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Five ways virtual reality is improving healthcare
Virtual reality has been used to treat phobias for many years, but medical researchers have began to discover that it can do so much more than that.
Virtual reality could transform pornography – but there are dangers
A new study asked people to imagine how virtual reality could change pornography, with some occasionally bizarre results.
How virtual reality spiders are helping people face their arachnophobia
Many people with phobias are understandably reluctant to face their fears. But gradual exposure using virtual reality headsets can help with everything from a fear of spiders, heights or flying.
Star Trek’s Holodeck: from science fiction to a new reality
The technology needed to create a real Star Trek-like Holodeck is not that far out of reach.
We shouldn’t ignore the potential of virtual reality advertising
Virtual reality holds huge potential for advertisers but we should all take note of its potential for manipulation.
From the mundane to the divine, some of the best-designed products of all time
We asked five design experts – what's your favorite product of all time, and why?
Augmented reality – how the technology behind Pokemon Go could find its way to the courtroom
Augmented reality and holographic projections could hold benefits for victims testifying against sexual assault.
Falling in love in virtual reality could be a deeper experience than real life
Detaching from the physical world may make for deeper bonds.
3D television is dead… so what next?
TV manufacturers have turned their backs on 3D technology. But there's a new technology hoping to win over viewers, and you don't need to buy a new TV.
Taking a VR trip in Shaun Gladwell’s floating planetoid skull
An Australian virtual reality work premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week takes the viewer on a wild ride through space.
How virtual reality technology is changing the way students learn
We are now seeing technology being designed with education in mind, and it's changing the way students' learn and understand.
VR cinema is here – and audiences are in the drivers’ seat
VR cinema explodes the frame, placing the spectator inside the space of the film. Audiences effectively edit it themselves, by choosing what to look at and when.
Why connecting all the world’s robots will drive 2017’s top technology trends
This will be the year when the Internet of Things becomes intelligent -- and useful.
Unfaithfully yours: what happens when virtual reality affairs get real?
If you find your partner having a virtual relationship with someone else – or with a computer-generated individual – is that the same as adultery?
What Apple needs to get right to make its rumoured smart glasses a success
Apple can learn a lot from Google Glass and other augmented reality glasses.
Why virtual reality won’t replace cadavers in medical school
Medical students are using virtual reality to help them learn anatomy. But is it the game changing technology some people say it is?
Sexual assault enters virtual reality
Underlying online harassment is the false idea that events that happen on internet aren't real. But whenever people are interacting, it's all real.
Virtual reality may soon change gigs forever
ABBA are reportedly planning a 'virtual and live experience'. What might this actually entail?
Preserving fright, one haunted house at a time
The virtual reality rides of the early 20th century are now being documented in digital VR.
Top contributors
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PhD Researcher in Virtual Reality, Auckland University of Technology
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Chair in Interactive Multimedia Systems, University of Birmingham
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PhD Researcher in Forensic Science and Criminal Investigations, Durham University
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Senior Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Evolutionary Biologist, ARC Future Fellow, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics and Socio-Technical Studies, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Associate lecturer, RMIT University
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Gilbert Postdoctoral Career Development Fellow, University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor in Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
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Visiting Fellow, The Media School, Bournemouth University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Practice, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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