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Ready for a horror story?How a trivial cell phone hack is ruining lives Violet Blue explains how SIM-swap attacks have been used to steal online accounts and even as much as $100,000 from a victim's bank account. In these attacks, someone uses pieces of pers…

The refined PC VR headset As for the Index headset itself, it doesn't really look much different than the Rift or Vive. But there are some notable upgrades once you dig a bit deeper. There's a huge emphasis on comfort here: the headstrap is easy to put on, a…

Virtual reality is in an awkward place right now. The gold rush of a few years ago - when a brand new generation of VR hardware spurred much hype with its holodeck-flavored promises - is over with. Virtual reality has given way to actual reality, and many hav…

Virtual reality tours like those available through Google Expeditions (check out an exciting update) provide students with the opportunity to experience the sights and sounds of far away places that they may never visit. But there is one thing missing from vi…

This year's Tribeca Film Festival played host to the debut of War Remains, a remarkable exhibit that pairs a VR headset with a physical set to immerse people in the historical realities of World War I, and at XRDC this October you'll have a rare chance to see…

Many of us dont even have 4K displays yet, but that isnt stopping technology from moving on. Today the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) announced DisplayPort 2.0, heralding the arrival of 16K displays in the years to come. While the idea of a 1…

Wanna feel old? Its been seven years since Doom-creator John Carmack first unveiled his ski-goggles contraption that would eventually become the Oculus Rift. A lot has happened in the years that have since passed, including Oculus 2 billion dollar acquisition…

Back when the Valve Index was announced, Valve teased that it was working on a game it described only as a “flagship” VR game due out this year. That game has now been revealed as Aperture Hand Lab, a VR-based spinoff of Valve’s Portal series intended to tea…

(Update: An earlier version of this story mistakenly referred to Aperture Hand Lab as the "flagship" title Valve teased alongside the Valve Index reveal, and has since been corrected.) Valve and Cloudhead Games have launched Aperture Hand Lab, a VR-based spi…

Experts used to worry that virtual reality (VR) would damage our brains. These days, however, VR seems more likely to help our gray matter. A new wave of psychological research is pioneering VR to diagnose and treat medical conditions from social anxiety to c…