Virtual Reality

Take Ovation, for example: It's a public speaking training tool that uses the Vive Pro Eye's gaze-tracking to detect where exactly you're looking. After running through a demo, it told me I was staring at the teleprompter, instead of looking at the audience. …

Good afternoon from Maine where today I'm recuperating after riding my bike for 202 miles yesterday. The ride was part of a fundraiser for the Fast Freddie Foundation that gives bicycles and safety equipment to underprivileged kids all over the United States.…

Enlarge/ Front row: PlayStation VR, Oculus Quest, Valve Index, Oculus Rift S. Back row: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive Pro. (Only headsets from the front row made our recommended-in-2019 list.) 1 with 1 posters participating Virtual reality as a consumer-g…

Tim Cook (left) and Jony Ive (right) look at Apple's new Mac Pro desktop computer announced in June. James Martin/CNET When Steve Jobs stepped down as Apple's CEO in August 2011, people said it was the end of an era. The departure of Apple design chief Jony…

A few weeks ago we told you about a new Game of Thronesvirtual reality game, one of multiple Game of Thrones projects aiming to keep the valuable #brand alive now that the TV has ended with a whimper. Its called Game of Thrones Beyond the Wall. Now, we have …

Virtual Reality plus Spider-Man: a spectacular time or a motion sickness nightmare? Weirdly enough, Spider-Man: Far From Home VR is neither. Not only does this free PSVR/Steam VR experience fail to churn my guys in the way only web-slinging through the street…

There's a scene in the Matrix where the character Cypher talks about the illusory experience of eating a fine meal: CARLOS RIBEIRO: "And then he eats from the steak and says:" 

Its travelled from the cockpit to the store aisle, but we never have to look beyond our nose to get what will likely transform our shopping experiences for possibly decades to come. Photo courtesy of Walmart Immersive training, enabled through virtual realit…

Virtual reality is helping scientists discover new drugs

While ISTE's annual conference is the place that all of the big ed tech companies showcase their new developments for the coming year, AASL's annual conference is featuring best apps and websites for teaching and learning. The American Association of School L…