Virtual Reality

During the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, I took a trip to the moon. Spaced Out, a virtual reality experience from French digital artist Pierre “Pyaré” Friquet, is one of the most transporting, immersive things I’ve ever tried. Donning a bathing suit, a floatation device, and an underwater VR headset equipped with…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes the virtual reality ecosystem is making progress after customers spent nearly $5 million on the Oculus Store on Christmas Day.  The Facebook creator was speaking during an earnings call (transcribed by Seeking Alpha), an…

The worlds of virtual and augmented reality have yet to land on the applications and hardware to truly spark mass-market, consumer interest in the space, but meanwhile a startup building mixed reality services for business users has raised a round of funding,…

Source: Nick Sutrich/Android Central If you've been around social media in any form over the past year, it's likely you've heard of Beat Saber. The game is ubiquitous with virtual reality gaming, and for good reason. It recently became the first VR-only game…

Facebook reported fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday.  Angela Lang/CNET Facebook, already dealing with criticism about misinformation and protection of user privacy, has a new problem to worry about: slipping profits. The social media giant, which makes m…

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Atari Interactive, the company behind hats with built-in speakers and a new version of the Atari VCS console, is getting into the hotel business. Eight Atari-themed hotels are in development, with the first expected to break ground on construction this year in Phoenix, Arizona. Other Atari Hotels are planned for…

Facebook is looking to blur the lines between its social network and its virtual reality division even more with the latest Oculus back-end update. Now when you browse Facebook, or when you're in the Oculus Home interface on an Oculus Rift or Oculus Quest, yo…

Virtual reality (VR) was once thought to be something of a technological holy grail -- the type of tech that science-fiction plots revolved around and a subject that futurists and gadget enthusiasts opined about to great end. There's still excitement surround…

Apple is envisioning a device that attaches to a user's finger to control virtual objects. US Patent and Trademark Office Apple has filed a patent application for small "finger devices" loaded with sensors that allow people to interact with objects in AR or VR. The application was published Thursday by the…