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Mel Slater leads the first European metaverse research network
31st May, 2023
Universitat de Barcelona
AR/VR metaverse to improve mental health: World Economic Forum emerging technologies report
26th June, 2023
Frontiers Science News
GuestXR: Machine learning agent for improving conflict management in virtual environments
17th May, 2022
Eureka Alert
Rosa Martínez
One Man’s Quest to Build the Perfect Near-Death Simulation
31st October, 2022
Innovation
Elenor Cummins
Virtual and augmented reality:warnings about the ethical dangers
27th April, 2020
Eureka Alert
Rosa Martínez
Shattering the self
August, 2019
Ella Rhodes on the contradictory nature of the self. The Psychologist
Scottish scientists in brain breakthrough in re-run of famous study
5th January, 2019
The National
by Kirsteen Paterson
A Study Showed Better Results on Cognitive Tasks for People Who Embody Albert Einstein in VR
13th July, 2018
Advocator
by Brad Bennett
Borrowing Einstein’s body, fluid mechanics of dripping taps, birds and spiders devour insect energy
13th July, 2018
Everday Science
by Hamish Johnston
Study: People who embody Albert Einstein in VR perform better on cognitive tasks
11th July, 2018
Big Think
by Stephen Johnson
Borrowing Einstein’s Body Can Actually Change The Way You Think, Study Shows
11th July, 2018
Science Alert
by Peter Dockrill
People who see themselves as Albert Einstein suddenly think they are smarter: Being in the body of someone highly intelligent changes how people view their own intellect, find scientists
9th July, 2018
Mail Online
by Alexandra Thompson
BBC Click, Hay Festival
26th May, 2018
Mel Slater was interviewed live on stage by Spencer Kelly about the virtual reality rendition of a scene following the 1917 Russian Revolution.
Realidade virtual coloca agressores no lugar das vítimas. E eles reconhecem o medo
4th March, 2018
DN Portugal
by Joana Capucho
Virtual reality is used to treat domestic violence offenders by placing them in their victim’s shoes
26th February, 2018
Mirror
by Shivali Best
La realidad virtual pone al maltratador en la piel de su víctima
22nd February, 2018
El País
by Jessica Mouzo Quintáns
Rehabilitan maltratadores con realidad virtual que les hace sentirse víctimas
22nd February, 2018
La Vanguardia
La realidad virtual mejora la empatía de hombres maltratadores hacia las mujeres que agreden
22nd February, 2018
El Periódico
by Àngels Gallardo
Un programa rehabilita con realidad virtual a condenados por violencia machista
22nd February, 2018
RTVE
by RTVE.es / EFE
Could virtual reality treat anxiety?
9th November, 2017
BBC News
By Jean Mackenzie, Victoria Derbyshire programme
‘After, I feel ecstatic and emotional’: could virtual reality replace therapy?
7th October 2017
The Guardian
By Simon Hattenstone
News Feature: Virtual reality therapy set for a real renaissance
26th September, 2017
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA (PNAS)
By M. Mitchell Waldrop
A Virtual Trick to Remove Racial Bias:
A team of researches changed people’s races in a full-body virtual reality immersion experimentChronic Pain
14th June, 2017
Scientific American
By Stephen L. Macknik
Looking at a virtual hand reduces the pain in your real hand
7th February, 2017
New Scientist
By Anil Ananthaswamy
Virtual out-of-body experience reduces your fear of death
23rd January, 2017
New Scientist
By Jessica Hamzelou
