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With cases of the delta variant of coronavirus rising across the country and children under 12 still needing to be approved for the vaccine, returning to school in September can feel unsafe at best and worrying at worst.How will this new…

To teach a robot to navigate a house, you need to give it either a lot of real time in many real houses or a lot of virtual time in many virtual houses. The latter is definitely the better option, and Facebook and Matterport are…

"VR won't be a solution," said Jonathan Rogers, a researcher at University College London who has studied the rate of anxiety disorders during the pandemic. "It may be part of the solution, but it won't obsolete drugs and formal…

Walmart announced Thursday that it will adopt the virtual dressing room start-up Zeekit as it takes a step into fashion and serves customers shopping for clothes online.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The retailer…

The company has registered all of its programs with the FDA, said Eran Orr, founder and chief executive officer.Not all programs offered for VR rehab are games. In some clinics, a patient can use the practical skills they may have problems…

The company has registered all of its programs with the FDA, said Eran Orr, founder and chief executive officer.Not all programs offered for VR rehab are games. In some clinics, a patient can use the practical skills they may have problems…

The performing arts have endured a year like no other, but the decimation of touring and in-person shows has in no way suppressed music fans' love for a live performance. In many ways, the pandemic has opened up creative new ways for…

This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it on weekdays.The pandemic, which officially hit the one-year limit on Thursday, has shown just how much we need technology - but also that this is probably…

Have you ever had the dream of taking a test that you didn't study for? Or the one that you're trapped in your underwear in a public place? Here's another common one: you open a door in your house and discover a room you've never seen…

Sumit Singh, CEO of Chewy, is seen outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of Chewy Inc.'s initial public offering in New York on June 14, 2019.Andrew Kelly | ReutersChewy CEO Sumit Singh said Tuesday that calls to customer…