Jaron Lanier was a pioneer of "virtual reality" in the early 1980s and in his book, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto, he makes the case for a more humanistic approach to Internet technology. Lanier rails against web 2.0, which he calls at the start of the book "a...
Bertalan Meskó from the excellent ScienceRoll blog has uploaded a presentation he gave recently at the Medicine Meets Virtual Reality conference. The presentation, embedded below, is a great overview of how the Web is being utilized in the medical profession. I was particularly interested in the story of Dr Jay...
I've just finished reading a fantastic science-fiction book: Permutation City, by Greg Egan. It covers a lot of the themes that interest me - computer technology, virtual reality, avatars, evolution, alternate and parallel universes, philosophy, self-programming. Heck it even has an alien race (created by humans though). Now I realise...
Indie developer Flamingo Simulation Systems is hoping the upcoming release of Kid Pilot will combine childhood nostalgia with modern hardware to bring a VR experience to the whole family when it launches for PC VR later this month (May 23rd), although there is no sign of a Quest release at...
A soon as VR made its emergence into the mainstream a decade ago long before Quest 3, there were music and rhythm games at the forefront of the offering. Capturing the feel of crazy games such as Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero, VR music games could put you there....
There seems to be an ever-growing number of horror games for the Quest 3, it is only a few days since we looked at Nope Challenge. VR is possibly the perfect format for the genre and so it is exciting that we are now going to get, from veteran VR...
The Quest 3 is a fantastic piece of hardware and the sheer variety of games and experiences you can get for it continues to grow. From traveling the world in Wander, bashing cubes to Daft Punk in Beat Saber to playing a relaxing game of mini-golf, you can do just...
The classic sci-fi strategy game Homeworld was due to have its third installment available already, some 20 years after the last one, but delays have caused it to be pushed back a little. Much like public transport you wait 20 years for one and then suddenly multiple show up at...
Ever since the days of the PlayStation Move, Wii Balance Board or the Xbox Kinect, software publishers have dreamed of finding the perfect way to entice unhealthy gamers to get off the couch and get active. In an unlikely twist, it finally seems as though virtual reality, and in particular...
The Meta Quest 3 is not only an amazing virtual reality headset for playing games on - although if you do want to play games on it, you can find a list of the best upcoming games this year right over here. No, besides jumping around to Beat Saber or...
The Meta Quest 3 has really upped the game when it comes to standalone VR. We finally have a headset that not only can play games on the move completely untethered but if you use its clever Air Link function either with a USB cable or even on fast wifi...
Tech has made its way into one of the most traditional symbols of love and commitment: the engagement ring. The evolution of proposal traditions, mirroring rapid tech advancements, has led us to the emergence of lab-grown diamonds. These diamonds offer a new narrative in the story of love, combining the...
A Meta executive has assured parents and teachers that Meta Quest headsets tabbed for use in school settings will come with measures and controls that allow teachers to supervise students using them. "This is not going to be used in the classroom unless teachers feel they have complete visibility and...
Microsoft has shown off a new test interface for Xbox Cloud Gaming that mimics the dashboard interface of a console. Xbox Party Chat will now be available via the browser-based client as opposed to using a standalone application to speak with friends, reports The Verge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghCFLhI6yYM Xbox Cloud Gaming updates...
Virtual Reality has actually been around for decades - even in its more recent iteration, it has been a good long while since the likes of Palmer Luckey founded Oculus and then sold it to Facebook before going on to make weapons systems. The Oculus Dev Kit 1 is now...
Step into the world of metaverse casinos and experience virtual high-roller life. You can create a custom avatar, chat with your friends, and roam the gaming floors that rival Las Vegas. All your favorite games await you, from slots and poker to blackjack. Plus, you’ll enjoy instant withdrawals and generous...
Arcade Paradise was a big indie hit when it first came out but what would make playing on virtual arcade cabinets and running your own arcade even more exciting? VR that’s what. Arcade Paradise VR is set to arrive towards the end of this month and will bring with it...
Meta Quest 2 the popular virtual reality (VR) headset has seen the price of the device fall below $200. The device has not seen a price dive since the holiday season when the Meta Quest 2 outperformed Sony’s Playstation VR headset in sales by thirty to one. During this festive...
Sony Group Corporation has allegedly put a stop to production of its PSVR2 headset, due to a backlog of unsold units. The news came from an article by Bloomberg journalist Takashi Mochizuki who claims that sales of the product have slowed ‘progressively since its launch and stocks of the device...
Hands up who remembers Palmer Luckey? The Hawaiian-shirted entrepreneur and founder of Oculus VR who once made a VR headset that would literally kill you if you died in a game was the poster boy of the early re-arrival of VR around 2013. Luckey launched the Oculus Rift after a...
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