Virtual reality technology is being tested in a range of new contexts, from helping museum visitors access the past and travel the world, to allowing people with disabilities to experience activities they have difficulties with in the ‘real world.’
Researchers at the University of York's Audio Laboratories are now investigating what impact the technology could have on community singing. Previous research has shown that singing, and particularly choir singing, can have positive impacts on mental health and wellbeing, but can it have the same impact in the virtual world?
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the modern ‘epidemic’ of Loneliness
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at health and inequality
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the North-South divide
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the evolution of compassion
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the relationship between physical and mental health
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at the psychology behind patient behaviour
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at blood cancer
Series Six: Looking Beyond Horizons at eye disease and the anatomy of the brain
Special Edition: Safety of Artificial Intelligence
Series Five: World of Wonder - the wonder of marine life
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of space exploration
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of human evolution
Series Five: World of Wonder - the wonder of primate communication
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the world of ice
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the creative brain
Series Five: A World of Wonder - the wonder of the black market
Series Five: A World of Wonder - medieval ideas of wonder
Series Four: The Story of Children's Mental Health (episode two)
Series Three: The Quiet Place Book Club (Episode Seven) - The Thin Ice Printing Press
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