Virtual reality at Tribeca: Don’t buy the hype? Try $40 for a timed ticket Storytellers piqued by virtual reality’s capabilities are throwing themselves headlong into a unfamiliar format, but the places they’re screening their work are very familiar territory. The … Continue reading Tribeca’s movies
Virtual reality could hold KEY to stopping opioid EPIDEMIC sweeping USA Around 100 clinics and hospitals are working with Samsung to provide patients with therapy which eliminates the need for addictive painkillers. Trials show that using virtual reality headsets takes … Continue reading Non-addictive painkillers
How Does Medical Virtual Reality Make Healthcare More Pleasant? Although the use of virtual reality in healthcare is not widespread yet, the technology holds great promise. Goldman Sachs estimated in its 2016 report that 8 million physicians and medical technicians … Continue reading Study the human body
Disney unveils a prototype virtual-reality jacket to simulate hugs, punches and a snake slithering across your body A big, green snake slithers up your body, squeezing your rib cage, but you’re not afraid. It’s strangely exhilarating. In this virtual-reality simulation, … Continue reading The Force Jacket
A universal infrastructure for augmented reality is closer than you think At a recent GamesBeat conference, John Hanke, CEO of Niantic (the company best known for introducing Pokemon Go to the world) made waves when he told attendees that he’s … Continue reading Creating the digital land
How Apple Will Use AR To Reinvent The Human-Computer Interface As a technology industry analyst, I have had the privilege of covering Apple since 1981. During this period of time, I have watched Apple introduce new products and change leadership … Continue reading Stay in the picture
Virtuality – A New Reality of Promise, Two Decades Too Soon In the history of Virtual Reality, there are a few people, companies and concepts that are considered vital to its existence. VPL Research, creators of the Dataglove, Datasuit and … Continue reading Back to the roots
Virtual Reality: The New Frontier of Health-Care Training Virtual reality (VR) offers amazing capabilities in the world of medical training, where simulations of life-and-death situations can provide a safe space for real-world learning. As a Health IT Lab Fellow at … Continue reading Medical education
When virtual reality feels real, so does the sexual harassment The former biotech software engineer went from developing mini-games that helped diagnose childhood concussions to becoming CEO and creative director of the independent Seattle game studio Stumbling Cat and a … Continue reading Cyber harassment
Artist Mark Farid To Spend 28-Days In Virtual Reality As technology continues to become more a part of our daily life the debate over how much of this embrace of technology is right is an on going one. Now, as … Continue reading Isolation experiment
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 