I Didn’t Believe VR Was the Future — Until Now

From Fortune’s Laura Entis: I’m not an early adopter. I’m probably too slow to be a regular adopter. So while I’ve read stories about the transportive power of virtual reality, it’s always been too hypothetical to resonate. Until GE, of all companies, changed that. On Wednesday, the conglomerate threw an event titled “A night of […]

Hypersuit Promises to Let You Fly Through Virtual Reality

From Venture Beat’s Dean Takahashi: Virtual reality may very well take us beyond such input devices as game controllers and joysticks. That’s where Hypersuit comes in. The Hypersuit is like an exoskeleton, a suit that makes you feel like you’re flying in virtual reality. You lie on it in a flying position, and you can […]

The Untold Story of Magic Leap

From Wired’s Kevin Kelly: There is something special happening in a generic office park in an uninspiring suburb near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Inside, amid the low gray cubicles, clustered desks, and empty swivel chairs, an impossible 8-inch robot drone from an alien planet hovers chest-high in front of a row of potted plants. It is […]