Helping a child in a virtual reality game increased players’ motivation to help others in real life, according to a new study.

Playing a virtual reality game can increase a person's sense of altruism and influence levels of empathy, according to a new study from University of Oregon researchers.

Steam has unveiled its mega list of the most played PC VR games of 2025. And it looks to be another year of ‘old reliables’, as the top 50 only features a single game released that year. Valve ...

Drew Swanson is a Features Article Editor from the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Being a gamer all his life and enjoying everything from ARPGs like Diablo to JRPGs like Pokemon and Persona, ...

Training police officers with a virtual-reality game can significantly improve their ability to regulate stress, even in ...

Advances in virtual reality headset technology may have slowed in recent years, but the audience for them continues to grow, and even develop new branches. An interesting example of this is the ...

Meta CTO and Reality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth detailed why he thinks he might have failed VR gaming fans, and why some people are angry, noting that it’s probably because the “gravy train has come ...

A teenager living with dyspraxia says his movement and spatial awareness is improving thanks to virtual reality (VR). Sixteen-year-old Frankie Farrow, from Crediton, Devon, was diagnosed with the ...