Virtual Reality

The high-skilled workers will help build 'the metaverse', a futuristic notion for connecting people online that encompasses augmented and virtual reality. Facebook is hiring workers in the EU to build ‘the metaverse’ (Niall Carson/PA) Mon, 18 Oct, 2021 - 09:21 Associated Press Reporter Facebook has said it plans to hire…

The US Army has delayed a massive rollout of Microsoft's HoloLens virtual reality headsets. The Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) project kicked off in 2018 with tests of HoloLens headgear in the hope the VR goggles would "increase lethality by enhancing the ability to detect, decide and engage before the…

Tencent has applied for two trademarks related to “metaverse,” a popular concept that refers to an immersive virtual world created by latest technologies like augmented reality and virtual reality. The company applied for trademarks “Timi metaverse” and “Kings metaverse” (our translation) on Sept. 3, Chinese enterprise database Tianyancha shows. The…

Lee Joon-ik Director Lee Joon-ik, best known for his work on the big screen, is having a go at a TV drama series. "Beyond the Memory," slated to air on cable chanel Tving next year, stars Shin Ha-kyun and Han Ji-min. Set in a future virtual reality, the series revolves…

With seven titles selected for Venice VR Expanded at this year’s film festival, Taiwan has once again demonstrated its potential as a global leader in virtual reality content production. But this time, the tech hub in Asia has more to offer: it aims higher than just flaunting its technological advancement…

CE visits secondary school and listens to views of students on Policy Address (with photos/video) ******************************************************************************************      The Chief Executive, Mrs Carrie Lam, today (September 3) visited Po Leung Kuk Lo Kit Sing (1983) College in Tsing Yi to learn more about the promotion of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)…

Visiting of Mind Space to be opened to invited community organisations and schools (with photo) ****************************************************************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:      Visiting of the mental health experience museum Mind Space at Castle Peak Hospital (CPH) will be opened to invited community organisations and schools starting…

A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next.  Owlchemy Labs, the maker of Job Simulator and Vacation Simulator, unveiled a new virtual reality game called Cosmonious High. The Austin, Texas-based studio, which also made Rick and Morty Simulator: Virtual Rick-ality, has been busy working…

When I lived in the Bay Area, I used to get together with my friend Jaron Lanier to explore the implications of spectacularly weird thought experiments. Outlandish thought experiments have been essential in the intellectual history of science, but the point isn’t the weirdness itself. The payoff of thinking about…

At this point in the pandemic, I would happily sit through a meeting that could have been an email if it meant being in the same room with a bunch of work friends. So when Facebook released Horizon Workrooms, an app that allows people to gather in a virtual-reality office, I…