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

Virtual Reality

Will This Glove Finally Let You Touch Stuff in VR?

By Victor Tangermann

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

Virtual Reality

New VR Headset Reads Your Biometrics to Find Your Breaking Point

By Dan Robitzski

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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

By Victor Tangermann

Science & Energy

Realistic, Interactive VR Sex Is Finally Here, and It’s Affordable

By Futurism Creative

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

A Tokyo Hospital Is Livestreaming Surgeries in Virtual Reality

By Dan Robitzski

A video of a mother having a reunion with her deceased daughter in VR raises all sorts of questions about the future of grieving and mortality.

Watch a Mother Reunite With Her Deceased Child in VR

By Kristin Houser

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

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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

By Victor Tangermann

Russian farmers strapped VR headsets onto their cows to see if pleasant virtual worlds would improve their milk. So far, all they know is the cows liked it.

Science & Energy

Russian Farmers Are Strapping VR Headsets to Dairy Cows

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

Bizarre New VR Makes People Feel Like They’re Spiders

By Dan Robitzski

A new smart glove makes VR more immersive by making the virtual objects people touch feel as though they're really there.

Science & Energy

Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects

By Dan Robitzski

Virtual Reality

Watch a Real Pastor Baptize an Anime Girl in Virtual Reality

By Kristin Houser

An engineer built a robot that tries to punch him in real life while he fights a digital robot in a virtual reality video game.

This Robot Bludgeons You With Boxing Gloves While You Play Games

By Dan Robitzski

In a virtual recreation of the infamous Milgram Shock Experiment, participants were just as reluctant to continue, even though no one was hurt.

Science & Energy

People Are Horrified When They Have to Torture a Virtual Person

By Dan Robitzski

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

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

This Guy Spent a Whole Week In a VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

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

Virtual Reality

Bill Gates Funds Tiny Robot Surgeons That Operate Inside the Body

By Kristin Houser

A duo of influential academics are warning that society could veer into an epochal shift as people start to choose technology over humans.

Sex Researchers: For Many, Virtual Lovers Will Replace Humans

By Jon Christian

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

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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

By Kristin Houser

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

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Tumors Could Help Lead to New Cancer Treatments

By Dan Robitzski

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Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

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

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.

Virtual Reality

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

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook’s Oculus Just Patented a Retina-Resolution VR Display

Science & Energy

Facebook’s Oculus Just Patented a Retina-Resolution VR Display

By Dan Robitzski

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

Virtual Reality

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.

Virtual Reality

Walmart Used VR to Prepare Its Workers for Black Friday

By Kristin Houser

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

Virtual Reality

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

By Kristin Houser

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

Virtual Reality

This Electric Chewing Gum Never Runs out of Flavor

By Kristin Houser

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Is “Reuniting” Immigrants With Their Families

By Kristin Houser

A new kind of artificial intelligence is able to recognize and remember objects in a way that's a lot more like humans and a lot less like algorithms.

Artificial Intelligence

New Artificial Intelligence Does Something Extraordinary — It Remembers

By Dan Robitzski

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

Virtual Reality

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

Virtual Reality

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

By Kristin Houser

The Digest: VR Treatment, Even Without a Therapist, Helps People Overcome Fear of Heights

The Digest: VR Treatment, Even Without a Therapist, Helps People Overcome Fear of Heights

By Kristin Houser

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

Virtual Reality

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

By Victor Tangermann

New VR Demo Lets You Use Your Hands to Explore A Cat’s Innards

Virtual Reality

New VR Demo Lets You Use Your Hands to Explore A Cat’s Innards

By Kristin Houser

AI Can Now Manipulate People’s Movements In Fake Videos

Artificial Intelligence

AI Can Now Manipulate People’s Movements In Fake Videos

By Dan Robitzski

The Army Is Afraid Soldiers Will Be Distracted From Information Overload. AI Could Help.

Artificial Intelligence

The Army Is Afraid Soldiers Will Be Distracted From Information Overload. AI Could Help.

By Dan Robitzski

Never Want To Tour With Your Band Again? Send Your Hologram Instead, Like ABBA Is Doing.

Virtual Reality

Never Want To Tour With Your Band Again? Send Your Hologram Instead, Like ABBA Is Doing.

By Victor Tangermann

Disney Made A VR Jacket That Can Simulate Hugs, Snakes Crawling On Your Back

Virtual Reality

Disney Made A VR Jacket That Can Simulate Hugs, Snakes Crawling On Your Back

By Victor Tangermann

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

By Dan Robitzski

Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment

Tomorrow’s Airplane Cabins Could Be More Luxurious Than Your Apartment

By Kristin Houser

We Should Make Technology Less Addicting. Will Developers Ever Want to?

We Should Make Technology Less Addicting. Will Developers Ever Want to?

By Claudia Geib

New Electronic Skin Allows You to Manipulate Virtual Objects

Virtual Reality

New Electronic Skin Allows You to Manipulate Virtual Objects

By Chelsea Gohd

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Virtual Reality

The Top Transformative Tech Trends From CES 2018

By Chelsea Gohd

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What We’ve Seen So Far at CES 2018

Metalenses That Focus All Colors of the Rainbow Could Revolutionize VR

Virtual Reality

Metalenses That Focus All Colors of the Rainbow Could Revolutionize VR

By Chelsea Gohd

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Virtual Reality

This Humanoid Robot May be Your Next Assistant

A Virtual Reality Film Experience Just Received the First Oscar for VR

Virtual Reality

A Virtual Reality Film Experience Just Received the First Oscar for VR

By Patrick Caughill

Using Virtual Reality Headsets Can Cause Disorientation, Loss of Balance in Children

Virtual Reality

Using Virtual Reality Headsets Can Cause Disorientation, Loss of Balance in Children

AR Startup Magic Leap Is Looking to Raise Another Billion Dollars

Virtual Reality

AR Startup Magic Leap Is Looking to Raise Another Billion Dollars

By Chelsea Gohd

New Anatomy VR App Lets You Look Inside Your Own Body

Virtual Reality

New Anatomy VR App Lets You Look Inside Your Own Body

By Chelsea Gohd

Facebook Finally Unveiled a Standalone VR Headset, And It’s Just $199

Virtual Reality

Facebook Finally Unveiled a Standalone VR Headset, And It’s Just $199

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International Space Station

First-Ever 360-Degree Video of Spacewalk Lets You Feel Like an ISS Astronaut

Nerve-Stimulating Implants May Be the Next Level in Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality

Nerve-Stimulating Implants May Be the Next Level in Virtual Reality

By Patrick Caughill

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality Headsets Might Help Cure Genetic Diseases

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Virtual Reality

We are Just Six Months Away from Magic Leap One

By Patrick Caughill