Virtual Reality

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…

Were proud to present the Innovation issue. In this, our 10th magazine, we dive deep into innovation in all of its forms. We look at cameras used by NASA in space and on the moon, the surprisingly complicated future of coffee, as well as the revolutionary p…

Google Expeditions is probably the most popular virtual reality app for use in classrooms today. One of the things that has kept it out of some classrooms is that it requires the use of a compatible phone or tablet. That is going to change this summer.As anno…

Virtual reality has come a long way in a short time, and its still advancing at a rapid rate. Yes, 2018 was a challenging year - growth slowed substantially compared to 2017 - but a new report from Futuresource Consulting confirms that the future of …

The Oculus Store has a Netflix VR app available which works fine for streaming content, but it doesn't support downloading content for offline viewing. Fortunately, since the Oculus Quest runs a version of Android, you can sideload apps onto it, including the…

Contrary to current industry trends to develop more immersive virtual reality systems, a new study found that a more immersive environment or the presence of real-world distractions could have surprising effects on a participant's recall, description of the v…