experiences may help treat severe pain
by Public Library of Science Therapeutic virtual reality can be used to reduce severe pain in hospitalized patients, according to a study published August 14, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Brennan Spiegel of Cedars-Sinai Health System, USA, and colleagues. Therapeutic virtual reality (VR) is emerging as an effective, non-pharmacological treatment modality for...
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Virtual reality takes a leap into taste
by Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown A fly hasn’t eaten for an entire day, and it’s starving. It finds a pile of edible gelatinous goo and begins eating, when a green light appears, and the food, which was far from delicious a moment ago, becomes irresistibly sweet. The fly, excited by the sudden improvement, eats...
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More Immersive VR isn‘t necessarily more Effective, Study Finds
Contrary to the common sense view that more immersive virtual reality (VR) environments provide better outcomes, a new study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking has found that more basic designs could actually be preferable, at least under some conditions. In the study, 129 students from a western university were split into three groups where their interactions with a virtual agent in...
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Can virtual reality boost positive feelings in patients with depression?
By MEGAN THIELKING @meggophone APRIL 22, 2019 Michelle Craske is asking patients to dive into coral reefs, ride on bullet trains rushing past pine trees, and cheer on soccer teams from the stands — at least virtually — in a bid to tackle a symptom long sidelined in depression treatment. The University of California, Los Angeles, psychiatry...
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Researchers build ‘mirror therapy’ VR game to improve NHS patient experience
by Birmingham City University Dr. Andrew Wilson and colleagues from Birmingham City University built the CRPS app in collaboration with clinical staff at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust for a new way to tackle complex regional pain syndrome and to aid people living with musculoskeletal conditions. Using a head mounted display and controllers, the team...
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Virtual reality offers benefits for Parkinson’s disease patients
Researchers are reporting early success with a new tool to help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their balance and potentially decrease falls with high-tech help: virtual reality. After practicing with a virtual reality system for six weeks, people with Parkinson’s disease demonstrated improved obstacle negotiation and balance along with more confidence navigating around obstacles in...
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Virtual reality could be used to recalibrate the perception of time
Posted Today Virtual Reality (VR) has a million different uses. For some it is a perfect gaming media and for others – simulation tool or even a system helping perfecting car assembly process. Now scientists from the University of Waterloo say that VR could help treating people with neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. Time perception is very...