Virtual Reality

Toss a coin to your Witcher, won't you? For anyone who hasn't watched it yet, there's a catchy little tune in The Witcher, a popular new Netflix series based on the writings of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Without getting into story specifics, the show f…

As the FCC and similar regulatory agencies around the world prepare to open up 6GHz radio spectrum for use in Wi-Fi networks, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that it has selected a new name to identify devices that support the technology: Wi-Fi 6E. The bra…

Toss A Coin To Your Witcher, the obnoxiously catchy song from Netflixs The Witcher series, is everywhere. Its in our heads. It has permeated Twitter. Its being remixed over and over again. Now, thanks to an enterprising player of hit virtual reality rhythm ga…

From drinking ones own urine as a cure for broken bones to blood-letting to sending electrical shocks through a persons body as a cure for mental illness — healthcare has a somewhat jaded past. Fortunately, as technology has improved our ability to study huma…

I recently saw a new episode on Netflix's Sci-Fi TV anthology Black Mirror, which chronicles the impact technology has on society. In one episode, users of a computer game are transported into the game where they become the players. Without spoiling the episo…

Jan Kounen, the Netherlands-born French film filmmaker whose best-known credits are “Dobermann‎” and “Blueberry,” has delivered his most personal work so far with “Ayahuasca,” a virtual reality experience exploring shamanic medicine from the Peruvian jungle. …

The Gin Craze Many thanks to Anthony Lane for confirming the historical and cultural pedigree of the gin-and-tonic, which I and many friends in British-ruled Hong Kong regarded as more or less the official colonial drink (Ginmania, December 9th). Its popular…

Business success in the 21st century hinges on access to valuable data and making smart use of it. Few companies have been better positioned on that front than Facebook(NASDAQ:FB). Massive adoption and engagement for platforms like Instagram and its namesake…

The world of startups may be running out of patience for heavily-hyped trends like cryptocurrency, virtual reality, and autonomous vehicles, according to a new survey published this week. To findings were published by First Round, a venture capital firm that…

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