Virtual Reality

Lesotho is taking a different route to showcase its royal heritage, through virtual reality, using a new 360-degree immersive experience, Kings of Lesotho – The Royal Succession Story, which transports audiences through almost two centuries of Basotho history while offering a virtual glimpse of the landscapes and heritage sites that define the…

It’s a strange time to be selling a new VR headset, and maybe an even stranger time to be buying one. The supply of original virtual reality games has slowed to a dribble, and just as with Valve’s last hardware launch, the Steam Frame arrives covered in bumps and scrapes…

RAM shortages strike again Image credit: Rock Paper Shotgun Valve have just launched the Steam Frame wireless VR headset, finally completing the triumvirate of new hardware – along with the new Steam Machine and Steam Controller – that they unveiled all the way back in November 2025. The review embargo…

History, science, and cutting-edge tech are colliding at La Rural’s Frers Hall. The DG Tech Lab is turning heads in the Argentine capital with five mind-bending Virtual Reality (VR) experiences that blur the line between education and pure entertainment. Instead of just looking at history through a glass display, visitors…

Research from Denmark finds using immersive virtual reality can help citizens understand the dual-use logic of agrivoltaics. Participants in the research evaluated agrivoltaics as greener, more innovative and at least as acceptable as conventional solar parks. The post Researchers use virtual reality to increase understanding of agrivoltaics appeared first on…

Hi! I'm Rick Lane, and you might remember me from such columns as Reality Bytes, RPS' erstwhile monthly goggle at the world of virtual reality. I've spent the last couple of years trapped between the second and third dimensions, my flattened body doomed to forever spin to face the camera.…

Last year in The Conversation Canada, we described Agrilo, an affordable “colorimetric” soil-testing system developed through research at MacEwan University. Using a smartphone camera to interpret colour changes, Agrilo measures soil nutrients and can provide farmers with timely guidance to support fertilizer decisions. Our goal was to make practical soil…

Adapted from the novel ‘Black Inferno,’ the film follows a grieving mother whose virtual reality paradise is shattered when her missing son returns. Kim Hyun-joo features in the poster for 'Paradise Lost.' Photo: CJ ENM. Director Yeon Sang-ho’s new psychological thriller, Paradise Lost, will premiere at this year’s Toronto International…

Captured on Nintendo Switch 2 (Handheld/Undocked) When I first played Moss on PSVR in 2018, it was the game that truly sold me on virtual reality. Here was an adventure with the ambition and polish of a console release that used VR to draw the player into its world in…

A new study published in CHI ’26: Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems offers a compelling insight into how virtual environments influence human interaction. Researchers from several Japanese institutions have demonstrated that individuals engaging in group discussions via a third-person avatar perspective , by…