Virtual Reality

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Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Virtual reality has gone from Sci-Fi technology to actually possible in the past couple of years, and there’s…

About | Analyzing Apple's next moves Reports of the company's AR ambitions suggest that it may soon take the next step to making them a reality. Roman Loyola Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by Macworld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors I think we can all…

From artist The Sabby Life. Screenshot: YouTube/DisneyThis tribute to Disney and Pixar’s Soul is impressive, and even moreso when you find out how it was made. Virtual reality is a cool medium for a lot of things. One of those is art—programs like Tilt Brush let artists like That Sabby…

The update the game was destined for was released today: Microsoft Flight Simulator now works in virtual reality. This update brings the game out a brand new door, allowing users to transport not just a rectangle of their reality into flight, but their entire audio/visual experience. This update works with…

MicrosoftMicrosoft’s latest Flight Simulator is a triumph in beauty, thanks to its use of Bing maps and real-time weather conditions. Last July, the company promised a virtual reality (VR) mode but said it would only come to HP VR headsets. Now that virtual reality update is here, and good news: it works…

When dementia patient Evelin Costello watched an opera performance through virtual reality (VR) goggles, it took her back to her earlier life when she and her husband went to see every show in town. Key points:The technology is being used in a pilot study to test its therapeutic effectsIt allows…

New virtual and "augmented" reality technology is allowing users to experience 1960s civil rights marches, the agony of segregation for Black Americans, or life in a Japanese American internment camp.Why it matters: For now, this is largely a tool for educators seeking new ways to teach young Americans about the…

Before I was creating avatar real world representations, I was a key innovator for the very early internet in the 90s. Around that time, as a hobby I picked up one of the first three massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, Asheron's Call—it was a hugely entertaining Dungeons and Dragons type…

Sensorium has teamed up with Mubert to develop AI-driven DJs that can create music at virtual concerts in virtual reality. It’s the latest in an effort to create artificial people, or virtual beings. Los Angeles-based Sensorium is known for providing simulated virtual experiences of concert venues. The company creates photorealistic…