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Mental health in space: ISS experiments help keep astronauts happy off Earth

From VR to skin sensors, here's a glimpse at some of the technology aiding the mental health of astronauts on the International Space Station.

Apple’s Strong Start in Virtual Reality

Apple’s Strong Start in Virtual Reality

Apple’s first year in the VR market sets it up for long-term success. The tech giant’s vision will take years to pay off, though.

Telemundo Takes VR Studio Tech from Miami to the Paris Olympics

Telemundo Takes VR Studio Tech from Miami to the Paris Olympics

Telemundo's virtual reality studio in Miami uses Unreal Engine and Chyron to provide a "photo-realistic look" that shows small details of the Paris landscape like the "wind in the trees"

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What is a Virtual Tour?

In today's digital era, understanding the concept of a virtual tour is more crucial than ever. Whether you're an architect, a real estate agent, a business owner, or simply a tech enthusiast, virtual tours can provide a powerful tool for showcasing spaces and enhancing customer experiences. This article aims to…

PS VR2 price drops to lowest ever in the UK ahead of massive update

Sony’s virtual reality headset is finally cheaper than the PS5 console it’s made for

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Can Virtual Reality Help Folks With Body Image Disturbance?

The authors of a new paper explore a novel high-tech way of using virtual reality to tackle dissatisfaction with body image.

Virtual reality ‘embodiment illusions’ may help the skewed perceptions behind body image disturbances

Most of the time, our brains are very good at blending together input from all our senses into a seamless, unified conscious experience of “my body”. When this process of integrating different sensory signals goes wrong, according to one theory, it can give a person an inaccurate and distressing sense…

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Scottish filmmaker combines natural world and virtual reality to help conservation

Scottish filmmaker combines natural world and virtual reality to help conservation

A SCOTTISH filmmaker is pioneering the way in which we understand wildlife conservation and how animals live in their habitats through a unique…

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Fox Sports to Create Virtual Reality Experience for Copa América Final

Fox Sports to Create Virtual Reality Experience for Copa América Final

The VR experience will be available on Meta Quest and YBVR's Xtadium platform

These LA-based interior designers are telling stories through sculpture – with the help of virtual reality headsets

These LA-based interior designers are telling stories through sculpture – with the help of virtual reality headsets

Gavin and Kelley Brodin started Formed For to fill a gap in the market, but their design process is far from conventional

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Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

Jumping on an asteroid: How VR is being used to visit worlds we can never reach

At the 2024 Astronomical Society of Australia's Annual Scientific Meeting, I got to walk on an asteroid in virtual reality. Here's what I found in Ryugu World.

VR stylus for digital art and design: everything you need to know

VR stylus for digital art and design: everything you need to know

Now you can work in 2D and 3D virtual reality in Meta Quest or Apple Vision Pro - but how do VR stylus work and who are they for?

Virtual reality tech, batteries named in safety probe

Virtual reality tech, batteries named in safety probe

Battery-powered products and new kinds of consumer gadgets will be closely examined by Australia's consumer watchdog as a top priority.

Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them

Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them

Have you ever heard something that others cannot – such as your name being called? Hearing voices or other noises that aren’t there is very common. About 10% of people report experiencing auditory hallucinations at some point in their life.

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Who Is Palmer Luckey? Businessman Sells His Virtual Reality Company For $2B, Then Left Two Years Later

VR pioneer Palmer Luckey left Meta in 2016. He founded Anduril Industries and built a deadly VR headset inspired by anime

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An eerie ‘digital afterlife’ is no longer science fiction. So how do we navigate the risks?

Imagine a future where your phone pings with a message that your dead father’s “digital immortal” bot is ready. This promise of chatting with a virtual version of your loved one – perhaps through a virtual reality (VR) headset – is like stepping into a sci-fi movie, both thrilling and…

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Did Apple Make A Mistake By Not Allowing VR Porn On Vision Pro?

According to market research firm CSS Insight, almost 70% of all VR users are consuming adult content with their virtual reality headsets.

Just Dance VR is coming to Meta Quest, finally letting you break it down in virtual reality

Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity has been revealed for Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 3.

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Canon goes all-in on VR, with its second virtual reality RF lens

Canon RF-S 3.9mm f/3.5 STM Dual Fisheye is a budget-friendly stereoscopic lens for APS-C mirrorless cameras

XPG Demos "Nia" Handheld Gaming PC With Foveated Rendering, Swappable DRAM

With the rise of the handheld gaming PC market, we've seen PC vendors and their partners toy with a number of tricks and tweaks to improve improve framerates in games, with some of their latest efforts on display at this year's Computex trade show. Perhaps the most interesting find thus…

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AI brain map could help demystify Alzheimer’s and autism

Florida scientists use AI and virtual reality to create 3D renderings of brain formations of mice, whose neuron types are like humans’

5 Years Later, This Early Neon-Soaked Success Is Still Among the Only Reasons to Try VR

'Beat Saber' is an early VR hit that remains one of the best examples of the power of virtual reality five years after its release.

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Is this VR headset as effective as a gruelling Barry’s Bootcamp workout?

Should we be ditching our gym memberships for gameified virtual reality exercise at home? Barry’s regular Ellie Davis straps in to find out if Meta Quest 3’s apps can hold up to the most challenging class in London

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Virtual reality games helping UK’s deaf children to understand speech

Scientists have found that immersing kids in computer games can train their brains to localise sounds better

The Guardian - AU

Olympic dreams in 3D: Australian swimmers turn to VR goggles in pursuit of Paris gold

Australia’s swim team are using virtual reality to practice relay changeovers and cut fractions of a second off their times

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