HOUSTON – In a few months, a group will gather in Houston to test-drive some cutting-edge technology. It’s a fully immersive virtual reality experience designed to give law enforcement the best chance ...

Announced at Meta Connect 2024 on Wednesday, Meta is launching a new VR app called Hyperscape that renders recreations of real-life spaces in high fidelity, so you can explore them while wearing a ...

Many a soccer fan has surely wanted to experience the true feeling of being on the field for a match. Now, a new virtual reality program actually makes that possible. On the heels of a major leap in ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

We're so used to seeing virtual reality depicted nefariously in films like The Matrix, Virtuousity (a forgotten '90s classic) and The Lawnmower Man, it's genuinely surprising to see something that ...

Immersive virtual reality could open up a whole new world for people with intellectual disability, enabling them to learn practical life skills much faster without relying on caregivers, according to ...

This article is also available as a pdf version. A young man walks toward the entrance to an underground subway. As he starts down the escalator, his heart rate increases, but he continues. He ...

This story is part of the ZDNET In Depth series that examines the most innovative technologies of our generation. Inside perhaps the most functional rat's nest of cables imaginable, a European Space ...

TL;DR: Meta unveils prototype VR headsets at SIGGRAPH 2025, featuring the hyperrealistic Tiramisu with a 3.6X higher resolution than the Quest 3 and 1,400-nit brightness, and the Boba 3 headset ...

In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the clever design of Red Matter 2’s ‘grabber tools’ and the many ways that they contribute to immersion.

Virtual reality (VR) therapy uses a computer-simulated world as a treatment tool. A person might use it to practice new skills, face a fear in a safe environment, or become more confident in social ...