Punching a virtual response box or swinging a virtual lightsaber can dramatically improve learning on certain tasks, according to new research from Florida Atlantic University's College of Engineering ...

New research from Florida Atlantic University and Brown University shows that larger physical movements can significantly ...

Virtual Reality (VR) has been used in video games and movies for years, but now it’s poised to make significant headway into another industry: education. What can it do? How can it help us learn?

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 ...

In the first study to consider brain activity during visuospatial problem-solving across immersive virtual reality (VR), 2-D computer screens and physical environments, researchers from Drexel’s ...

Although we might still be a long way from dialing into the Matrix, virtual reality has evolved significantly since Heilig’s Sensorama in the 1960s, and it isn’t being used strictly for entertainment ...

The medical education landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Where medical students once relied exclusively on textbooks, cadaver dissection, and observation-based learning, today's ...

Picture this: You’re on top of an 80-story building and must wear a harness to protect yourself if you fall. But there are different kinds of harnesses lying around. You pick what you think is the ...

At Michigan State University, scholars in two research labs are breaking new ground in how we teach, learn and collaborate. While each lab has its own distinct focus, they share a commitment to ...

As part of the Transformative Education 2.0 Purdue Move, and with generous financial support from the Lilly Endowment, the Office of the Provost invites applications for an Innovation Hub funding ...