Can virtual reality teach the 'feel' of medicine? New Israeli study says not yet

Ancient dissections of Galen reveal a gap in modern medical training: tacit, hands-on skills still can’t be fully taught by ...

zSpace Expands Immersive Learning with New Studio Capabilities and ScholarLab Biology Simulations Ahead of ISTELive 2026

SAN JOSE, Calif., and ORLANDO, Fla., June 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- zSpace, Inc. (OTC: ZSPC), a leading provider of augmented and virtual ...
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A 3-D interactive microbiology laboratory via virtual reality for enhancing practical skills

Virtual Reality (VR) laboratories are a new pedagogical approach to support psychomotor skills development in undergraduate programmes to achieve practical competency. VR laboratories are successfully ...

2,000-year-old experiment tests virtual reality’s surgical training ability

A scalpel can follow instructions, but a hand still has to decide what “superficially” means. That is the stubborn problem at ...

Virtual reality pilot project gives Alberta nursing students hands-on experience

A virtual reality pilot project at the University of Alberta Faculty of Nursing is giving students hands-on experience to deal with real-life nursing scenarios.
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Exploring virtual reality object perception following sensory-motor interactions with different visuo-haptic collider properties

Interacting with the environment often requires the integration of visual and haptic information. Notably, perceiving external objects depends on how our brain binds sensory inputs into a unitary ...