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Virtual Reality

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August 30, 2024 Virtual and augmented reality can temporarily change the way people perceive distances: Study

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August 13, 2021 U of T researcher uses VR to improve mental health of urban refugees, displaced youth

August 7, 2020 Researchers at U of T Mississauga tap immersive technologies to improve palliative care

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February 19, 2020 U of T Mississauga course turns lens – and virtual reality headsets – on East Asian cinema

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November 15, 2019 U of T researchers explore virtual reality as a microbiology teaching aid

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December 12, 2017 U of T graduate student delivers first virtual reality biochemistry lecture

Big data

May 16, 2017 Rise of the machines: U of T emerges as "ground zero" for the next wave of transformative technologies

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April 3, 2017 Taking video games to the next level: U of T’s Steve Engels on this year’s student game design showcase

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November 30, 2016 Not just for gamers: U of T anesthesiologists taking virtual reality to patients facing surgery

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October 25, 2016 New look for U of T's Faculty of Information