Ali Siadatan: What many in the West fail to understand about the Iranian protests

Western observers often misinterpret Iran’s uprising as primarily about women’s rights or economic hardship. These issues ...
Polygon

Alien: Isolation's Xenomorph doesn’t need to resort to try-hard jumpscares

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Knowledge Gain and the Impact of Stress in a Fully Immersive Virtual Reality–Based Medical Emergencies Training With Automated Feedback: Randomized Controlled Trial

In response, highly immersive virtual-reality (VR)-based learning environments have been developed to train clinical competencies. However, robust evidence on how VR-based methods affect both short- ...
IEEE

Generative AI Meets Virtual Reality: A Comprehensive Survey on Applications, Challenges, and Future Direction

Abstract: The integration of generative artificial intelligence (AI) with virtual reality (VR) is reshaping how immersive environments are designed, personalized, and experienced. Unlike traditional ...
IEEE

Virtual Reality and User Experience: Current Trends and Future Challenges

Abstract: Virtual reality is an emerging and versatile technology that is gaining increasing interest from the scientific community, particularly regarding user experience. A review of the literature ...
GitHub

Support audio isolation for virtual displays #6561

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The Providence Journal

Rhode Island’s aging reality and the power of connection: Commentary

Before returning to Rhode Island in 2018 to lead United Way, I had the privilege of serving as president and CEO of The Senior Source in Dallas. It was – and remains – one of the largest social ...
Key West Citizen

Virtual reality opens doors for older people to build closer connections in real life

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold adventures.
Sixth Tone

Virtual Reality Is Taking Off in China — as Immersive Shows

This article is part of Sixth Tone Voices & Opinion’s end-of-year series reviewing how China’s AI, film, game, and VR industries evolved in 2025. Virtual reality has proven less popular than American ...
Journal of Medical Internet Research

Using Virtual Reality to Enhance Surgical Skills and Engagement in Orthopedic Education: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Background: Currently, virtual reality (VR) simulators are of increasing interest for surgical training, but there is no systematic review exploring the advantages and disadvantages of VR in ...
Medical Xpress

Researchers use virtual reality to reduce anxiety about death

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can sharply reduce people's anxiety about death. In a small pilot study of about 60 ...