597 Results From "VR"

More people are getting injured using virtual reality headsets than ever before because, well, more people are buying them than ever before. 
Prosthetics and Devices

Virtual Reality Users Keep Suffering Horrible Injuries

A Japanese company is taking service robotics to a whole new level with their humanoid power line-fixing robot.
Robotics

Japanese Railroad Builds Giant Gundam-Style Robot to Fix Power Lines

Jim Cramer, the loud and brash host of CNBC's "Mad Money" stock tips show, feels bad for telling viewers to buy Facebook stock.
Future Society

Stock Analyst Cries on TV Because He Recommended Facebook Stock

Some folks are worried Meta and Mark Zuckerberg might have ulterior motives in the Metaverse. Here's a roundup of excellent Metaverse memes.
Metaverse

The Most Brutal Memes About How the Metaverse Will Trap Us in a Human Meat Farm

Facebook is starting to squeeze ads into the magical virtual reality environments enabled by its Oculus Quest VR headset.
Virtual Reality

Dystopian Marketers, Unite: Facebook to Start Dropping Ads Into VR Spaces

Plenty of bright eyed and eager would-be-interns had their hopes and dreams crushed when Meta rudely decided to cut costs by getting rid of them.
Future Society

Oops! Facebook Tells Interns It Already Hired That It Can’t Afford Them Anymore

A United Arab Emirates’ official warned that committing serious crimes including "murder" should be made illegal in the metaverse.
Metaverse

UAE Official Says Murder Should Be Illegal in the Metaverse

New company will let you save your data in the metaverse and pay $50 per year to talk to avatars of dead loved ones after they die.
Future Society

Startup Says You Can Talk to Your Dead Relatives, for a Fee

Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public and beta testers are already being sexually harassed.
Metaverse

Sexual Assault Is Already Happening in the Metaverse

An extremely unlucky Turkish black bear cub got its hands on a pretty questionable treat: hallucinogenic "mad honey" that had it go on a very bad trip.
Science & Energy

Bear Eats Hallucinogenic Honey, Has Wild Trip

Some Facebook execs have threatened to actively monitor Meta employee use of Horizon Worlds, which employees reportedly, uh, weren't using.
Metaverse

Facebook Employees Seem Completely Confused by the Metaverse

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's fortune has dropped by a whopping $71 billion so far this year, making him only the 20th richest person in the world.
Future Society

Mark Zuckerberg Is in Big, Big Trouble

Apparently, invested brands don't care that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse looks like garbage. Horizon Worlds is ugly and just fine!
Metaverse

Brands Say Everybody’s Wrong, Actually the Metaverse Looks Great

Does virtual reality nature have the same positive health effects that IRL nature does? A new study used virtual reality to put plants in a city.
Virtual Reality

Scientists Use Virtual Reality to Add Green Plants to Urban Hell

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during an internal Q&A that any employee who wants one could expense an Oculus Quest 2 to the company.
Virtual Reality

Facebook Is Giving a VR Headset to Every Employee Who Wants One

Phil Libin, founder of note-taking app Evernote who grew up in the Soviet Union, says that Meta's Metaverse is like communist propaganda.
Metaverse

CEO Born in Soviet Russia Says Metaverse Is Just Like Communist Propaganda

According to a new study, psilocybin, the psychedelic substance in magic mushrooms, could be used to treat alcohol use disorder.
Health & Medicine

Study: Magic Mushrooms Helped 83% of People Cut Excessive Drinking

During a Q&A session with Meta staff, Zuckerberg announced that he's "turning up the heat" over performance goals, according to Reuters.
Future Society

Angry Zuckerberg Complains About Employees Who “Shouldn’t Be Here”

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against the FTC, claiming that an investigation into the company has become "unduly burdensome" on Jeff Bezos and Andrew Jassy.
Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos Says the FTC is Being Vewy Vewy Mean

Facebook's dream of the metaverse is as incoherent as ever, following an 8,000 word essay posted by Nick Clegg, president of global affairs at Meta.
Metaverse

In Extremely Confusing Twist, Facebook Says It Isn’t Building a Metaverse After All