For decades, video games have been viewed as a sedentary pursuit, completely at odds with superior physical fitness and well-being. But the idea of leveraging virtual reality and video games to ...
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A new study published in Psychology of Popular Media indicates that exercising in virtual reality alongside prerecorded avatars can foster a genuine sense of social presence, increase feelings of ...
This browser does not support the video element. VR fitness isn't just a gimmick. The headset turns exercise into an interactive game that makes you forget it's a workout. That is, when it doesn't ...
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To teach empathy, a virtual-reality exercise has participants simulate being homeless and riding a bus. Courtesy of Virtual Human Intera Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Stanford University I’m sitting ...