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The US Army has developed a new pair of hi-tech goggles that allows infantry to see in the dark and even see around corners, as Popular Mechanics reports.

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The US Army’s New Goggles Could Let Soldiers See Around Corners

By Victor Tangermann

The British military is running drills and combat exercises in virtual reality, using simulations that run on the Unreal Engine.

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British Soldiers Training for Combat in Virtual Reality

By Dan Robitzski

According to a new report by The Information, Apple working on a $3,000 ultra-high-resolution virtual reality headset with eye and hand tracking.

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Details Leak on Apple’s Upcoming VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera

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Living in “Third Person View” With VR and a Backpack-Mounted Camera

By Dan Robitzski

In a world's first, a jet pilot flying inside a real aircraft just fought an artificial intelligence-powered virtual fighter jet in real time.

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A Pilot Flying a Real Jet Just Fought an Augmented Reality Enemy

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists at Cornell University has created a stretchable fiber-optic sensor that could give robots and virtual reality a "human touch."

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Will This Glove Finally Let You Touch Stuff in VR?

By Victor Tangermann

Cosmetics company L'Oreal has announced a lineup of augmented reality filters they're branding as "virtual makeup."

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Cosmetics Company Announces “Virtual Makeup” for Video Calls

By Victor Tangermann

The hologram strat up PORTL Hologram made a doorway-sized device that can transmit holograms as new, immersive form of video calls.

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This “Portal” Lets You Beam a Hologram of Yourself Into Video Calls

By Dan Robitzski

For her birthday, Kanye West bought Kim Kardashian a hologram of her dead dad that says he's proud of her and calls Kanye a genius.

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Kanye Bought Kim Kardashian a Hologram of her Dead Dad That Says He’s Proud of Her

By Dan Robitzski

The HP Omnicept measures biometrics to tell when people are stressed, which could be a good tool for high-stakes job simulations.

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New VR Headset Reads Your Biometrics to Find Your Breaking Point

By Dan Robitzski

The consulting CTO of Oculus says he's "kind of embarrassed" at Facebook's feeble attempts to leverage VR during the pandemic lockdown.

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Oculus CTO Says He’s “Embarrassed” by Facebook’s Handling of VR

By Jon Christian

Engineers have built a true hologram, not unlike the ones seen in "Star Wars": a short loop of the Earth spinning on its axis.

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Scientists Create True, “Star Wars”-Style Hologram

By Dan Robitzski

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Ready or Not, Inexpensive VR Sex Is Going Mainstream

By Futurism Creative

A team researchers at Facebook have created a virtual reality headset that's not much larger than a (bulky) pair of sunglasses.

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Facebook Built a VR Headset the Size of a Pair of Large Sunglasses

By Victor Tangermann

The Tokyo Women's Medical University started livestreaming surgery in virtual reality as a COVID-19 safety measure that may make education more accessible.

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A Tokyo Hospital Is Livestreaming Surgeries in Virtual Reality

By Dan Robitzski

A new pair of AR smart glasses don't project an image onto its lenses. Instead, it uses lasers to shoot an image directly into the eyeball.

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These AR Smart Glasses Shoot Lasers Directly Onto Your Retina

By Dan Robitzski

This year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah allowed festival goers to experience something wild: virtual reality (VR) underwater.

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This Underwater VR Tricks You Into Thinking You’re Flying

By Victor Tangermann

Panasonic showed off a VR glasses prototype that looks more like something out of a 90s steampunk movie at this year's CES in Las Vegas.

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Panasonic’s VR Glasses Are Unlike Any You’ve Seen Before

By Victor Tangermann

Niantic, the company behind Pokémon Go, announced that it partnered up with Qualcomm to develop new augmented reality (AR) glasses.

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The Company Behind Pokémon Go Is Making AR Glasses

By Dan Robitzski

Microsoft researchers have developed DreamWalker, a new VR system that lets a user walk a route in the real world while looking at virtual scenery.

