Study: Participants in VR-based training program show improvements in cognitive, physical performance Community-dwelling adults aged 60 or more years who participated in an eight-week virtual reality–based multimodal training program showed selective improvements in cognitive processing speed and cons...

Can Virtual Reality hold the key to healthy aging? A new study shows VR boosts both brain power and mobility for older adults.
www.mcknights.com/news/study-p...

Hospitals turn to virtual reality to ease patient stress YouTube video by CBS19

Hospitals in England are testing virtual reality headsets to help patients "escape" their rooms, reducing stress and anxiety during long waits and procedures.
youtube.com/watch?v=E6CP...

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital uses augmented reality before endometriosis surgery The images are used in consultations to show what happens to the womb, ovaries and fallopian tubes.

BBC News - AR tech prepares patients for endometriosis surgery
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

VR headset 'life-changing' for visually impaired football fan Ryder was born with the conditions microphthalmia and coloboma, which severely impairs his vision.

BBC News - Virtual reality headset 'life-changing' for visually impaired football fan
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Aramayo claims best actor at Baftas, beating Hollywood royalty One Battle After Another took home six awards at this year's ceremony - including the coveted best film.

Massive congratulations to Hull born Rob Aramayo

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck...
Aramayo claims best actor at Baftas, beating Hollywood royalty - BBC News

'She started to forget, little by little': Virtual reality offers escape to Gaza's children In Gaza City, Palestinian children in displacement camps have been given some virtual reality headsets. For a few minutes, they are somewhere else. Then they step back into Gaza as it is.

Heartbreaking 💔
'She started to forget, little by little': Virtual reality offers escape to Gaza's children | World News | Sky News share.google/vgI3FQx2GCMS...

So... I've created a starter pack of UK government organisations currently on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/JHsY1Wz

(Currently includes all those listed under ministerial and non-ministerial departments here www.gov.uk/government/o... - let me know any I've missed, or got wrong)

Turning the Hullywood dream into reality Spotlight on big budget Punjabi film

New weekend read on Hullywood dreams. Subscribers- free or paid / always welcome.
aqyoung61.substack.com/p/turning-th...

The Sim Tech Podcast: Clinical Simulation got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

My Top Podcast of 2025 Spotify

The Sim Tech Podcast: Clinical Simulation got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

North Yorkshire NHS service becomes first to offer VR mindfulness North Yorkshire Talking Therapies says it is the first NHS service to offer virtual reality mindfulness.

BBC News - North Yorkshire NHS service becomes first to offer #VR mindfulness - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Creating Low-Cost 360-Degree Virtual Reality Videos for Hospitals: A Technical Paper on the Dos and Don’ts This article will provide a framework for producing immersive 360-degree videos for pediatric and adult patients in hospitals. This information may be useful to hospitals across the globe who may wish...

Technical guide by O'Sullivan & team (Toronto) on low-cost 360° VR videos for hospitals 🏥. Finds these videos reduce patient anxiety (e.g., pre-op prep). Tip: film from the 'patient's perspective' for realism.
#VRinHealthcare #PatientExperience #360Video
Read full paper www.jmir.org/2018/7/e239/...

#aspih2025

Hull, Yorkshire—an English port town with a defiant spirit With 800 years of maritime history, this northern town is going all in on its seafaring past in 2026 with revamped museums, docks, and preserved ships. See why its laid-back charm is so hard to resist...

www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-... #hull

Best of the World 2026 From a legendary Alpine range to a less-traveled but no less stunning alternative to the Mediterranean, here are the year’s must-visit destinations, handpicked by National Geographic’s editors, photog...

The best places in the world to travel to in 2026 #Hull
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

Galaxy Event October 2025: Official Livestream | Samsung YouTube video by Samsung

Introducing Galaxy XR: Opening New Worlds
www.youtube.com/live/ITXJquX...

Introducing Galaxy XR: Opening New Worlds
bit.ly/3IT2lfS

Hull, Yorkshire—an English port town with a defiant spirit With 800 years of maritime history, this northern town is going all in on its seafaring past in 2026 with revamped museums, docks, and preserved ships. See why its laid-back charm is so hard to resist...

Hull, Yorkshire 2026: When to visit, where to stay, and what to do | National Geographic share.google/ZbkFnzWeQ5uB...

Stoke-on-Trent hospital first in UK to use VR system in spine op Patient Dylan, 14, says the technology used during his spinal surgery is

BBC News - Stoke-on-Trent hospital first in UK to use #VR system in spine op - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Come and join @ASPiHUK
on next Thursday's Tech SIG Webinar:
Becoming #Simulation Faculty SimTech Topic launch
Thursday 26 June 2025
12:00 - 13:00.
Open to all!
Sign up at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/34e235... #techniciansmakeithappen

The CSIT team hosted their first Becoming Simulation Faculty face to face session, supported by Dr Josh Whitaker -Simulation and Virtual learning fellow for NHSE in the Midlands.

Want to know more? Please see poster below. @gehnhstrust.bsky.social

Great to be in Newcastle @NorthumbriaUni today, for the 2nd #BecomingSimulationFaculty workshop in North East & Cumbria
Supporting the #NHSLongTermWorkforcePlan,
#BSF enables the multi-professional workforce to design, deliver & evaluate #Simulation & immersive learning.

The #BSF workshop today @STRIVEacademic has the participants undertaking a team work task, (which is deliberately challenging!) then their performance is debriefed and related back to real world learning conversations..

Today the 1st #BecomingSimulationFaculty workshop in the North East & Cumbria is under way at SouthTees Hospital.
Supporting the #NHSLongTermWorkforcePlan,
#BSF enables the multi-professional workforce to design, deliver & evaluate #Simulation & immersive learning.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/b...

Yesterday, the Clinical Simulation & Immersive Technologies Team hosted our first-ever NHSE Becoming Simulation Faculty face to face session. A national programme for those who design and deliver simulation and immersive learning.
#Simulation #FacultyDevelopment #CSIT
@gehnhstrust.bsky.social

The 2nd #BecomingSimulationFaculty workshop in North West region is under way today @UoB_MedSci & @BoltonUni (+400th) attendee!
Supporting the #NHSLongTermWorkforcePlan
#BSF enables the multi-professional workforce to design, deliver & evaluate #Simulation & immersive learning.
tinyurl.com/nhsebsf

Today, the first #BecomingSimulationFaculty workshop in the North West region is under way @AlderHey
Supporting the #NHSLongTermWorkforcePlan,
#BSF enables the multi-professional workforce to design, deliver & evaluate #simulation & immersive learning.
www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/b...

Reflecting on 20 Years in the NHS...
www.linkedin.com/posts/christ...

Tolkien statues for village that inspired Lord of the Rings writer The sculptures in a churchyard in Roos recognise the landscape that helped to inspire Middle-earth.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
#hull #tolkien

3 Rats found, 42 to go...
#mischiefofRats
#hull