Not Just Games – How Virtual Reality Will Heal And Teach In 2017 And Beyond
From The Huffington Post’s Nima Ghadiri: Home Virtual Reality has seemingly been looming on the horizon for three decades, ever since VPL Research founder Jaron Lanier announced the EyePhone device which retailed for just short of $10,000. But motion sickness, and the astronomical price, pushed the technology into the wilderness. This year, home Virtual Reality […]
Behind the Numbers of Virtual Reality’s Sluggish Debut
From MIT Technology Review’s Signe Brewster: It’s been four years since a Kickstarter promised the first modern virtual-reality headset, and in 2016 we finally saw the technology’s commercial debut with high-end headsets from Oculus, Sony, and HTC hitting the market. More than two million desktop VR headsets are expected to have sold worldwide by year’s […]
Is Virtual Reality the Surprising Solution to the Fermi Paradox?
From the Singularity Hub’s Aaron Frank: Only decades into our “age of cosmology” — the moment when we earned the technological rights to peer deep into our cosmic home — we’ve learned that we live in a mega-palace of a universe. And we’ve also found something odd. We seem to be the only ones home! […]
Facebook Virtual Reality Tour Makes Immersive Stop at Denver Airport
From The Denver Post’s Tamara Chuang: Virtual reality takes viewers to a new dimension that can be hard to describe. So Facebook is offering demonstrations of special goggles at Denver International Airport through Jan. 24. The temporary exhibit, staffed by Facebook workers, is in the center of Concourse A between Denver Duty Free and Chef […]
Virtual Reality and Social Media Elections: Looking Back at 2016 Tech News and Predictions for 2017
From the Independent’s Andrew Griffin: Commentators had for years been threatening and falsely heralding the year of the “social media election”. And then in 2016 it arrived, messier and uglier than anyone would have expected. It was a fittingly frustrating and bizarre end to a year in technology that saw long-predicted futures arrive, but often […]
Get Ready For Multisensory Virtual Reality That Goes Far Beyond Sight And Sound
From Forbes’ Seth Porges: In October, I had the opportunity to try out the Rez Synesthesia Suit: A Velcro-on body rig concept that uses countless pulsing motors to add the sense of touch to virtual reality experiences. The experience was rough, but somewhat amazing: As I waved my hand through HTC Vive-rendered bubbles, I could […]
Can VR Make You A Better Person?
If the world feels like a colder, meaner place these days, virtual reality may come to the rescue. Researchers across the globe are using immersive digital worlds to place users in someone else’s shoes and, at least temporarily, help them become kinder, more compassionate people. Virtual reality is better known for its potential in gaming, […]
VR Headset Christmas Gifts Are a Big Success
From Mashable’s Adario Strange: The year 2016 may have been the year when virtual reality didn’t quite hit the mainstream, but that’s mostly because most people didn’t have a VR headset. That all changed on Sunday, as so many woke up on Christmas morning to discover a VR headset under the tree. The signs were […]
Virtual Reality Helps David Attenborough Works Come to Life at National Museum of Australia
From ABC.net.au : Virtual reality (VR) technology is being used to give visitors at the National Museum of Australia the chance to dive deeper into the documentary works of Sir David Attenborough than ever before. From today, the museum is offering two experiences narrated by Sir David, made specifically for VR technology. One looks back […]
Five Ways To Incorporate Virtual Reality Into Your Marketing Campaign
From Forbes’ Azad Abbasi: Virtual reality and 360-degree virtual reality: Everyone seems to be talking about it nowadays. But what is it exactly, and how does it work? First, you must know that there are two sides to the VR coin: Virtual Reality (VR): Virtual reality is computer generated, like a game or a 3D […]