VR lets you see the world through Van Gogh’s eyes without losing an ear
Enter Van Gogh’s world but skip the madness VR project introduces impressionistic easter eggs
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How Eve Online became a birthplace for stories
The best virtual worlds mix work with play Eve Online is a rich universe most people don’t know exists How a sci-fi world creates some of the best non-fiction CCP wants to turn the virtual lives of Eve Online players into a TV show
Blade Runner 9732 brings Deckard’s futuristic apartment to virtual reality
Kicking it back in electronic dreams of the future.
The stock market’s roller coaster metaphor becomes literal thanks to VR
The stock market, which is a representation of transactions and not a physical reality, is commonly described as a roller coaster. The reasons for this are understandable: that fun thing you ride at the amusement park sounds way cooler than “the aggregation of buyers and sellers,” even if that’s wha
Chris Milk on VR: "It can change people’s perception of each other."
TED Talk on VR points to its use outside of games
They still don’t get paid, but student quarterbacks are now trained in virtual reality
It’s NFL draft season again, that magical time of year wherein prognosticators discuss the concussion-riddled future of young athletes for hours on end. One of the questions that invariably comes up during these interminable discussions is whether an athlete can “read the field” when he moves up fro
Can virtual reality make us more empathetic?
Scientists are learning that changing bodies changes minds.
The videogame trying to change how we treat the homeless
See through their eyes. Feel the dejection.
A quick primer on 3D sound, or how to create convincing worlds in virtual reality
Finally, audio that appreciates for your innate denseness.
Why does this art smell like fish?
For art, smell is the alternate VR
Virtual reality may be coming to the courtroom
Most people do not want to be picked for jury duty. You have to take time off work. You’re made to sit around for hours. Wouldn’t it be better if jury duty consisted of exploring Link’s childhood village from Ocarina of Time in virtual reality? Jury duty is unlikely to ever boil down to playing vid
Get ready to play an "elephant tea party simulator"
Horton hears you chewing with your mouth open.
A virtual gallery restores the world’s stolen art to the public
Virtual museum features hidden and “invisible” art.
The New Nintendo 3DS and the death of the screen
The final 3D videogame system is also the best.
Valve/HTC’s Vive is the "Narnia closet stuck to your face"
Walking around in virtual reality.
The real question with VR: What happens if we can’t get out?
Sleep no more.
The HTC Vive may bring virtual reality to the mainstream
We seem to be in the year prior to the blade falling on the future of virtual reality once again. Either it will tumble back into its pit as it did in the late ’90s, or we’ll see it soar from the cusp it has been riding for the past couple of years and into our everyday lives. There’s too much ridin
A new virtual reality game buries you alive in an actual coffin
Taphophobia, the fear of being buried alive, is described as being “irrational.” It’s not. An irrational fear is being scared of being shot into orbit while sleeping, or crocodiles crawling down your chimney—the likelihood of either happening is super slim. But you could be buried alive tonight or t
Laser tag is out, questing is in
A Swedish company is bringing “questing centers” to North American shores.
The virtual Batcave looks good-maybe even too good
When Batman: The Animated Series first aired on Fox, the only way for me to explore the Gotham City it displayed on my TV was with my imagination. Minutes after each episode ended, I’d run outside with a cardboard shield covered in aluminum foil and a bat insignia I’d cut from black and yellow const
Will virtual reality give you FOMO?
You probably weren’t invited anyway.
Oculus’ new movie studio is making André Bazin’s dreams come true
Oculus announces their new production lab, Story Studio, for VR films.
A look back at the doomed virtual reality boom of the 90s
“Virtuality” and a failure to launch.
Butts finally make their debut in virtual reality
Wanna know how many times we can use the word “butt-glitter” in a single article?
3DHead is the gloriously inevitable clusterf*ck of our dreams
Terrible virtual reality continues its march into the future.