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Immersive virtual reality boosts the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation for chronic pain

For patients receiving spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration with an immersive virtual reality (VR) system – allowing patients to see as well as feel the effects of electrical stimulation on a virtual image of their own body – can enhance the pain-relieving effectiveness of SCS, reports a study in PAIN®, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

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Aged care residents experience a different kind of reality

December 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Aged Care, Apathy, Elderly, Mental Health, Virtual Reality

Cutting-edge technology is normally associated with youth, but a group of aged care residents in Adelaide are learning how useful (and how much fun) virtual reality can be.

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Delivering Sound to People Where They Want It for VR, AR

December 8, 2020 sarah Jonas 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, ACOUSTICS, augmented reality, Physics, Sound, Virtual Reality

What if a commercial audio speaker could function like an autozoom projector does for light, and you could deliver the sound people want where they want it? Chinmay Rajguru, from the University of Sussex, will discuss his research team’s work creating a sound projector that can deliver spatial sound at a distance by forming a beam of audible sound at the 179th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Dec. 7-10.

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Earphone tracks facial expressions, even with a face mask

October 12, 2020 sarah Jonas Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Information Science, Virtual Reality, Wearable Technology

Cornell University researchers have invented an earphone that can continuously track full facial expressions by observing the contour of the cheeks – and can then translate expressions into emojis or silent speech commands.

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Hidden secrets written in stone:

August 17, 2020 sarah Jonas Fieldwork, Fossils, Geology, Glacier, Online game, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Applications, vr

It’s one of the best-known geological heritage sites around the world, filled with fossils and glacial secrets. Now, thanks to virtual reality technology, the ice-age past of Hallett Cove Conservation Park is revealed in a new, gamified VR experience – Beyond the Ice – and is launched this week as part of National Science Week.

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3D hand-sensing wristband signals future of wearable tech

July 20, 2020 sarah Jonas Sign Language, Virtual Reality, Wearable Technology

In a potential breakthrough in wearable sensing technology, researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, have designed a wrist-mounted device that continuously tracks the entire human hand in 3D.

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More than 3,000 neutrino scientists gather online for Neutrino 2020

July 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Conference, Meeting, Neutrino, Virtual Reality

A dash of virtual reality helps replicate the serendipitous interactions of an in-person conference when participants are scattered across the globe.

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Springer named director of UA Little Rock Emerging Analytics Center

June 30, 2020 sarah Jonas Albert Baker, augmented reality, Cybersecurity, Department of Computer Science, Emerging Analytics Center, UA Little Rock, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Virtual Reality

Dr. Jan P. Springer, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, has been named the new director of the George W. Donaghey Emerging Analytics Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.The Emerging Analytics Center (EAC) is a research center that is home to an energetic group of researchers, faculty, and students performing innovative research and development in technology, infrastructure, and applications for virtual and augmented realities, immersive visualization, interactive technologies, as well as cybersecurity and the Internet of Things.

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$2.3 Million Grant Will Support Development of Virtual Operating Room Team Training

June 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Surgery, Virtual Reality

A new $2.3 million grant from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health will support a research effort led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to develop a virtual operating room team training.

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Augmented reality helps teens tackle anxiety, head on

May 25, 2020 sarah Jonas Anxiety, Artificial Intelligence, Asthma, augmented reality, CBT, Children's Health, mental health and children, smartphone app, technology development, Teenagers, Virtual Reality

World first research that will test the ability of augmented reality to improve the delivery of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as a treatment for symptoms of childhood anxiety among kids with asthma.

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Harness artificial intelligence and take control your health

May 21, 2020 sarah Jonas Artifical Intelligence, Chronic Disease, Chronic Disease Prevention, Health, Healthy Lifestyle, Social Media, Technology, Virtual Reality, Wearable Technology

Sedentary behaviours, poor sleep and questionable food choices are major contributors of chronic disease, including diabetes, anxiety, heart disease and many cancers. But what if we could prevent these through the power of smart technologies?

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