What it’s like to go through a ‘ride’ in the first-ever virtual reality theme...
In a remote part of Utah, a small team of engineers, designers, and enthusiasts are creating fun and innovative experiences that rival anything you’d see at Disney World or Universal Studios. The Void...
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Facebook's virtual reality headset will cost more than $350, Oculus founder says
Virtual reality will finally invade people's homes in 2016, thanks to the release of three major VR headsets: The HTC Vive, Sony's Project Morpheus (which works with the PlayStation 4), and the...
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A man proposed to his girlfriend using virtual reality
In the spring, we watched a man use Google Cardboard to help pop the question. Then, earlier this week, we heard about the guy who created a video game to ask his girlfriend to marry him.Now...
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Samsung has an idea that could blow Google Glass out of the water
Samsung has applied to patent a Google Glass-style device that is light years ahead of Google's current technology and enables users to interact with 3D images in mid-air to dial phone numbers, send...
View ArticleHere’s the incredible Microsoft virtual reality set that turns your hand into...
At its big October event, Microsoft demoed Project X-Ray — a mixed reality game for HoloLens. In the game, you're shooting lasers at alien robot villains as you walk around your living room. It looks...
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Mark Zuckerberg explains how his most controversial acquisition will live in...
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife will soon have their first child, and the CEO of Facebook believes that he'll be able to share the baby's first steps with his loved ones in a way that's way more immersive...
View ArticleThis virtual reality 'ride' will transform you into Indiana Jones
In a remote part of Utah, a small team of engineers, designers, and enthusiasts are creating fun and innovative experiences that rival anything you’d see at Disney World or Universal Studios.The Void...
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This is the future of friendship in virtual reality
Virtual reality has blown me away two times.The first time was in a German hotel room in August 2012, where the first employees of Oculus VR were showing off a very early prototype of the Oculus Rift —...
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Inside Oculus: Rare photos from the early days of Facebook's virtual reality...
Jack McCauley's research lab in Livermore, California, is hallowed ground for any virtual reality fan.McCauley was a founding engineer at Oculus VR, the virtual reality headset maker that Facebook...
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Amazon may be working on special smart glasses that let you watch movies (AMZN)
Soon you may be able to watch Prime videos through special smart glasses made by Amazon.According to Recode, Amazon was granted a patent for a new kind of eyewear that lets users connect to a display...
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It's been impossible to make people understand how cool virtual reality is...
Virtual reality, amazing as it may be, is very hard to demonstrate.Despite companies like Google, Facebook, and Sony getting involved with virtual reality, you don't see company executives walking out...
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Gaming will fuel rapid growth in the virtual reality market
There is a massive audience of gamers on both traditional consoles and mobile devices, and these people will be the first to opt for virtual reality headsets.Mobile gaming activity spikes when focusing...
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This headset is all you need to turn your smartphone into a virtual reality...
The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships so we may get a share of the revenue from your purchase.Those who've used virtual reality...
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After a failed long-distance relationship, an engineer found a way to...
The Japanese start-up Adawarp is using virtual reality to give people control of a real-life robotic avatar. While that might sound pretty cool, there's a bit of a catch — the robot avatar is a teddy...
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Alibaba could lead a $1 billion round in a mysterious Google-backed startup...
Alibaba is in talks to lead a new $1 billion round of funding in Magic Leap, the Google-backed "cinematic reality" startup that raised $542 million last year, according to Recode.The report said...
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Apple Music just launched its first virtual reality music video with U2
Chris Milk and his virtual reality company Vrse teamed up with Apple Music to transform U2's "Song for Someone" into a virtual reality experience. And you can view it today.The music video is available...
View ArticleThis treasure-hunting robot lets you explore the ocean from anywhere
Open Rov has created Trident, an ocean-exploring robot that can dive over 300 feet below sea level. Originally conceptualized for treasure hunting, it's proving to be a low-cost way for ocean...
View ArticleThis virtual reality app lets you experience 9/11 as an office worker in one...
There's a new virtual reality app that's likely to cause some controversy.It's called "08:46," and it lets you experience the events of 9/11 from the perspective of one of the office workers in the...
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Makers of the 9/11 virtual reality app explain why they made the...
There's a new virtual reality app that lets you experience the events of 9/11 from the perspective of an office worker in the North Tower of the World Trade Center.Anthony Krafft, the creative director...
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How Facebook plans to more or less build a teleporter (FB)
Facebook's chief technical officer, Mike Schroepfer, says that when the company thinks about where it wants to be by 2025, it aims to "effectively build a teleporter.""Facebook wants to build a device...
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