The month of February 2026 presents a diverse slate of titles for PlayStation enthusiasts, ranging from high-octane ...

OLLOBOT reports on the rise of cyber-pets, AI-driven companions reshaping relationships in a digital age, signaling evolving ...

DALLAS -- In a Dallas retirement home, Theresa Steward is skydiving. She squeals and yelps as the ground rushes up and snow-capped mountains slide past. Her body lurches forward, and she grabs at the ...

After years of failing to produce a profitable augmented reality platform, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is pounding one of the final nails into the coffin of its metaverse efforts — the ones that were once ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests virtual reality (VR) may play a meaningful role in future mental-health support, and the design of the virtual space itself can make a surprising ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...

Soldiers will travel less for training and do more virtually, Army leaders said Tuesday. The Army is planning to have soldiers “train differently” with more remote learning and other more innovative ...

The first Big Tech layoffs of 2026 have happened. This week, Facebook owner Meta Platforms informed employees that up to 1,500 positions in its Reality Labs division would be eliminated. Here’s what ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

This article is part of Sixth Tone Voices & Opinion’s end-of-year series reviewing how China’s AI, film, game, and VR industries evolved in 2025. Virtual reality has proven less popular than American ...

Texas A&M University researchers have found that a brief virtual reality (VR) simulation of a near-death experience can sharply reduce people's anxiety about death. In a small pilot study of about 60 ...