Virtual reality (VR) started about 50 years ago in a form we would recognize today [stereo
head-mounted display (HMD), head tracking, computer graphics generated images]–although …

The neocortex generates periods of recurrent activity, such as the slow (0.1–0.5 Hz) oscillation
during slow-wave sleep. Here we demonstrate that slices of ferret neocortex maintained …

Immersive virtual environments can break the deep, everyday connection between where
our senses tell us we are and where we are actually located and whom we are with. The …

Slow oscillations have been suggested as the default emergent activity of the cortical
network. This is a low complexity state that integrates neuronal, synaptic, and connectivity …

This paper reviews the concept of presence in immersive virtual environments, the sense of
being there signalled by people acting and responding realistically to virtual situations and …

Slow oscillations are the coordinated activity of large neuronal populations consisting of
alternating active (Up states) and silent periods (Down states). These oscillations occur in the …

Background Altering the normal association between touch and its visual correlate can result
in the illusory perception of a fake limb as part of our own body. Thus, when touch is seen …

This paper introduces the concept and discusses the implications of immersive journalism,
which is the production of news in a form in which people can gain first-person experiences of …

Background Stanley Milgram's 1960s experimental findings that people would administer
apparently lethal electric shocks to a stranger at the behest of an authority figure remain critical …

We discuss three experiments that investigate how virtual limbs and bodies can come to
feel like real limbs and bodies. The first experiment shows that an illusion of ownership of a …