The International Space Station hovered before me against a black, starry sky. Looking down, I couldn’t see my feet at all, just the curved, blue shape of the Earth. I was only a few minutes into my ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON — My spacecraft flew through the shadow of the moon and into orbital sunrise, and ...

Quesnel wants to better understand the Overview Effect phenomenon, and whether or not it’s possible to use immersive VR to induce it. Anecdotally, I think that it’s certainly possible as I reported my ...

The bystander effect is well-known in behavioural psychology and suggests that the more people who witnessing a violent emergency the less likely it is that someone will intervene. It was first ...

Virtual reality (VR) has been around since at least the 1950s, with Morton Heilig's invention of the Sensorama. This mechanical device presented multisensory information to users, enaging the visual, ...

Next time a nurse sticks a needle into your arm, don’t look away: it’ll be less painful. A new study shows that we feel less pain when we are looking at our body – and that this effect works with ...

Virtual reality (VR) has been around since at least the 1950s, with Morton Heilig's invention of the Sensorama. This mechanical device presented multisensory information to users, enaging the visual, ...