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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

By Victor Tangermann

According to a new blog post, Facebook is hoping to hook up its upcoming AR glasses to a "soft wristband" that can control them.

Facebook Shows Off Neural “Wristbands” to Control AR Glasses

By Victor Tangermann

A team of scientists studying how sex chromosomes are linked to differences in the brain has to tread lightly, lest their work be misrepresented.

Prosthetics and Devices

Expert: In the Future, Spine Implants May Cause Orgasms on Demand

By Tony Ho Tran

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

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

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

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

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

A team of physicists created a 360 video that takes people on a tour of a realistic simulation of the black hole in the middle of the Milky Way.

360-Degree Video Shows What It’s Like to Fall Into a Black Hole

By Dan Robitzski

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

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

Soldiers Are Training in Virtual Environments Generated From Real Cities

By Dan Robitzski

The World Health Organization Identifies Gaming Disorder as a Mental Health Condition

The World Health Organization Identifies Gaming Disorder as a Mental Health Condition

By Aylin Woodward