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Scots hospice trials virtual reality equipment to help reduce patients' anxiety

Strathcarron Hospice is trialling Virtual Reality equipment with its patients. VR related equipment is being used extensively in hospice and palliative care. With its mix of reducing anxiety and pain, it can also help many other points of care. VR

Daily Record

'We Met In Virtual Reality': HBO documentary offers a flawed vision of the metaverse

HBO's groundbreaking documentary on life in virtual reality is a great introduction to newcomers but ignores the active issues facing VR platforms.

Inverse

Conjoined twins separated thanks to UK surgeon and virtual reality

The separation of three-year-olds Bernardo and Arthur Lima involved more than 27 hours of surgery and almost 100 medical staff

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Meta Can't Buy V.R. Fitness Company, Must Make Its Own Competing App, Says FTC

Plus: A rebranded "Build Back Better," the two-party system creates "a disconnect between elites and non-elites," and more...

Reason

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app

Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural

The Independent UK

Things to do in London this weekend (July 29-31)

Mezcal, music and mind-boggling virtual reality — it’s all happening in the capital

Evening Standard

Lanarkshire software specialist teams up with booming virtual reality gaming firm

Eureka Solutions, which is based in Peel Park, employs 72 people in the field of business accountancy software.

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Jason Silva And The Awe-Inspiring World Of Cyberdelia: NatGeo's Star Loves Mind Games, And You Will Too

By Marian Venini and Javier Hasse.

Benzinga

Will everyone be welcome in the metaverse?

Meta must prove it’s built the right protections for users if the metaverse is to be an inclusive space

Evening Standard

Virtual reality technology to showcase best of Derry history at the upcoming festival

The festival is set to get underway next week

Belfast Live

No fear: the New Zealand virtual reality app helping conquer phobias

Researchers found the app, which gradually exposes people to their worst fears, can greatly reduce phobia symptoms

The Guardian - AU

Virtual reality can support and enhance outdoor environmental education

The use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) for environmental education is controversial. Some are concerned that these technologies might replace or disrupt outdoor experiences that can connect students to nature and develop pro-environmental behaviours.

The Conversation

Here's Why Heartcore Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Leading software development company Heartcore Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ:HTCR) launched "truRes-12K", the world's first 12k-compatible real-time 360° virtual reality camera. HeartCore developed the first-ever 12K VR camera that provides users with higher-quality VR and AR images by combining a camera, chipset, stitching processing technology, and compression technology. HeartCore aims to market and sell its truRes-12K…

Benzinga

Siemens and Nvidia Collaborate to Expand Digital Services

Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with chip designer Nvidia Corp to create an industrial metaverse - an enhanced virtual reality for companies to reduce the costs of running their factories, buildings and speed up new product design. The deal is a cornerstone of Siemens Xcelerator, a new open digital…

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Gamer Chimps: Primates Master Hunting For Hidden Fruit In VR Video Game Study

British and American researchers have found that chimpanzees can master hunting for hidden fruit in a virtual reality video game.

Benzinga

Tencent Targets Metaverse After Overseas Opportunities, EV To Drive Growth

Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) acknowledged setting up a unit focused on exploring the space to tap multiple opportunities in extended reality (XR) technologies in the next 4-5 years, Reuters reports. Gaming chief Steven Ma disclosed that Tencent had set up an XR business line to combine hardware and software, betting on most…

Reason

The Metaverse Is Already Here

How is virtual reality remaking our world?

Belfast Live

Omagh to host first of UK storytelling trails telling history of the town through virtual reality

StoryTrails is inviting Omagh residents and visitors to explore untold stories of the town

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Greenery and bright colours in cities can boost morale – study

Researchers in France used virtual reality to test the impact of tweaks made to urban settings

Zenger

Meditating In The Metaverse: Tripp Expands Its Virtual Escapes

Digital wellness platform nabs $11.2 million in added funds to bolster its offerings.

Benzinga

When Psychedelics And Virtual Reality Meet: Read More On Enosis' Novel Clinical Study

A joint collaboration between Enosis Therapeutics, Swinburne University and the Psychedelic Society of Belgium proved that the use of virtual reality (VR) modalities during treatment with psychedelics improves therapeutic outcomes among study participants.

Zenger

Meta’s Quest VR Headset Adds Interactive Feature

Zuckerberg details the goggles' added capabilities on his Facebook page.

WEKU

Meta rolls out more parental controls for Instagram and virtual reality

Meta is taking steps to give parents and guardians more oversight of their teens' activities on Instagram and Quest — implementing changes it had announced in recent months.

Zenger

Apple VR Headset Expected To Push The Metaverse’s Limits

Top-tier maker of electronics gear reportedly working on virtual reality goggles.

ABC News

Virtual reality is helping residents with COVID isolation in aged care centres across Queensland

Virtual reality is helping residents escape the four walls of their rooms, step back in time to revisit old memories, and tick off bucket list items.

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