Virtual Reality

MENLO PARK, United States — Meta Platforms began laying off hundreds of employees on Wednesday as part of a broader internal reorganisation affecting multiple divisions, according to a person familiar with the matter. The job reductions include staff in the company’s Reality Labs virtual reality unit, as well as teams…

There’s no denying it: things are bad in the VR world right now. Between Meta shuttering several of the biggest VR game studios and gutting its own metaverse efforts, combined with the company’s general pullback in the space investment-wise, oxygen is rapidly leaving what was formerly a surprisingly breathable room.…

All-new extended reality training from John Deere debuts with two earthmoving machines Immersive training for the 650 P-Tier dozer and 120 P-Tier excavator allows operators to get familiar with machines before entering the field By Stephanie Bontorin March 27, 2026 John Deere has officially unveiled its latest operator training technology…

She ruled Egypt for two decades, forged alliances with the most powerful men in the Roman world, and has captivated historians, artists and storytellers for two thousand years. Now Cleopatra — Egypt's last queen — is the subject of a major new immersive experience opening in London, bringing her world…

Horizon Worlds, Meta's first pass at a metaverse, will be inaccessible via virtual reality headset after June 15, 2026. The company shared plans to separate Horizon Worlds from Quest VR platform and focus exclusively on the smartphone version of the app in February, and now in a new post on…

The London-based healthtech company, which lets clinicians practise emergencies and difficult conversations in virtual reality, will use the capital to deepen its US footprint and accelerate AI-driven product development. Oxford Medical Simulation has raised £5 million in growth financing from Salica Investments, the London-based investment firm formerly known as Hambro…

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NVIDIA's GeForce Now game streaming platform has added a few minor but useful updates, especially for GOG and VR headset users, the company announced at Game Developer's Conference (GDC). The biggest technical improvement is for virtual reality headsets that support GeForce Now like the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest.…

It’s a virtual reality headset loaded with the world’s best romance chat application. It’s called Boyfriend on Demand. You can’t buy it—because it doesn’t exist yet. But you can watch an entire romantic comedy built around the idea in Netflix’s newest Korean drama. I recently wrote about my insatiable love…

A new study of what families think about virtual reality (VR) technologies reveals that parents want more research-based information on how VR technologies may influence brain and behavioral development. Families also placed a higher value on VR features that increase physical activity, compared to features such as educational content. "We…