Virtual Reality

A new device uses multiple strings attached to the hand and fingers to simulate the feel of obstacles and heavy objects in virtual reality, researchers report. Today’s virtual reality systems can create immersive visual experiences, but seldom allow users to feel anything—particularly walls, appliances, and furniture. In comparison, the new…

Illustration: Dustin Hansen (DC Comics)In My Video Game Ate My Homework, a new middle-grade graphic novel from DC Comics and writer/illustrator Dustin Hansen, 13-year-old Dewey Jenkins’ science project is sucked into a malfunctioning virtual reality game console. Dewey and friends must navigate a digital role-playing adventure to retrieve the project…

With this virtual reality platform, work drinks can still go ahead during the pandemic | Photo source Antenna on Unsplash Innovation Work & Lifestyle Office drinks held via virtual reality Work & Lifestyle A creative agency has designed a virtual office so employees can be better connected while working from…

1 of 6 2 of 6 3 of 6 4 of 6 5 of 6 6 of 6 Atlanta-based InnerSpace Project is gearing up to launch a virtual reality festival this week. Co-founded by visual artist Greg Mike, the digital initiative will gather multifaceted artists from across the globe to…

Home • Beat Saber • The best virtual reality game, probably. Beat Saber is a rhythm game in which you swing lightsabers to slice through blocks to the beat of the music. The blocks need to be sliced with the matching coloured saber and in a specific direction indicated on…

IFA 2020 will not follow in the footsteps of MWC 2020, Google I/O 2020, E3 2020, GDC and so on and so forth — the full list of events canceled due to the ongoing pandemic is far too long for me to list here. Heck, even Coachella has been postponed…

For years, the words “ Facebook” and “gaming” were more likely to evoke memories of an aunt’s dusty Words With Friends invitation than anything else. And for years, Facebook has been on a journey to change, or at least broaden, its stodgy reputation among gamers young and old with its…

This movie by Space Popular explores how virtual reality could become as widespread as the video call, allowing our homes to digitally merge with those of our loved ones.Zoom meetings and FaceTime calls have become a major form of communication, as people around the world face the realties of life…

Stripe raises new funding, Uber acknowledges financial uncertainty and a controversial facial recognition startup accidentally exposes its source code. Here’s your Daily Crunch for April 17, 2020. 1. Stripe raises $600M at $36B valuation in Series G extension, says it has $2B on its balance sheet The economy may be…

Facebook is canceling any physical events with more than 50 people through June 2021. CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted the news as part of an update on Facebook’s COVID-19 pandemic response, where he also said the “vast majority” of Facebook employees would work from home until at least the end of…