Virtual Reality
 
Samsung Enters New Market With Pre-Ordering of Gear VR
The new Samsung Gear VR looks futuristic. It is not the first of its kind, but it is the first consumer-focused VR headset, which requires the user to insert a preferably Samsung brand smartphone to do virtual reality. The headset is powered by Oculus, the VR company dominating the space.
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Dude, Where's My Holodeck?
Maya Zuckerman | Posted 07.20.2015 | Technology

One of the biggest questions that arise, is why we are seeking these experiences? always wanting to create other worlds that are not real but made up? Is that what makes us human? Always seeking the truth about reality?

VR Hackathons: Carving a Path Towards Gender Equality
Sophia Dominguez | Posted 07.15.2015 | Technology






This past weekend, I attended the first VR hackathon in New York. Not knowing what to expect, I thought it would be a good idea to read about people's experiences at hackathons to help me prepare.
Why Unemployed 23-Year-Old 'Addicted' To Video Games Prefers Virtual World
Posted 07.30.2015 | Dr. Phil

Justin, 23, plays video games around the clock, sometimes spending up to 30 hours straight in front of his computer screen. "I enjoy gaming more than ...

Virtual Reality Threesomes Have Come
The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell & David Moye | Posted 07.09.2015 | Weird News

We're so close. We've got virtual reality robot hand jobs. Our life-like sex dolls are getting rigged with artificial intelligence (so we can have ...

How To Share Your Kids' Lives From 7,000 Miles Away
Dawn Q Landau | Posted 07.15.2015 | Fifty






The times they are a changin', and at 50-something -- with my kids spread all over the planet -- this mama has to do what this mama has to do to be part of their lives. So, when my girl announced I'd be a grandmother this summer, my head immediately began spinning.
Top 20 Google Cardboard Apps You Can Download Now!
Sophia Dominguez | Posted 07.08.2015 | Technology





YouVisit VR allows you to explore thousands of riveting virtual reality experiences in a variety of industries, including travel, education, events, real estate, business, restaurants, and many more.
How Can Businesses Benefit From Virtual Reality?
Jonha Revesencio | Posted 07.08.2015 | Business





More than the stability of virtual reality, here are more amazing ways an enterprise can benefit from it.
The Future of the LGBT Movement May Involve Transhumanism
Zoltan Istvan | Posted 06.25.2015 | Gay Voices






In the future, transhumanist technology and science will compliment the LGBT movement and help push it forward in the face of continued social oppression and closed-mindedness.
Prayers: Cholo Goth Duo's Dreams Bring Virtual Reality Live to Global Audience
Lisa Derrick | Posted 06.22.2015 | Latino Voices






Cholo goth duo Prayers are blazing hot right now, shifting their universe onto a higher plane, making their dreams reality and taking their fans with them into virtual reality.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Adapted Into Reality
Steven Petite | Posted 06.09.2015 | Entertainment






Movie adaptations, for book lovers at least, simultaneously bring feelings of excitement and fear. Will the movie stay true to the book? Will it project off of the screen as it did when the words entered the mind?
Will the Next Great Theme Park Be On Your Face?
Turnstyle | Posted 06.08.2015 | Technology

By Noah J. Nelson (@noahjnelson) As we've been watching the Virtual Reality market spin up over the past few years the spotlight has almost entirely ...

Virtual Reality Expo Goes Epic in LA
Turnstyle | Posted 06.02.2015 | Technology

Two years ago the first Virtual Reality Los Angeles meetup began as a modest affair, at least by Hollywood standards. A volunteer group of virtual reality enthusiasts assembled via Reddit by USC student Cosmo Scharf took over the motion capture stage of Digital Domain.

Ritualized Oligarchy and the Plight of Innocence in Jonathan Monaghan's 3D-Materialization Art
G. Roger Denson | Posted 06.03.2015 | Arts







There is a distinctly authoritarian directive ominously, if sardonically, commandeering us through Jonathan Monaghan's 3D film loop, The Pavilion.
A View From The Top: The L.A. Games Conference
Turnstyle | Posted 05.08.2015 | Technology

Industry events are strange beast no matter which industry is involved. Industry events in Los Angeles are doubly so. When the industry in question is the video game industry as it stands in L.A. pretty much all bets are off.

Scientists Create Out-Of-Body Illusion, ‘Teleport' Participants Around A Room
Singularity University | Jason Dorrier | Posted 05.04.2015 | World

With the help of modern brain scanning technology, scientists have begun methodically mapping the brain by asking people to perform tasks or inducing ...