VR headsets as 'hope machines': Devices offer California inmates respite, practical experience

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...

VR headsets are ‘hope machines’ inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...
Science Daily

Machine learning gives users 'superhuman' ability to open and control tools in virtual reality

Researchers have developed a virtual reality application where a range of 3D modelling tools can be opened and controlled using just the movement of a user's hand. Researchers have developed a virtual ...
EdSurge

How VR Can Be an ‘Empathy Machine’ for Education

A VR experience created by students at The New School in New York City is designed to take viewers to an almond farm in California and illustrate the effects of pesticides on bee colonies. At first, ...