Virtual Reality

Tiktok owner ByteDance mulls an acquisition of  Pico, a Chinese maker of virtual reality hardware, Bloomberg reported Thursday citing people familiar with the matter. Pico designs and sells VR products to clients mainly in Asia, Europe and US. The startup is also China’s largest VR gear maker in terms of…

You’re not really a secret agent until you put on a funny hat and fake mustache while you’re trying to stop an evil conglomerate from filling a theater with poison gas. At least, that’s what I Expect You To Die 2 posits, and I think it’s about right. I Expect…

World Mental Health day: How Apple has Prioritized Wellness In Its Brand New Updates RIYADH: How much would you be ready to give up to gain an entire life-time of emotional wellness ahead of you? though it doesn't cost that much to gain the benefits, more and more people are willing to…

NEW YORK - Facebook on Thursday unveiled technology for  "workrooms," allowing remote collaboration for people using its Oculus virtual reality gear. The "Horizon Workrooms" project allows users to switch back and forth from virtual reality to web conferencing to adapt to different situations. "Workrooms is our flagship collaboration experience that…

Virtual reality (VR) simulation training company VRAI have won the Muckle ScaleUP High Growth Award from the Startup Awards North East. VRAI are based in Gateshead’s Proto centre and combine virtual reality & artificial intelligence to provide data driven simulation solutions to the aerospace, defence and offshore wind industries. The…

The Gamasutra Job Board is the most diverse, active and established board of its kind for the video game industry! Here is just one of the many, many positions being advertised right now. Location: Barcelona, Spain (Remote) Myr is a game studio started by veteran Social VR devs working in the industry…

When I returned to Chicago, I longed for a way to hold onto the motherland beyond the clattering of my waist beads. After all your vacation days or travel money are exhausted, virtual reality may be the next best way to visit the destinations that have been lighting up your…

BRIGHTON PIER’S ICONIC FUNFAIR RIDE THE TWISTER HOSTS RIDE WITH VR From Saturday 24th July Brighton Palace Pier will play host to the spot where real life and VR collide to create a unique fairground ride experience. For the first time on a ride anywhere in the world, interactive VR…

The South Korean Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology is planning a 30 billion won ($26.2 million) investment in a research programme to develop digital treatments for depression. WHY IT MATTERS Based on a news report by Seoul-based news agency Yonhap, the number of South Koreans with depression…

University College London Virtual Reality (VR) in museums is the focus of a newly funded knowledge exchange project that brings together UCL Culture, UCL’s Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA) and AI technology start-up Kagenova, which was founded by UCL scientists. The project will enable these highly specialised teams…