Virtual Reality

by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 January 2023 / 1,941 Views Publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Polyphony Digital announced Gran Turismo 7 on the PlayStation 5 will be getting a free update to add virtual reality support via PlayStation VR2 when it launches on February 22. The standard…

Connect with top gaming leaders in Los Angeles at GamesBeat Summit 2023 this May 22-23. Register here. Owo is taking the sense of immersion in virtual reality up another notch with its new Owo sleeves for its haptic shirt. The Owo sleeves are a complement for its shirt which helps…

ByJennifer Barger Published January 4, 2023 • 7 min read For some travelers, a catamaran sail off Oahu, Hawaii, or a camel ride through the desert in Morocco isn’t an enviable vacation experience. It’s an encounter with nausea, dizziness, and cold sweats. Motion sickness like this can happen to almost…

January 2, 2023 11:07 AM Image Credit: Image by author Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. The emerging technologies of mixed reality (MR) and virtual reality (VR) are afroth with specialized terminology. Beyond MR and VR, this technology space includes terms like augmented reality, augmented…

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / December 30, 2022 / As we face a historic skills shortage across industries and particularly in STEM, I'm inspired by programs that offer a fresh approach to skilling our future colleagues and leaders. Experiential programs like hackathons and accessible technologies like virtual reality are creating…

If a trip to Mars or the chance to battle zombies is on your child’s wish-list this year, the eSafety Commissioner encourages you to read the safety fine print before buying tech gifts that open up access to these virtual worlds. eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said while immersive devices…

After his father died of Covid last fall, Donkan Martinez was overwhelmed by grief and turned to an unlikely outlet: virtual reality.  The 24-year-old found himself wading into an emerging field of virtual mental health care, via a service called Innerworld, which offers peer-led mental health support through its app.…

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If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Valve have been awarded a patent for a new virtual reality motion controller. It looks a lot like the Meta Quest controllers, with a ring design at its top rather…

Consumer virtual reality (VR) will be worth $6.9bn in 2022, increasing to $20bn in 2027, according to Omdia’s Consumer VR Headset and Content Revenue Forecast 2022-2027. In the face of macroeconomic challenges, the market continues to expand, with 12.5 million headsets expected to be sold in 2022, and $1.6bn spent…