virtual reality

Daisy Ridley and Jennifer Hudson went to a movie premiere together last week

It may seem counterintuitive that using virtual reality to put veterans into scenes that replicate their trauma can help them overcome PTSD. But that’s exactly what’s happening with VR technology at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies. NBC Los Angeles’ Lolita Lopez went to USC to see how it works firsthand.

We walked into Richard Berman’s physics class at Sheridan Tech High School in Fort Lauderdale and found him with some kind of sci-fi-looking goggles on his head and a controller in his hand. “You’re going to click on this and it’s gonna open up this world,” Berman is telling his students. A world of possibilities called mixed reality, a...

So far, eight high schools in the Broward County Public School district have the Magic Leap system. The Florida Panthers hockey team donated 25 of the headsets to the school district. The goal, no pun intended, is to eventually have the system in every high school.

Kristen Stewart and Jimmy Fallon team up and face off against Gaten Matarazzo and The Roots’ Tariq Trotter in a virtual reality version of Pictionary.

Kristen Stewart and Jimmy Fallon team up and face off against Gaten Matarazzo and The Roots’ Tariq Trotter in a virtual reality version of Pictionary.

Joe Francis’ defense team intends to argue that because celebrity guests, such as Aniston and Vince Vaughn, used his Mexican estate, it should warrant a tax deduction.

Coral Springs Fire Department rescued a man from his car after he ran into a pole Tuesday night.

Father Cristóbal de Paola resigned as pastor of St. Joachim Church amid allegations of a “serious boundary violation” with a woman and possible mishandling of parish funds. NBC 6’s Jamie Guirola reports.

Antonio De Oliveira is accused of swiping a pricey fanny pack from a display at Saks Fifth Avenue in the Bal Harbour Shops.

New gadgets go on display at the Consumer Electronics Show 2019 in Las Vegas. Mekahlo Medina reports for NBC4 News at 12 a.m. on Jan. 6, 2019.

NBC News has denied accusations by one of its former producers that the network blocked investigative reporting about a series of sexual harassment claims against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. The former producer, Rich McHugh, who had worked with writer Ronan Farrow on a story detailing accusations against the Hollywood film producer, told The New York Times that Farrow was ordered...

About 1,700 people from Miami-Dade County are suspected of not being citizens

A new virtual reality simulation is helping hospice workers and medical students see what it’s like to die. An end-of-life simulation by Embodied Labs is now educating staff and students at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House in Scarborough, Maine. It’s also a required experience for medical students at the University of New England. Grant money awarded to UNE paid for...

American Airlines and US Airways are pulling flight listings from Orbitz-run websites in a long-running dispute over fees that the travel company charges to list and sell the flights.