Meet the agoraphobic photographer who uses Google Street View to 'travel' to...
Back in 2016, Jacqui Kenny logged into Google Street View and her world changed.Kenny has agoraphobia, which is an extreme or irrational fear of entering open or crowded places or being in places from...
View ArticleMercedes and Microsoft have teamed up to develop virtual maintenance...
Summary List Placement Modern vehicle service centers are exceptionally clean when compared with the garages of yesteryear, and technicians spend so much time interacting with technology and computers...
View ArticleFacebook just revealed the Oculus Quest 2, a $300 successor to its most...
Summary List PlacementSony and Microsoft aren't the only two companies launching major new gaming hardware this holiday season. On Wednesday, Facebook revealed the Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality...
View ArticleFacebook is ending the iconic Oculus Rift line of VR headsets to focus on...
Summary List PlacementFacebook bet $2 billion on virtual reality back in 2014 when it bought Oculus VR, the startup that went from Silicon Valley darling to Facebook subsidiary in just a few short...
View ArticleKindred Capital backed VR design startup Gravity Sketch in a $3.7 million...
Summary List PlacementGravity Sketch, the London-based startup working to transform product design through virtual reality, just raised $3.7 million in a funding round backed by Kindred Capital....
View ArticleThe ousted founder of Facebook's virtual-reality unit Oculus is paying a...
Summary List PlacementPalmer Luckey, the Oculus VR cofounder who was ousted from Facebook amid controversy after selling his company to the tech giant for $2 billion, is offering a $5,000 bounty to...
View ArticleWhat is augmented reality? Here's what you need to know about the 3D technology
Summary List PlacementAugmented reality, commonly called AR, is an interactive 3D experience that combines a view of the real world with computer-generated elements in real time. What you need to know...
View ArticleVirtual reality is offering timely perspectives on race, diversity and...
Summary List PlacementAs demand for virtual reality and augmented reality continues to grow, people are increasingly using it to learn about racism or hear more stories from people of color.Read more:...
View ArticleApple's virtual reality headset will reportedly cost $3,000 and have 12...
Summary List PlacementApple has had a virtual and augmented reality headset in the works, and it will come with more than a dozen cameras to track your hand movements as well as eye-tracking...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg made a surprise appearance on the world's buzziest social...
Summary List PlacementThe man in charge of the biggest social network just joined the buzziest new social network.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg created a username — "Zuck23"— and signed on to the new...
View ArticleThese tech startups enable surgeons to train and supervise operations...
Summary List PlacementIn 2015, Dr. Nadine Hachach-Haram helped perform her first remote live surgery on a bomb victim in Gaza from her home in London. She had no idea that just five years later her...
View ArticleThe PlayStation 5 is getting a new PlayStation VR headset (SNE)
Summary List PlacementThe PlayStation 5 is getting a virtual reality headset, Sony announced on Tuesday.The new headset is the successor to PlayStation VR, which launched for the PlayStation 4 in 2016...
View ArticleExperts predict how virtual meetings could replace in-person interactions —...
Summary List PlacementAs you settle in for your next meeting, you reach out to shake the hand of the person sitting across from you. The room fills with the scent of freshly brewed coffee, and when...
View ArticleMicrosoft's embrace of virtual reality is a clear sign that it's building its...
Summary List PlacementMicrosoft believes Teams is more than just a chat app.This week, at its virtual Microsoft Ignite event, the company signaled its ambitions to go beyond messaging and video...
View ArticleMicrosoft thinks you'll want to attend meetings in the future as a hologram....
Summary List PlacementThere's a scene in the 2014 movie "Kingsman: The Secret Service" where one of the characters walks into a conference room and sits at a table with another character for a meeting....
View ArticleThe reason virtual reality still hasn't taken off
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Michelle Yan: Believe it or not, virtual reality has been around for nearly 20 years. And yet, it still feels like a random experiment...
View ArticleThe PlayStation 5 is getting a new VR system, and Sony just showed off...
Summary List PlacementSony's wildly popular PlayStation 5 is getting yet another new style of gamepad, the company announced on Thursday.The unnamed new controller is specifically intended for use with...
View ArticleTake a look at the digital 'Mars House' that just sold for over $500,000 —...
Summary List PlacementA digital home sold for over $500,000 online in March.The house was sold as a non-fungible token, or NFT, on the SuperRare marketplace. In exchange for about $512,712 worth of...
View ArticleThis former designer explains how getting laid off inspired her to create...
Summary List PlacementEvery time the virtual character CodeMiko starts streaming on Twitch, hundreds of thousands of viewers tune in to watch her, whether she's interviewing other famous streamers like...
View ArticleAugmented reality is waiting for its 2007 iPhone moment, according to the...
Summary List PlacementAugmented reality is still waiting for its iPhone moment but widespread adoption of the technology will come, according to the lead investor in an AR firm bought by Snap for $500...
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