Virtual Reality

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Seismic waves, commonly associated with earthquakes, have been used by scientists to develop a universal scaling law for the sense of touch. A team, led by researchers at the University of Birmingham, used Rayleigh waves to create the first scaling law for touch sensitivity. The results…

BigBox VR’s Population: One is attempting to break new ground as a battle royale shooter game you can play in virtual reality. It debuts this month on the major VR headsets and represents an attempt to bring the joy people find playing battle royale games on the PC and consoles into…

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Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship is grappled by the Canadian-built robotic arm at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight NowA Northrop Grumman Cygnus cargo ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday, delivering nearly four tons of supplies and experiments to the research lab and its…

Another demo run of Astro’s Playroom on the PS5, this time as part of the recent YouTube Gaming Week in Japan, has delivered an unexpected treat for PlayStation fans. It appears Sony has been busy improving the loading times for the game even further, either by optimizing the game itself…

The last few console generations have seen platform makers taking wild swings at new technology, and while most were bad, it was nice to see a premium placed on innovation.By Phil Hornshaw on October 3, 2020 at 9:00AM PDT If there's a piece of video game hardware that ever really…

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The technology and approach of virtual reality aims to create a virtual world parallel to reality that is both immersive and interactive. How can this aid pharmaceuticals? The magic of virtual reality (VR) is that it can transport you anywhere, as gamers are starting to know. In addition, many retail…

virtual trading floor — UBS looks at recreating busy trading floors with HoloLens experiment. Owen Walker, Financial Times - Sep 20, 2020 1:15 pm UTC Spare bedrooms and living rooms could soon become part of vibrant trading floors as one of the world’s biggest investment banks considers providing staff with…

Facebook on Wednesday announced the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headset. It's a successor to last year's Quest and, like that version, doesn't require a computer to run. Everything you need to use VR is bundled inside.This is the strategy Facebook is taking moving forward. It's ditching the Oculus Rift…