Virtual Reality

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The authors note that, over time, our ability to refocus at near distances worsens as the lenses in our eyes stiffen. The condition, called presbyopia, typically kicks in at around age 45 and it affects more than a billion people. It's a key factor as to why …

If you dont already deal with a condition called presbyopia, you probably will by your mid-40s. Its when the lenses in your eyes lose elasticity making it hard to focus on objects up close, like the words in a book. The solution is to occasionally wear readin…

This video game lets doctors sharpen their skills playing virtual surgery — Future Blink

Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S. with 1.5 million workers, is using virtual reality to help find candidates for management positions in all 4,600 stores, the Wall Street Journal reported. The VR headsets and the assessment program were design…

How augmented reality is changing activism | Glenn Cantave

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…