Virtual Reality

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…

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us? The Meta Quest is what prospective virtual reality fans likely envisioned when the technology was in its infancy — an all-in-one device that can be used on its own nearly anywhere, complete with hand-tracking…

Second episode of our special series discusses the potential for virtual reality now it has passed the age of initial hype For the second outing of the Playable Futures Podcast, games journalist Will Freeman chats with Tommy Palm, founder and CEO of Resolution Games to reflect on the future of…

By Leigh Charvet, PhD, clinical neuropsychologist, as told to Alyson Powell Key Charvet and Martin Malik co-presented the study “Virtual Reality as an Intervention for Chronic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis” at the American Academy of Neurology’s 73rd Annual Meeting, April 17-22, 2021, where scientists discuss the latest research in MS…

RobotEra is an exciting new multiverse cryptocurrency project that is set to let players create a colorful and immersive virtual reality experience. Users become robots in the game and are tasked to rebuild the world into their image.  Along the journey, players can earn rewards, create their economy, design and…