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.

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 ...

Anyone who doubts the validity of relationships that take place only through a digital medium has never experienced one. But these days most of us have. It could be through text messages, Instagram ...

A review of experimental research reveals how VR is best used and why it's struggled to become a megahit with consumers. Open heart surgery is a hard thing to practice in the real world, and airplane ...

When I first started teaching online nearly 20 years ago, everything was done through Outlook. No learning management system. No Zoom. No interactive tools. If you wanted to make something visual, you ...

Traditionally, one of the most effective ways to reduce prejudice and discrimination has been through positive intergroup contact: meaningful interactions between people from different social groups.

You log into a virtual world. Your body is digital: it can’t be touched, it doesn’t have a scent. And yet, someone leans in too close. Their avatar stares, their ...