Virtual Reality

Facebook's new standalone Oculus Quest virtual reality headset has sold out at some U.S. retailers just a week after launch, suggesting mainstream interest in virtual reality tech might finally be warming up.  The $399 headset is a completely all-in-one devi…

1.Cohen, J. Y., Haesler, S., Vong, L., Lowell, B. B. & Uchida, N. Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area. Nature482, 8588 (2012). 2.Schultz, W., Dayan, P. & Montague, P. R. A neural substrate of predictio…

1.Cohen, J. Y., Haesler, S., Vong, L., Lowell, B. B. & Uchida, N. Neuron-type-specific signals for reward and punishment in the ventral tegmental area. Nature482, 8588 (2012). 2.Schultz, W., Dayan, P. & Montague, P. R. A neural substrate of predictio…

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Canva has been my go-to graphics creation tool for the last five or so years. It is incredibly easy to use and makes it possible for people like me who have no visual design skills to create good looking graphics. Pixabay has been my go-to source for public d…

An exciting new study from the University of Cambridge is demonstrating how a novel virtual reality navigation test can better predict which patients are in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease compared to other currently used "gold standard" cognitive tes…

Arm introduced new versions of its designs for heavy-duty central processing units (CPUs), graphics chips, and machine learning chips. The company made the announcement at the Computex tech trade show in Taiwan. The Cambridge, England-based company announced…

Lenovo.com has a 10% coupon (SAVE10) that can be applied to the new Oculus Rift S VR headset, bringing the price from $399 down to $359.10+tax and free shipping. This headset was only released 5 days ago, so it's rare to see a discount so soon.Update: Use cod…

The value of VR for research is indisputable from enabling us to study more naturalistic behaviour, to increasing experimental control, to giving us new forms of therapies for reducing phobias, or even implicit biases (Bedder et al., 2019).  Its clear; VR is …

Unless you have lived under a rock that knows nothing about games, you have probably heard of Wolfenstein. There have been a lot of games over the years, each with the same "kick some Nazi ass" plot line but with different game mechanics. This game, Cyberpilo…