Virtual reality is fun. But what if it could be more than fun? What if VR could make you smarter? For more than 70 years, scientists have known about a brain phenomenon called the “theta rhythm.” To ...

A student wears VR glasses to simulate welding steel. As AR/VR technology continues to improve, K-12 and higher ed instructors are increasingly looking to AR/VR tools to help combat learning loss and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Virtual reality (VR) is the next big technology. And it’s growing at an extraordinary rate. The Oculus Rift for gamers has been one of ...

If the world feels like a colder, meaner place these days, virtual reality may come to the rescue. Researchers across the globe are using immersive digital worlds to place users in someone else’s ...

One of the biggest hurdles of using VR regularly is the setup time. Every time I wanted to use my VR headset, I would have to go through some infuriating setup steps, which included clearing playing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of technology and the arts. This article is more than 8 years old. Imagine you had a pair of feet ...

Sandbox VR announced it has teamed up with Netflix again to create an immersive social virtual reality experience based on Rebel Moon. Sandbox VR has dozens of social VR locations around the world ...

Will virtual reality (VR) technology gain a serious foothold in contemporary artistic production today? This is a question that seems to be at the forefront of the art conversation, as a generation of ...

If a recent Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman holds true, not only is Apple not planning to release a motion controller for Vision Pro in the future, but it may not even support third-party VR ...

When I think about what makes a fun VR experience, I constantly come back to the work of Tyler Hurd: lead artist on a batch of experiences that can best be described as smile machines. His beat-heavy ...

Dentists and patients alike want to know how to make dental work less traumatic — and one possible solution may be to combine it with virtual reality. That’s why researchers in the UK enlisted 80 ...

For too long gamers have had to live under the inaccurate stereotype that being a gamer means being lazy or unhealthy. When gamers are depicted in TV shows, they're typically overweight, snacking, and ...