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The Future of Virtual Reality: An Experiment in Immersive Tech
A plain-language thought exercise on how virtual reality works, where it is used today, and which questions about immersive technology remain open.
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Virtual and Augmented Reality
How immersive technology is used for wellbeing and learning.
Can Virtual Reality Help Reduce Pain and Discomfort?
An explainer on the distraction idea behind virtual reality pain research, why attention matters, where the evidence is limited, and why it is not a treatment.
Can Virtual Reality Help Reduce Stress and Anxiety?
A look at calming virtual environments and relaxation in VR for everyday stress, what researchers are exploring, and what remains uncertain. Not a treatment.
Can Virtual Reality Help Treat Mental Health Disorders?
An explainer on virtual exposure therapy: how guided virtual scenes are used by clinicians, why professional supervision matters, and where evidence gaps remain.
How Virtual Reality Headsets Track Your Head and Hands
Learn how headset tracking works: motion sensors, cameras, controllers and hand tracking combine to place you inside a virtual scene, and where errors creep in.
Mixed Reality Explained: Blending Digital Objects with the Room
What mixed reality is, how it differs from virtual and augmented reality, how digital objects can be anchored to your room, and where the terms overlap.
Unlocking the Potential of Augmented Reality in Education
How augmented reality classrooms overlay digital content on the real world for teaching, with practical constraints around devices, time, cost and evidence.
Unlocking the Potential of Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education
Compares full VR and AR for lessons, from virtual field trips to simulations, and weighs the costs, access issues and evidence schools should consider.
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