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Virtual reality is redefining what is possible in the healthcare industry. Patients are already benefiting from advanced and more precise surgeries, simulations for mental illness treatments and many ...

Augmented reality (AR) adds digital information to the real world. In contrast, virtual reality (VR) creates a completely new digitized environment. Augmented reality is easily accessible and ...

1. Virtual reality simulation training may provide trainee endoscopists (specialists who look inside the stomach and bowel to check for problems) an advantage in completing upper and lower ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Many people associate virtual reality headsets with interactive video games, but a researcher at the University of Missouri is using them for something far more important — helping ...

Lowered costs and a growing population familiar with technology have helped fuel interest in using virtual reality in campus counseling. Use of virtual reality grown in classrooms over the last few ...