News tagged with virtual experiments

Real science in virtual school labs

Up-to-date marine data enables students to carry out scientifically valid virtual experiments. The method yields insights on how scientific knowledge is created and developed, according to research from the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Innovative virtual reality exposure therapy shows promise for returning troops

An article published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress is one of the first to provide evidence of the effectiveness of exposure therapy with active duty military service members suffering from posttraumatic ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virtual combat game helps treat stress disorder

US doctors are treating soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by plunging them back into combat, using a virtual reality game that simulates battle scenes from Iraq and Afghanistan.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fujitsu develops wide-area traffic simulator featuring virtual driving experience

Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced the development of a wide-area traffic simulation system that reproduces in real-time the behavior of tens of thousands of vehicles located across a wide area of ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The city, 2.0. (w/ Video)

Augmented reality tours of real monuments, instant visualisation of virtual objects on living cityscapes and user-generated, digital story telling around famous landmarks are just some of the new applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Virtual reality you can reach out and touch

A team of European researchers has "virtually" teleported real objects through cyberspace, touched things in virtual reality and even felt the movements of a virtual dance partner.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 01, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Tactile Gaming Vests: The Fourth Dimension In Gaming Reaches New Level Of Pain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Have you ever been downed by a shot to your gut from a USP Match in Half-Life 2? Not yet? Well, if you crave realism in your gaming experiences, you'll want to know about the development ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

When virtual reality feels real (w/Video)

Despite advances in computer graphics, few people would think virtual characters or objects are real. Yet placed in a virtual reality environment most people will interact with them as if they are really there. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 11, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Multi-teraflop computer system targets large-scale discovery projects

Penn State's Institute for CyberScience will target large-scale modeling, simulation and data analysis with a terascale advanced computing system, funded by the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0