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Is a ‘metaverse’ blending real and virtual worlds the future of the internet?
The lawnmower man.
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The term metaverse was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 science-fiction novel Snow Crash.
Your devices can trigger symptoms similar to motion sickness.
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If you ever felt nauseous, fatigued or disoriented after using your phone or computer, you may be experiencing a condition similar to motion sickness.
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Researchers are using mixed reality technologies to investigate how people behave in in emergency situations. The findings are helping shape disaster responses.
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The age of ‘artificial intimacy’ is upon us. What does it mean for the way we love, have sex and build friendships?
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Augmented reality has largely enjoyed cover from critique by being taken as a benign gaming technology. But recent developments suggest we need to get serious about it.
The World Health Organization is building a game world to allow medical practitioners to admit virtual patients for emergency treatment during a mass casualty simulation.
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A game world is an immersive fantasy world that is created with the intention of promoting interaction with its environment.
Virtual reality can create immersive simulations of real environments.
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VR treatment can overcome many of the challenges of traditional therapy.
Anne Frank House Executive Director Ronald Leopold, left, presents pages of Anne Frank’s diary.
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Information about the Holocaust may be easy to find online, but the best sites offer artifacts and authentic accounts from people who survived the experience, a Holocaust scholar argues.
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Emerging ‘mixed reality’ technology promises to bring history back to life.
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Artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly common across aspects of our lives. But what role should it play in how we find love?
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With our travel wings clipped and cities under lockdown, heritage buildings have found new ways for us to fly over rooftops and zoom in on wallpaper.
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How much does your virtual reality headset know about your life?
An image showing early VR models of the Mayflower and Speedwell. The Speedwell was left behind in Sutton Pool after two attempts to make the transatlantic crossing failed.
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Recreating the Mayflower and its crew and passengers from a few vague accounts took a lot of technical know-how.
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The Oculus Quest 2 headset is the latest step in the construction of a ‘mirrorworld’ built on high-tech surveillance and targeted advertising.
Australian Will Clarke winning the 2020 Virtual Tour de France.
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The success of the virtual road race shows how quickly esports are moving into the mainstream.
Punchdrunk’s production of The Masque of the Red Death.
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The performing arts sector will need to change after the pandemic. This new venture is a glimpse of how it might look.
One for the heads (sets).
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From VR music festivals to immersive meeting spaces, headsets are go.
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How one filmmaker is trying to capture the visceral experience of an abusive relationship to foster understanding and empathy, and prevent further abuse.
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There are more than 101 ways to immerse yourself in a foreign place, without having to leave your living room.