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Virtual reality tech, batteries named in safety probe

Battery-powered products and new kinds of consumer gadgets will be closely examined by Australia's consumer watchdog as a top priority.

AAP · Jun 27, 2024

Hearing voices is common and can be distressing. Virtual reality might help us meet and ‘treat’ them

Have you ever heard something that others cannot – such as your name being called? Hearing voices or other noises that aren’t there is very common. About 10% of people report experiencing auditory hallucinations at some point in their life.

The Conversation · Jun 25, 2024

Who Is Palmer Luckey? Businessman Sells His Virtual Reality Company For $2B, Then Left Two Years Later

VR pioneer Palmer Luckey left Meta in 2016. He founded Anduril Industries and built a deadly VR headset inspired by anime

International Business Times UK · Jun 24, 2024

XPG Demos "Nia" Handheld Gaming PC With Foveated Rendering, Swappable DRAM

With the rise of the handheld gaming PC market, we've seen PC vendors and their partners toy with a number of tricks and tweaks to improve improve framerates in games, with some of their latest efforts on display at this year's Computex trade show. Perhaps the most interesting find thus…

AnandTech · Jun 5, 2024

AI brain map could help demystify Alzheimer’s and autism

Florida scientists use AI and virtual reality to create 3D renderings of brain formations of mice, whose neuron types are like humans’

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2024

5 Years Later, This Early Neon-Soaked Success Is Still Among the Only Reasons to Try VR

'Beat Saber' is an early VR hit that remains one of the best examples of the power of virtual reality five years after its release.

Inverse · May 27, 2024

Is this VR headset as effective as a gruelling Barry’s Bootcamp workout?

Should we be ditching our gym memberships for gameified virtual reality exercise at home? Barry’s regular Ellie Davis straps in to find out if Meta Quest 3’s apps can hold up to the most challenging class in London

Evening Standard · May 27, 2024

Virtual reality games helping UK’s deaf children to understand speech

Scientists have found that immersing kids in computer games can train their brains to localise sounds better

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024

Olympic dreams in 3D: Australian swimmers turn to VR goggles in pursuit of Paris gold

Australia’s swim team are using virtual reality to practice relay changeovers and cut fractions of a second off their times

The Guardian - AU · May 20, 2024

Postcard from Cannes #2: the rising potential of immersive cinema

The Cannes Film Festival has rolled out the red carpet for immersive cinema and, for the first time, its own competition. With evolving techniques in virtual, augmented and mixed reality, storytelling is being taken to a whole new level.

Radio France Internationale · May 17, 2024