Virtual Reality

Great news: One of Black Fridays most notorious heavy hitters finally dropped their ad for this years deals. (Spoiler: Its Walmart.) We already gave you our predictions for what shopping supergiant Walmart would have to offer during Black Friday 2019s inunda…

Oculus and Unity have teamed up to launch the "Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR" program, aiming to give game developers the building blocks needed to start their first virtual reality projects. The course is already live on Unity’s educational portal and …

Apple (AAPL) is working on a pair of augmented reality and virtual reality headsets, according to separate reports by The Information and Bloomberg.  The first headset, which is said to feature both VR and AR functionality, will launch between 2021 and 2022.…

Four years ago we let you get a first whiff of FeelReal, an experimental virtual reality accessory that let you smell and feel your content along with just looking at it through your existing headset. Since then, VR experiences engaging sight and sound and mo…

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Although the use of immersive virtual reality (VR) documentaries by charities to generate funds is effective financially, Dr. Ciaran Gillespie at the University of Surrey warns the trend is reinforcing the West's separation from developing regions. Immersive…

Source: Android Central I'm a reasonably athletic guy with a fairly consistent gym schedule, but 45 minutes playing the new Oculus Quest game Pistol Whip completely destroyed me. My arms are on fire. My legs ache. I'm pretty sure I felt something crack in my…

Google has made its Cardboard virtual reality software open source, meaning those with a penchant for digital tomfoolery can poke away at the Cardboard SDK to create their own VR experiences for the DIY headset.  The news comes a few months after Google deci…

A new technique to change the structure of liquid crystals could lead to the development of fast-responding liquid crystals suitable for next generation displays -- 3D, augmented and virtual reality -- and advanced photonic applications such as mirrorless las…

Researchers have developed a free virtual reality game which allows players to experience the thrill of the hunt as a hungry predator feasting on swarming flies. The VR game, called FlyCatcher, has been created by scientists from the University of Lincoln, U…