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St-Mary’s Hospital in Montreal is using virtual reality in an attempt to help patients relax, escape and even heal. It’s the first program of its kind in the province, blending music, medicine and technology. As Felicia Parrillo explains, the experience is already leaving a powerful impression.

The Vancouver Police Department is showing off some cutting-edge technology it’s now using to help train its officers. It involves Virtual Reality that can simulate life and death situations – but at no risk. Kylie Stanton gives us a look.

Fascinating discoveries from the world of science this week reveal that we could use bioluminescent plants to light our homes, fog can scrub pollution from the air, and the brain can interact with virtual-reality limbs, according to a new study. Donna Francis, programmer and researcher with the Ontario Science Centre, joins Miranda Anthistle to breakdown...

Some Edmonton seniors are experiencing virtual reality and the world of opportunities that it opens up to them. As Nicole Stillger explains, the technology allows them to explore, learn and connect.

A group of students from Red Deer Polytechnic worked throughout the summer to create a virtual reality (VR) training game for Team Canada in the Paralympics.

The immersive virtual reality experience lets you explore the International Space Station like an astronaut. Liem Vu takes viewers inside ‘Space Explorers: THE INFINITE’ to see how the cutting-edge exhibit brings to life real footage from space and transforms it into an immersive experience.

Some seniors in Peterborough explored Thailand and went diving in the Great Barrier Reef on Tuesday – all from inside their long-term care home. As Madeleine McColl explains, it’s part of a virtual reality program at Extendicare Peterborough that helps promote wellbeing and connection.

With back-to-school around the corner, The Black Community Resource Centre in Côte-des-Neiges is launching a virtual reality program targeting Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour youth in Montreal. Centre coordinator Natasha Vassell joins Global News Morning’s host Laura Casella with details about the federally backed project and how youth can participate.

The University of New Brunswick is introducing a virtual reality program for nursing students, backed by $500,000 in provincial funding. Fourteen VR stations will launch this fall in Fredericton and Moncton, simulating clinical environments like medication and simulation suites. Health Minister John Dornan says it’s “the next best thing” to real life, helping students build...

Missing senior’s family clinging on to hope one month later, UNB using virtual reality to give nursing students hands-on experience, and Moncton store gives employees second chance to enter workforce.

Saskatchewan Polytechnic has created and is using a virtual reality mine to help advance mining education and hands-on learning opportunities for its students. Mackenzie Mazankowski reports.

Virtual reality for mice could be helping scientists gather new insights into medical disorders like Alzheimer’s disease. The idea came from the need to keep a mouse’s head fixed when studying the effects of treatments.

Sonia Sunger visits Dogwood Lodge in Vancouver to understand how virtual reality headsets are being used to help long term care residents.

William Joseph Communication CEO Ryan Townend talks about the surge in virtual reality investing in this month’s ADvice, and how VR and the metaverse could impact consumerism.

Virtual reality is changing so many aspects of our lives – allowing people to connect in ways that were unthinkable even just a few years ago. Now, one Canadian educator is hoping VR will break down barriers and prejudice. But can it really have the power to make real and lasting change? For The New...

Canadian surgeons are using virtual reality headsets to help patients undergoing minor surgeries manage their pain and anxiety. The distraction that VR headsets offer can help dull anxiety and pain, experts say. Jamie Mauracher reports.

In what’s being described as the next evolution of the internet, the race is on to develop the Metaverse, a virtual world of the future. Even though it’s is still in its early stages, it’s projected to be worth trillions of dollars — and big tech, and other players, are investing in this digital future....

Alyse and Paul (reluctantly) try out the “Hospital of Horrors”- a virtual reality experience in Halifax that is terrifyingly realistic!

“WheelSwap” is an immersive virtual reality experience that allows users to see the world from a driver or cyclists’ point of view.

Much like the rest of business conducted in the country, Toronto’s civic leaders held their meeting with the aid of webcams. While sorting out how to proceed going forward, the meeting wasn’t without problems. Matthew Bingley reports.