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Can Virtual Reality Help You Sleep Better at Night?

ARPost

The rise of virtual reality has led to a wide array of surprisingly useful technologies that extend beyond the world of gaming. Can Virtual Reality Improve Sleep? Many studies have shown that one of the culprits for your lack of sleep is your smartphone. Compared to the control group, they had better sleep quality.

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Can Virtual Reality Help With Depression?

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Since the late ’90s, mental health professionals have been using virtual reality to treat post-traumatic stress disorders. The Rise of Virtual Reality Treatments. However, virtual reality programs aren’t designed as standalone treatments. Exploring New Treatments in Virtual Reality.

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Study Shows How VR Could Help Diagnose ADHD

VRScout

All of the neuropsychologists who answered a feedback survey after the first pilot said they had benefit from using virtual reality methods as a complementary tool in their work.” “Our partners in Geneva are studying aging-related diseases,” added Project lead Juha Salmitaival.

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How Virtual Reality Is Revolutionizing Police Training

ARPost

Unfortunately, police officers in the US only receive less than six months of police training—which is where virtual reality comes in. In this article, we’ll explore virtual reality’s role in police training, its benefits, and some real-life applications.

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VR is 44% more addictive than flat gaming (according to a study)

The Ghost Howls

When I talk about virtual reality or the metaverse, there are always people that ask me about its intrinsic risks of escapism and addiction: “Is it possible that people will prefer to live in a virtual world instead of the real one?” Can you please detail this study and the results you got?

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Study Says Flirting In VR May Help Prevent Cheating

VRScout

According to the research team, the concept of inoculation refers to the idea that exposure to a weakened threat can increase one’s self-control. Participants then had a conversation with a virtual bartender, who was the same gender as their respective partners. Chen, Kobi Zholtack, and Jonathan Giron.

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Virtual Reality should acknowledge its “kids issue”

The Ghost Howls

We just had our Christmas holidays, and it is common knowledge that Virtual Reality, and especially Quest 2, had its greatest day on Christmas. When I started using virtual reality in 2014, the age limit for using the Oculus Rift DK 2 was 7 years, but then it was incremented to 13 years old.