American Well has brought back the doctor house visits. Virtual Doctor's
website has been launched so patients no longer have to wait to get an
appointment.
Google has added a new twist to its popular 3D map tool, Google Earth, offering millions of users the chance to visit a virtual ancient Rome.
Once again, Second Life is good for more than just virtual porno theatres!
Story on creating VR to "encapsulate rider in a bubble of technology" as bicyclist trains. Truly VR? Functional computer-assisted sports training? Unboring spinning?
Researchers have created a 'Virtual China' to prepare diplomats or military envoys making their first trip.
A research team at Northwestern have developed a program of animated
"real-life" peers to help teach children with autism how to interact with
real-life children.
An international team has developed a wireless virtual reality environment
that can help promote language learning.
A virtual reality application which teaches kids the essential skill of crossing streets.
"Crossing Streets" is an application in the virtual reality (VR) CAVE at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. The project used virtual reality to teach young children, including those with disabilities, a safe way to cross a street.
Psychologists Janis Cannon-Bowers and Alicia Sanchez are part of the team that created virtual reality field trips -- not just for fun, but to help children learn.
Though solid figures are hard to come by, estimates on the game's monthly revenue often tops $100 million, and the game boasts subscriber rates that eclipse its closest competition by a factor of 10.
During Blizzcon I had a chance to sit down with J. Allen Brack, the game's lead producer, to discuss the upcoming Wrath of the Lich King expansion, where the game goes from here . . . .