Panasonic claims its glasses are the world's first HDR-enabled VR unit.

Panasonic's VR glasses are unlike any you've seen before

Steampunk Glasses

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.

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

The future of VR is looking very steampunk.

Apparently the cows found a virtual field less stressful than the crowded farm they called home.

Russian farmers are strapping VR headsets to dairy cows

Cow VR

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.

Russian Farmers Are Strapping VR Headsets to Dairy Cows

The cows are trapped on crowded farms — but the VR shows them a beautiful open field.

DreamWalker: Substituting Real-World Walking Experiences with a Virtual Reality

You can walk to your real destination while enjoying virtual scenery.

New Microsoft tech lets you use VR while walking outside

Outdoor Living

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.

New Microsoft Tech Lets You Use VR While Walking Outside

Microsoft envisions a future in which you spend a lot of time in virtual reality — even your morning commute.

But that isn't stopping these artists from trying.

These technologists are trying to recreate psychedelic trips in VR

Imitation Game

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

These Technologists Are Trying to Recreate Psychedelic Trips in VR

Trippy visuals are one thing. Inducing ego death is another.

"Most devices, especially rehabilitation assistive devices, need tuning or adjustment and personalizing for every individual."

Doctors are using AI and VR to improve people's prosthetic limbs

Like A Glove

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

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

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.mddionline.com/machine-learning-and-vr-are-driving-prosthetics-research">Machine Learning and VR Are Driving Prosthetics Research</a> [MDDI Online]

More on prosthetics: <a href="https://futurism.com/neoscope/prosthetic-arm-phantom-limb">A New Prosthetic Arm Takes the Place of a Phantom Limb</a>

Robotics/Prosthetics

Fitting a new limb is less fraught a process with virtual tools.

"The experience even works when they are lying fully flat."

Airline tests VR entertainment — but only for first class passengers

Special Treatment

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.

Airline Tests VR Entertainment — But Only For First Class Passengers

Now first class passengers won't even have to look at the economy class proles.

Talespin's Virtual Human Technology

The AI character's reaction can range from quiet sobs to angry yelling.

This company creates virtual people for you to fire in VR

You're Fired

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

This Company Creates Virtual People for You to Fire in VR

You can fire Barry again... and again... and again.

A study found that VR could make people feel like they actually inhabited a spider or bat's body.

Bizarre new VR makes people feel like they're spiders

Eight Legs, Imagine

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.

Bizarre New VR Makes People Feel Like They’re Spiders

VR makes it easy to trick the brain into thinking it has a non-human body.

It could be a big step toward truly immersive VR.

Smart glove lets you grip virtual objects

Immersion

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

Smart Glove Lets You Grip Virtual Objects

The glove helps you "feel" whatever you're grabbing in virtual reality.

Real Pastor In Virtual Reality Baptizes An Anime Girl

See how tech is transforming even humanity's oldest institutions.

Watch a real pastor baptize an anime girl in virtual reality

Religious Rite

In a new video, a pastor baptizes a YouTuber's anime-style avatar in virtual reality, putting a high-tech twist on a centuries-old religious rite.

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