Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Seniors are proving that age is just a number as they dive into the world of virtual reality (VR). This cutting-edge technology is revolutionizing ...

On a summer afternoon when most New Yorkers were chaining themselves to the nearest air conditioner, the residents of the New Jewish Home on West 106th Street were enjoying a very active day. There ...

Virtual reality (VR) technology has a remarkable positive impact on seniors' well-being, according to a ground-breaking study by Stanford University and Mynd Immersive. Retired Army Colonel Farrell ...

LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Like many retirement communities, The Terraces serves as a tranquil refuge for a nucleus of older people who no longer can travel to faraway places or engage in bold ...

Gamers Gift is a student-run nonprofit that believes in the power of virtual reality. It’s been around for about a year-and-a-half, and in that time, it’s raised over $50,000 and developed ongoing ...

On Wednesday mornings, residents at Citrus Place, a retirement community in Riverside, California, gather for a weekly institution: 30 minutes in virtual reality. The activity is voluntary, and ...

Virtual and augmented reality are gaining wider acceptance in healthcare. While there are still challenges and deployment hurdles, more and more organizations are using AR and VR as the technologies ...

BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Helga Ritter visited her childhood home in Germany and took a relaxing gondola ride down the Bangkok Canal in Thailand – on the same day. For Ritter, 85, both experiences were made ...

From skydiving to gardening, VR experiences offered to residents of US retirement homes are having positive effects on their quality of life In a retirement home in Dallas, Texas, Theresa Steward is ...

Take a quick tour of Rome’s Colosseum. Fly to Greece. Climb Mount Everest — heck, even all Seven Summits of the World. Soon, Naperville seniors will be able to do that and more, all without stepping ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Several nursing facilities in New York and New Jersey are embracing VR technology like Mynd Immersive as an initiative to improve ...