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New Microsoft Tech Lets You Use VR While Walking Outside

By Kristin Houser

Recreating the feeling of a psychedelic trip using virtual reality technology isn't easy, but that isn't stopping several artists from trying.

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These Technologists Are Trying to Recreate Psychedelic Trips in VR

By Kristin Houser

New artificial intelligence and virtual reality tools are making it easier for doctors and their patients to fit new prosthetic limbs.

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Doctors Are Using AI and VR to Improve People’s Prosthetic Limbs

By Dan Robitzski

British Airways is testing a range of new VR entertainment features for select first class flights between London's Heathrow airport and JFK in New York.

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Airline Tests VR Entertainment — But Only For First Class Passengers

By Victor Tangermann

VR training company Talespin has created Barry, an artificially intelligent virtual reality character managers can practice firing over and over again.

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This Company Creates Virtual People for You to Fire in VR

By Kristin Houser

A new experiment used VR to trick people's brains into thinking they inhabited spider or bat bodies. People reported feeling like the body was theirs.

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Bizarre New VR Makes People Feel Like They’re Spiders

By Dan Robitzski

Using its Hololens device and AI tech, Microsoft can make it appear like a person is standing in front of you, speaking a language they don't really speak.

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Microsoft’s Tech Can Make Your Hologram Speak Another Language

By Kristin Houser

A pakistani politician unknowingly gave a press conference while a Facebook AR filter gave him cute cat ears during the livestream.

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Politician Accidentally Rocks AR Kitty Ears During Livestream

By Dan Robitzski

Circus Roncalli in Germany did away with its live animal shows. Instead, its using holograms to project virtual horses, elephants, and other animals.

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A German Circus Is Using Amazing Holograms Instead of Animals

By Dan Robitzski

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Watch a Real Pastor Baptize an Anime Girl in Virtual Reality

By Kristin Houser

Lawmakers in the US have proposed a bill that would regulate in-game purchases for children's video games, signaling new efforts to protect gamers.

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Lawmakers Want to Regulate Video Games Targeted at Children

By Natalie Coleman

Mike Abinder, in-house psychologist and researcher for Valve, talked about exciting possibilities of adding brain-computer interfaces to VR headsets.

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Expert: VR Headsets Should Have Brain Interfaces

By Victor Tangermann

More details emerge about the U.S. Army's virtual reality combat training simulations, which a software developer says is ramping up its scale.

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The U.S. Army Is Using Virtual Reality Combat to Train Soldiers

By Dan Robitzski

Jak Wilmot, co-founder of Disrupt VR, an Atlanta-based VR content studio, spent 168 consecutive hours in a VR headset, locked up in his apartment.

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This Guy Spent a Whole Week In a VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Thousands of Chinese Fans Paid to See a Virtual Hologram Singer

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Thousands of Chinese Fans Paid to See a Virtual Hologram Singer

By Victor Tangermann

Startup Magic Leap envisions a future in which digital layers blanket the physical world — but building this "Magicverse" won't be easy.

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Magic Leap Wants to Build AR “Layers” Over The Entire Earth

By Kristin Houser

Employees at Microsoft signed a letter calling for the company to cancel a military contract that would supply U.S. Army soldiers with HoloLens AR headsets.

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Employees Demand Microsoft Cancel U.S. Army HoloLens Contract

By Victor Tangermann

Vicarious Surgical plans to create tiny robots that doctors can control via virtual reality to operate on patients remotely.

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Bill Gates Funds Tiny Robot Surgeons That Operate Inside the Body

By Kristin Houser

Expert: AR Will Let Hackers Steal “Deep Psychological Data”

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Expert: AR Will Let Hackers Steal “Deep Psychological Data”

By Foster Kamer

When virtual reality hits the mainstream, companies may find that its cheaper to invest in VR headsets and simulated offices than physical real estate.

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I Tried a VR App Meant to Replace Offices, and It Was Glorious

By Dan Robitzski

Over the next year, cameras will record life aboard the International Space Station to create a virtual reality series for TIME.

