Virtual Reality

Meta is preparing to slash up to £52 billion from its Metaverse budget as Mark Zuckerberg shifts Facebook's parent company toward artificial intelligence, signalling significant possible job cuts.

Tanmay Puri Dec 05, 2025

Many notable advancements have been made through innovation, improved accessibility, and improved immersion.

Nov 15, 2024

The headset, launched to great fanfare in February 2024, sold close to half a million units in the following months.

Aug 22, 2024

Technological advancements in 2024 are revolutionizing online gaming with innovations in AI, graphics, AR, and VR, driving new genres.

Andrew Thorne May 17, 2024

Somnium Space, a VR metaverse, lets users live a second life in a customisable avatar, play games, create art and attend events.

Vinay Patel Apr 02, 2024

The expansion of AI and augmented reality experiences led to more than 505 beauty tech businesses being created in the 10 years between 2013 and 2023.

Danielle Summer Feb 20, 2024

A digital rape of a UK teenager in the metaverse world has sparked a debate about whether police should investigate virtual crimes and the need for better legislation to deal with such perverts taking advantage of technology.

Pratiti Nath Jan 04, 2024

New customers who will sign up from today up to July 31 of this year can get their first month of the subscription for just one US dollar.

Jastine Beatrice Yap Jul 03, 2023

Jenson8 CEO and founder Jena Davidson has spoken on her VR platform looking to bring positive behavioural change within businesses.

Ziyad Jamal Apr 04, 2023

Virtual reality glasses provide both visual and verbal distractions all throughout a medical procedure.

Snow Digon Dec 02, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 VR headset is now equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 chipset paired with 6 GB of RAM.

John Diente Sep 18, 2020

Those who own Oculus VR headsets can watch the Facebook Connect event through the Oculus Venues app for a more immersive experience.

John Diente Sep 16, 2020

While most VR or AR research focuses on graphics, motion tracking, and immersive experiences, this one is geared towards audio.

John Diente Sep 07, 2020

Software used by the startup, Spaces is supported by Facebook's Oculus lineup, the HTC Vive, and Microsoft's Windows Mixed Reality products as well.

John Diente Aug 26, 2020

Due to social distancing guidelines and other similar precautionary measures, most of the world's high-profile museums are now closed.

John Diente Aug 26, 2020

The manufacturer confirmed that new stocks of the Valve Index VR Kit ($999) will arrive on March 9, and should be available by 10 a.m. PT.

John Diente Mar 05, 2020

With the original PlayStation VR, gamers control the gameplay with the aid of the PlayStation Camera and up to two PlayStation Move Motion controllers.

John Diente Feb 24, 2020

The demand for Valve's own VR headset is higher than competing brands thanks to "Half-Life: Alyx" being given away for free to Index owners.

John Diente Feb 21, 2020

Valve developers working on "Half-Life: Alyx" host a Reddit AMA to discuss questions fans might have about the VR elements of the game.

John Diente Jan 23, 2020

CES 2020 will see the official debut of the Teslasuit Glove -- a VR accessory that will offer cutting-edge haptic feedback and resistance for its user.

John Diente Dec 27, 2019

An interview with a Valve representative reveals that the developers are not ruling out the PSVR for "Half-Life: Alyx"

John Diente Dec 12, 2019

Niantic is reportedly porting "Harry Potter: Wizards Unite," "Pokémon Go," and "Ingress" to Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 platform.

John Diente Dec 06, 2019

Gamers in the US and Canada might have to wait a while before Valve can restock the Index VR headset before "Half-Life: Alyx" comes out.

John Diente Nov 29, 2019

Now that "HalfLife: Alyx" is slated to come out in 2020, gamers might want to look at these Black Friday deals on select VR headsets.

John Diente Nov 29, 2019

With rumours circulating about the VR capabilities of the Xbox Scarlett, Xbox Chief Phil Spencer confirms there are no plans to support the technology.

John Diente Nov 28, 2019

in an interview, Valve game designer David Spreyer hinted that "Half-Life 3" is possible depending on how well "Half-Life: Alyx" does upon release.

John Diente Nov 25, 2019

Valve is taking advantage of the publicity for "Half-Life: Alyx" to promote its Index VR headset which includes the game for free.

John Diente Nov 22, 2019

Valve just released the official trailer for "Half-Life: Alyx" which is heading to Steam in March 2020.

John Diente Nov 22, 2019

Players in the United States can now finally download and play "Minecraft Earth" for Android and iOS devices.

John Diente Nov 13, 2019

The latest patent application documents from Samsung appear to be that of an AR headset as implied by the images.

John Diente Oct 24, 2019