Virtual Reality

Oculus co-founder Michael Antonov has been accused of sexual assault after an Oculus event in 2016; Facebook confirms he left the company earlier this year (Adi Robertson/The Verge)

With the “Battle of King’s Landing” from Episode 5 (“The Bells”) of the final “Game of Thrones” season, we finally got to glimpse the immense capital city of the Seven Kingdoms in its entirety, just in time for its total destruction by Mad Queen Dany (Emilia …

A visitor plays with a virtual reality VR set at Sonys PlayStation brand booth during the Ani-Com & Games event in Hong Kong. Photo: SOPA Images/Getty Images This is going to change everything, Timothy Leary told me as he took off his bulky headset and p…

NEW YORK A Ford driver education program uses virtual reality to help young drivers more safely share the road with cyclists.The virtual reality program teaches empathy by allowing participants to virtually sample different points of view, between a cyclist p…

Virtual reality (VR) is already a multibillion-dollar business, but it has only scratched the surface of its potential. According to Statista, in 2018, 4.7 million headsets were sold worldwide, and that was before the launch of several more-affordable full VR…

The medium of virtual reality has been marshaled to explore everything from nature to outer space, roller coaster thrills, the human body and fictional stories, but it’s never been put to use quite in the way of Traveling While Black. The Emmy-nominated VR f…

More than 100 people have participated in a Practical Ed Tech webinar this month. Thank you for your support!This Thursday I'm hosting the last Practical Ed Tech webinar of the month. This week's webinar is Intro to Using AR & VR in Your Classroom. This a…

Sony has done incredibly well during this console generation, in large part thanks to an impressive slate of exclusive games for the PS4. However, we could start to see a shakeup next generation thanks to Microsoft’s new slate of first-party studios and the p…

Looks like the future of virtual reality has finally arrived. Sony just announced their new flesh-colored VR helmet that seamlessly blends in with your face, letting you play inconspicuously anywhere, anytime. For anyone worried about sticking out in public a…

A University of Maryland student from Frederick has created a virtual reality gaming company with a software created to reduce simulation sickness. Galen Stetsyuk, 26, is a computer science major and created MPLEX with friend and UMD graduate Mike Sorokin, 2…