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See the Stunning New Trailer for a VR Series Filmed on the ISS

By Kristin Houser

A 23-year-old esports, and sim racing professional just beat an ex-Formula 1 driver at this year's Race of Champions in Mexico.

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A Guy Trained on Video Games Just Beat a Formula 1 Driver on a Real Track

By Victor Tangermann

A new virtual reality simulation built by Cambridge University scientists gives a high-resolution detail view into the cells of a breast cancer tumor.

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Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski

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New Multi-Sensory Mask Lets You Smell and Feel the Virtual World

By Kristin Houser

A porn studio says it's created a prototype helmet that uses seven cameras and a pair of binaural cameras to film the next generation of immersive video.

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Why a Spider-Eyed “Sex Helmet” Could Be the Future of VR Video

By Jon Christian

Christianity takes on VR: Christians are using VR to preach to virtual congregations and experience Biblical stories in immersive 360-degree video.

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HTC Thinks Virtual Reality’s Killer App Could Be Christianity

By Jon Christian

VRgineers's $5,800 virtual reality headset called XTAL features a pair of quad HD displays and a generous 180 degree field of view.

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This New $5,800 Headset is the Rolls Royce of Virtual Reality

By Victor Tangermann

Digital Currency Group's new branch, Metaverse Ventures, will invest exclusively in Decentraland startups that develop products for the VR blockchain world.

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A New VC Fund Is Bankrolling Virtual Products in a Simulated World

By Dan Robitzski

Walmart helped workers prepare for the Black Friday rush by providing them with VR simulations of what they could expect.

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Walmart Used VR to Prepare Its Workers for Black Friday

By Kristin Houser

MIT wants to allow internet users to give commands to a real-life hired actor on Halloween. Terrible idea or fascinating social experiment?

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MIT Will Let You Control a Real-Life Actor By Giving Them Commands

By Victor Tangermann

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Facebook Sees a Future in Augmented Reality Glasses

By Jon Christian

Glimpse: Truly Useful Augmented Reality is Coming. We’re Not Ready.

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Glimpse: Truly Useful Augmented Reality is Coming. We’re Not Ready.

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Incredible Augmented Reality Demo Conjures Up Ghostly Versions of Your Coworkers

By Jon Christian

A new Microsoft patent for a circular input system could change how we type in virtual reality, making the process far more intuitive.

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Typing in VR Sucks. Microsoft Has an Idea to Make It Better.

By Kristin Houser

Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started

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Glimpse: Virtual Reality For The Masses Might Solve The Problems Social Media Started

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

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This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

By Kristin Houser

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

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Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

By Kristin Houser

Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

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Never Heard of Edge Computing? It’s About to Make Augmented Reality Way Better.

By Kristin Houser

Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help

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Video Game Addiction Is Real And Professionals Aren’t Prepared To Help

By Victor Tangermann

Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

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Magic Leap’s Disappointing Demo Could Be A Death Knell For AR

By Victor Tangermann

Inventing America takes travelers to Governor's Island, New York back to the 17th century via an augmented reality simulation that covers the whole island.

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Augmented Reality Recreates A New York City Not Seen for Centuries

By Dan Robitzski

Virtual Reality Has Reached A “Tipping Point.” It’s Officially Here to Stay.

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Virtual Reality Has Reached A “Tipping Point.” It’s Officially Here to Stay.

By Dan Robitzski

VR horror game Bring to Light adjusts gameplay based on feedback from a heart rate monitor

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This VR Horror Game Is Exactly as Scary as Your Body Can Handle

By Kristin Houser

This Startup Is Combining AR and VR by Putting Real Objects Into Virtual Worlds

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This Startup Is Combining AR and VR by Putting Real Objects Into Virtual Worlds

People Are Paying Insane Amounts of Real Money for “Virtual Real Estate”

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People Are Paying Insane Amounts of Real Money for “Virtual Real Estate”

By Victor Tangermann