Digital Currency Could Be Widely Used In VR I have a hypothesis that digital currency will be widely used in virtual reality, especially in virtual worlds. The reason is simple. When people transact in virtual worlds, it doesn’t make sense … Continue reading The worlds of cryptocurrency
Defying Reality: The oncoming train of virtual reality adventure After the bright lights of Vegas and overstimulation of the Consumer Electronics Show, I was looking forward to a change of pace. So at the end of January 2016, I flew … Continue reading The future of VR movies
How Virtual Reality Will Change the Way We Communicate With Loved Ones Abroad Forever For most of us with loved ones across the shores, the various video-chat platforms at our disposal keep us connected, lags and connection problems notwithstanding. Things … Continue reading Staying in contact
Will Virtual Reality Change the Design World? While hundreds of tech firms are broadening their virtual (and augmented) reality footprints—think Google’s omnipotent Street View and Facebook’s recent unveiling of an Oculus Half Dome headset prototype—the truth is that the VR … Continue reading The blackout of the outside world
VR Fireside Chat: Inside a Virtual World Full of Surprises Two weeks ago, I gave my first virtual reality presentation—a virtual fireside chat with my friend Philip Rosedale, the CEO of High Fidelity and creator of Second Life. At the … Continue reading Transporting yourself
The Man Behind The Goggles We are proud to present the first of our Taoti Talks, featuring the Grandfather of Virtual Reality, Tom Furness. In addition to being one of the founders of VR, Tom is known worldwide for his … Continue reading Learning systems for families
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
Virtual reality helping older ‘explorers’ connect and share memories When Zofia Joshi comes into a room these days, she’s on six legs. Four of those are attached to a walking frame she’s increasingly relied on since the onset of Parkinson’s … Continue reading Technology explorers
Microsoft CLAWS at Haptics Progress: Virtual Reality is Getting Tactile “Haptics”. To the uninitiated, the very word sounds like something from a novel by cyberpunk doyen William Gibson. (“They didn’t think Flynne’s brother had PTSD, but that sometimes the haptics … Continue reading Technologies of touch
High Fidelity Takes Us Dancing In A Virtual Reality Club I’m looking forward to Steven Spielberg’s upcoming film based on Ernest Cline’s virtual reality sci-fi novel Ready Player One. In one scene in that 2011 tome, a group of hackers … Continue reading Dancing in VR
LAVREB Laboratory of Virtual Reality and Economic Behavior 