How Video Games Are Changing the Way Soccer Is Played Before his first few appearances as a teenage striker for Arsenal, Alex Iwobi used to cast his eye over the names of the opposition team, trying to identify his direct … Continue reading How real life reflects games
Oculus Rift, Sony, And The Coming Virtual Reality Revolution At this year’s Game Developers Conference, currently underway in San Francisco, one idea has dominated the field: virtual reality. Could the tech’s time truly, finally, be here? On Tuesday night, at … Continue reading Can Sony catch up with Oculus VR?
How Virtual Reality Could Change Dating When we think of the term “social,” a specific image comes to mind: having conversations, being part of a group, sitting with friends, meeting people for the first time. But what if we could … Continue reading Would you go on a date in VR?
How WebVR will make virtual reality massively available If you haven’t heard of WebVR yet, it’s time to take notice. It’s a relatively new product that lets you access virtual reality through a browser, bypassing the need to download heavy … Continue reading The future of Internet
10 Incredible Uses of Virtual Reality Virtual reality technology holds enormous potential to change the future for a number of fields, from medicine, business, architecture to manufacturing. Psychologists and other medical professionals are using VR to heighten traditional therapy methods … Continue reading VR is not just for video games
Can virtual reality help close the gender pay gap? The numbers always bear repeating: Just a few months shy of what may be the election of America’s first female president, women still make 79 cents for every dollar earned by … Continue reading Simulating tough pay bargaining
10 future VR games that will get you excited for virtual reality Virtual Reality is here right now, but it’s an area of gaming that’s seriously lacking a must-have game. Over the next few months that is set to change. … Continue reading The future of gaming
The dangers of Pokémon Go: Kids’ brains are vulnerable to virtual and augmented reality A few weeks back I was sent a link to an article about Pokémon Go—the latest craze that has been sweeping not only our native Manhattan, … Continue reading Reality testing is not for children
Inside the homes of 2050 with smart beds, virtual reality friends and self-decorating rooms The future home that we’ll all be living in has been revealed – and it’s a hi-tech paradise featuring ROBOT chefs and self-decorating rooms. In Bladerunner-style … Continue reading The future home is here
What Virtual Reality Is Good For After years as a punchline, virtual reality is enjoying a renaissance. Venture capitalists plowed $1.2 billion into virtual-reality and augmented-reality startups in the first quarter of 2016, according to a report by Digi-Capital—more than … Continue reading How to trick your brain
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 