Researchers have found that giving AI "peers" in virtual reality (VR) a body that can interact with the virtual environment can help students learn programming. Specifically, the researchers found ...

Imagine walking into a chemistry lab, beakers and chemicals laid out on the table ready for the day’s experiments to begin. Beyond your table are 30 identical tables with the same setup. You pick up a ...

In December, the Society for Simulation in Healthcare accredited George Mason University’s Lab for Immersive Technologies and Simulation, an innovative new program designed to bring a new dimension to ...

As virtual reality technology continues to develop, more colleges and universities are integrating it into the student experience inside and outside of the classroom. A recent survey of chief ...

ALBANY — For generations, learning to be a nurse meant studying textbooks, practicing on mannequins and then facing real people. Now, modern nursing schools have added a new step: virtual reality.

Two years after Arizona State University replaced all of its introductory biology labs with virtual reality labs, the university’s rising tide of STEM majors are getting better overall grades and ...