Journalism’s New Reality
Immersive journalism uses virtual reality to insert viewers directly into the story—potentially revolutionizing how reporters and activists do their work.
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How Virtual Reality Is Revolutionizing the Role of Activists
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
Anxiety Games: For When a Little Distraction Is Good—or Even Necessary
There’s a lot of comfort to be found in virtual worlds.
YouTube Videos That Make You Tingle
The autonomous sensory meridian response videos are garnering a massive audience, but an explanation for their intense effects has eluded scientific inquiry.
Anxious? Consider Invisibility
Researchers in Sweden create the illusion of being see-through, which might reduce social anxiety.
What Will We Do With Virtual Reality?
It’s not just for gaming. Cheap and accessible virtual reality will soon change how we look at just about everything, and this group of novelists, artists, and designers are leading the way.
Zombie-Infested Virtual World Reveals Our Ethical Blind Spots
Players of an online survival game expressed guilt for killing, but less so for non-lethal actions that would result in a character’s death.
Science Still Doesn’t Understand Video Games
But even with odd experiments and disparate conclusions, researchers are edging closer to a more nuanced idea of how they change our behavior.
I’d Never Admit That to My Doctor. But to a Computer? Sure
New research finds patients are more likely to respond honestly to personal questions when talking to a virtual human.
Racist? Virtual Reality Could Fix That
New research finds a virtual-reality experiment in which you experience yourself as a person of color reduces deep-seated prejudice.