In this vision of the future, everything that we currently do in the real world – going to school, going to work, socialising, leisure – is done in a vast virtual environment.
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If they get the technology right, it’s a win-win for big studios and audiences alike with this new improved entertainment experience.
Will the arrival and popularity of Oculus Go and other VR systems make us think differently about alternative realities and so-called alternative facts?
Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but for the most part, the goal has been to eventually meet your new paramour face to face. Virtual reality could change that.
It might not surprise you that virtual reality is already being used for sex. But the diversity of virtual sex options might.
It can be hard to move people with just text or images. But virtual reality can let people experience others’ lives, making it a potent tool for social change.
Virtual reality technology is a radical departure from traditional video presentation, with myriad applications in both consumer media and in athletic practice.
The search goliath has spent over $5bn on everything from driverless cars to smart contact lenses in the past three years. The UK tax hounds must be delighted.
Is the shopping experience the next for a technological overhaul with virtual reality?
The nose knows how to get a hold of your senses when immersed in virtual reality.
It seems we are headed towards a world where augmented reality (AR) systems will be as common as smartphones are today – it’s already about to revolutionise medicine, entertainment, the lives of disabled…
A recent flurry of business mergers and acquisitions and stock market flotations in the US has prompted some financial commentators to predict a new tech bubble. The size of these buyouts and IPOs, and…
Anyone who subscribes to an online hi-tech gizmo newsfeed can’t have failed to notice a certain preoccupation in the past couple of years on the part of developers to bring viewers close to the action…
Virtual reality is no longer the expensive, cumbersome exercise it once was. Google Cardboard, launched at last week’s Google I/O conference, is a no-frills, cardboard frame that, when used with open software…
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest spending spree has landed Facebook an exciting new gadget in the form of the Oculus Rift, a virtual reality headset that is used by gamers and researchers alike to enhance encounters…
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Researcher in Virtual Reality, Auckland University of Technology
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Reader in Psychology, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Television Production, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Computer Science, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Fashion Marketing, Nottingham Trent University
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Historian, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Interaction Design, Queensland University of Technology
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Pro Vice Chancellor for the Faculty of Business and Law, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Associate Professor of Sports Media; Director of the National Sports Journalism Center, Indiana University
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
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Director, Deakin Motion Lab, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer in Games and Visual Effects, Staffordshire University
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Chair in Interactive Multimedia Systems, University of Birmingham
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Associate professor of Rhetoric and Communications, University of Winnipeg
