Virtual Virtual Reality 2, coming Feb. 10, asks what happens to our freedom when the owners of the metaverse change their minds. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable ...

What if you could swap perspectives with a human, animal, or object just by making eye contact? That question lies at the heart of Face Jumping, a new virtual reality (VR) experience co-created by UC ...

UC Santa Cruz Assistant Teaching Professor of Computational Media Samantha Gorman (photo by Carolyn Lagattuta.) A new virtual reality (VR) game set in the world of Netflix’s hit series Stranger Things ...

Previous research has shown the positive effects of exposure to real and virtual nature. To investigate how such benefits might generalize to ever-more-prevalent virtual workplaces, we examined the ...

I had an experience 25 years ago that changed my perspective on computing and education. Back then I was running the early virtual reality (VR) company Immersion Corporation. Immersion developed the ...

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna and ETH Zurich have developed a rehabilitation platform for people suffering from the long-term effects of a stroke that combines virtual reality with ...

With more companies jumping on the bandwagon, virtual reality tech is more visible – and investable – than ever.

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We’ve seen a lot of changes in the way we work over the past two years. Some of us have cozied up to working at home — developing a better work-life balance, experimenting new monitor layouts, finding ...

Virtual reality (VR) headsets are increasingly popular among adults and children. They are part of extended reality environments, which “enable ever more realistic and immersive experiences”. VR ...