Virtual Reality

Public speaking is my favorite part of my job, and the pandemic basically destroyed that, so when JobCon 2021 asked me to keynote its virtual event, I jumped at the chance. I figured it would be via a normal videoconference, but the organizers had a surprise: virtual reality. You know, with that weird…

What Anime Got Right About Virtual Reality (So Far) by Kara Dennison October 24, 2021 Anime is full of virtual reality adventures — gamers taking part in “full-dive” fantasy adventures so real, they can lose themselves in it. (Sometimes literally, in the case of some isekai series.) Even in 2021, where we…

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KT Photo/M Sajjad Dubai - From virtual reality-augmented reality to sustainable cars and more, this event offers more than just technology. By Mahwash Ajaz Published: Thu 21 Oct 2021, 8:37 PM Last updated: Thu 21 Oct 2021, 9:30 PM The Gulf Information Technology Exhibition (Gitex) Global 2021, which started on…

Facebook critics pounced Wednesday on a report the leading social network plans to rename itself, arguing it may be seeking to distract from recent scandals and controversy. The report from website The Verge, which Facebook refused to confirm, said the embattled company was aiming to show its ambition to be…

It was 2016, and Jordan Belamire was excited to experience QuiVr, a new fantastical virtual reality game, for the first time. With her husband and brother-in-law looking on, she put on a VR headset and became immersed in a snowy landscape. Represented by a disembodied set of floating hands along…

Explore the Universe With Virtual Reality Using Powerful, Open-Source Software VIRUP Have you ever wanted to explore outer-space? Now you can, without leaving Earth, thanks to powerful, open-source beta software VIRUP that builds – in real-time – a virtual universe based on the most detailed contemporary astrophysical and cosmological data.…

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…