597 Results From "VR"

Meta-formerly-Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has denied getting choked out to the point of unconsciousness during a jiu-jitsu match.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Denies Getting Choked Out in Jiu-Jitsu Fight

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Prosecutors are looking into whether Meta profited from ad sales for regulated drugs and the shady telehealth services that pushed them.
Meta

Feds Investigating Whether Meta Profited From “Illicit” Drug Sales

By Noor Al-Sibai

Famed budget TV maker TCL has unveiled its latest TCL's X2 AR glasses capable of translating conversations in real time, but they're a little... big.
Virtual Reality

New AR Glasses Translate Conversations in Real Time

By Frank Landymore

Members of the deaf community are taking advantage of sophisticated hand tracking to use sign language in virtual reality.
Virtual Reality

Sign Language in Virtual Reality Actually Looks Kinda Awesome

By Victor Tangermann

Apple struggled to build its high tech car, burning billions of dollars while constantly changing its project's direction.
Advanced Transport

Apple’s Failed Car Was a Disaster Behind the Scenes

By Frank Landymore

Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.
Virtual Reality

Insurance Company Says VR Headsets Are Causing Spike in Smashed TVs

By Tony Ho Tran

John Carmack has quit his advisory position at Meta — and took to the social network to blast his now-ex-boss on his way out the door. 
Metaverse

John Carmack Quits Job Building Metaverse, Blasts Facebook

By Noor Al-Sibai

The DOD is looking for tech that will protect against "cognitive attacks" that could disable soldiers wearing virtual reality devices.
Virtual Reality

DARPA Seeks to Protect Virtual Reality Against “Cognitive Attacks”

By Noor Al-Sibai

The devs of QuestCraft released an unofficial VR port of Minecraft to the Meta Quest headset this week, along with detailed installation instructions.
Future Society

Rejoice, Nerds! You Can Now Play Minecraft With a Quest VR Headset

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have created a special device that can trick you into feeling like a spider is crawling across your mouth.
Virtual Reality

Rejoice! Scientists Say Amazing Technology Can Make You Feel VR Spiders Crawling on Your Mouth

By Victor Tangermann

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen ate psychedelic mushrooms on a recent trip to China, but did not know they had hallucinogenic properties.
Science & Energy

US Treasury Secretary Says She Didn’t Know the Mushrooms She Ate Were Psychedelic

By Sharon Adarlo

Another Oculus Quest 2 user had an intense allergic reaction to the VR headset's facial foam interface over the holiday, resulting in a hospital trip after Christmas for 13-year-old Lewis Gray.
Virtual Reality

Christmas Present VR Headset Sends Boy to the Hospital

By Lonnie Lee Hood

According to the people actually already working — or attempting to work — in the Meta's Horizon Worlds metaverse, there are a lot of issues.
Metaverse

People Forced to “Go to Work” in the Metaverse Say It’s a Complete Nightmare

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Some parents are growing concerned of the impact of VR gaming might have on their children as VR headsets become more and more popular.
Virtual Reality

Parents Alarmed by Children Slicing Off Enemies’ Limbs in VR

By Tony Ho Tran

A farmer in Turkey has purchased special VR headsets for his cows so they'll produce more milk and be less anxious. It seems to be working.
Virtual Reality

Farmer Puts VR Headsets on Cows to Simulate Green Pastures

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Mark Zuckerberg took to the stage at 2024's Connect conference in a shirt that made a self-reference to Roman Emporer Julius Caeser.
Future Society

You Are Not Prepared for How Mark Zuckerberg Is Dressing Now

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Twitter CEO Elon Musk declared yesterday that Twitter was preparing to purge inactive accounts from the platform.
Elon Musk

Elon Musk Says Twitter Will Purge the Accounts of Dead People

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Facebook's iteration of the metaverse is set to get a lot less glitchy — and have a lot more privacy concerns.
Virtual Reality

Facebook Locks Down Patents for Full-Body VR Tracking

By Noor Al-Sibai

A group of users on the metaverse platform VRChat have created a police force to question, arrest, and occasionally frame other users for crimes.
Metaverse

VR Cops Brag About Planting Fake Evidence in Metaverse While Disguised as Underage Girls

By Tony Ho Tran

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's avatar's virtual legs may have been staged at this week's Connect conference, and only a "preview of what’s to come."
Metaverse

Say It Ain’t So! Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Legs Were Apparently Staged

By Victor Tangermann

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AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

AI Is Slitting the Throat of the Journalism Industry

By Victor Tangermann

Despite broadcasting a barrage of lies with its faulty AI summaries feature, Apple has yet to meaningfully address the problem.

Apple’s AI Is Constantly Butchering Huge News Stories Sent to Millions of Users

By Victor Tangermann

Tech startup Channel 1 released a 20 minute demo of its news channel presented by uncanny AI news anchors.

Channel 1 Says It’ll Use AI-Generated News Anchors

By Frank Landymore

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

Readers Want Publications to Label AI-Generated Content

By Sharon Adarlo