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The Latest Breaking News from Virtual reality

US Military Takes War To The Metaverse With Project Tripoli

The industry metaverse is dimming, the metaverse for the military provides a glimmer of hope

Zenger

Virtual reality games may help in early detection of autism, ADHD symptoms, research says

VR can also be developed to assess language problems, brain trauma, memory loss, scientists say

The Independent UK

The top travel trends for 2023

Expect ferries, sleep pods and virtual reality hotels to loom large on this year’s cutting-edge travel landscape, says Lucy Thackray

The Independent UK

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Did six spooky prophecies about 2022 from blind mystic Baba Vanga come true?

2022 was envisioned by fortune-tellers to include natural disasters, famine and aliens

Dublin Live

Ask the Doctors: Virtual reality headsets might be effective add-on for anesthesia

This is being explored in conjunction with what’s known as regional anesthesia, in which the surgical patients is sedated but remains conscious.

Chicago Sun-Times

Zuckerberg testifies that Meta's lack of VR fitness app doesn’t keep him up at night

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says the fact his company doesn’t have a virtual reality fitness app up doesn’t keep him up at night, but acquiring it would boost competition and improve such applications.

Tribune News Service

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, is on the witness stand in a California courtroom as part of the U.S. antitrust regulators' effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup

The Independent UK

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Alejandro González Iñárritu on his epic film ‘Bardo’, virtual reality, and battling Trump the ‘orange monster’

Alejandro González Iñárritu is on a mission to ‘liberate cinema’ from the boundaries of reality and tell new stories about Mexico, migrants, and life itself along the way, starting with his surreal new Netflix film, the director tells Josh Marcus

The Independent UK

The virtual landscape of fashion events

We are in the last month of 2022 and there have been countless fashion events, award shows and fashion week extravaganza. Virtual reality platform Decentraland has launched Metaverse Fashion Week at the beginning of the year in the month of march which turned many headlights towards the digital landscape of…

The Times of India

FTC didn't stop Facebook-Instagram. How about Meta-Within?

Facebook parent Meta is sparring with the FTC over its pending acquisition of a virtual reality fitness company Within Unlimited in federal court in San Jose, California, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify as a witness

The Independent UK

Virtual reality space where you can fight zombies and solve creepy puzzles set to open in Leeds

Belgian company Park Playground VR has expanded to the UK and will open in Kirkstall Industrial Park on December 15

Leeds Live

E-scooter sounds to help cut crashes with pedestrians will be tested

People including some who are blind or partially sighted will wear a virtual reality headset to immerse them into simulations involving e-scooters.

The Independent UK

The metaverse offers challenges and possibilities for the future of the retail industry

In 1968, American computer scientist Ivan Sutherland predicted the future of augmented and virtual reality with his concept of the “Ultimate Display. The Ultimate Display relied on the kinetic depth effect to create two dimensional images that moved with its users, giving the illusion of a three-dimensional display.

The Conversation

Boy, 10, shoots and kills mother for not buying him VR headset, police say

A day after shooting her dead, he buys Oculus Virtual Reality Headset using her Amazon account

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Daily Record

Boy, 10, shot and killed mum after she refused to buy him virtual reality headset

The boy, who family members said has mental health issues, is being held in juvenile detention.

Fortune

A VC who’s been panning crypto since 2017 discusses where he’s investing now

Ramy Adeeb says his firm, 1984 Ventures, tries to avoid the flavor of the day, whether it’s [hotlink]Google[/hotlink] Glass, 3D printing, virtual reality, autonomous driving, crypto, or the current obsession with generative A.I.

The New Daily

Gifts of virtual reality headsets and other tech for children come with risks, parents warned

Virtual reality can be immersive and educational, but also harmful, so parents need to ask themselves a few questions before Christmas.

Inverse

Is reality a simulation? A physicist explains how the truth may be revealed

The nature of our reality is one of the greatest mysteries out there. There is some evidence suggesting that our physical reality could be a simulated virtual reality.

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Wales Online

The innovative LGBTQ+ virtual reality exhibition coming to Wales Millennium Centre

Coming in early December, the new experience will showcase queer creations form all over the world in a fascinating interactive exhibition

Belfast Live

Belfast tech company planning to revolutionise art of goalkeeping

CleanSheet delivers a unique virtual reality experience where goalkeepers can practice potential real-game scenarios

The Conversation

How to test if we're living in a computer simulation

Physicists have long struggled to explain why the universe started out with conditions suitable for life to evolve. Why do the physical laws and constants take the very specific values that allow stars, planets and ultimately life to develop? The expansive force of the universe, dark energy, for example, is…

Inverse

Don't Worry Darling reveals the limits of a major tech trend

Is the Metaverse possible? Maybe, if Don't Worry Darling is a sign of our future.

ABC News

Chronic pain is one of the world's biggest health problems — but virtual reality headsets could help bring relief

Commercially available virtual reality headsets and handsets might be able to help doctors and physiotherapists treat one of society's most debilitating health problems: chronic pain.

Evening Standard

Apple to reportedly start producing VR headset in March 2023

The iPhone-maker is expected to take its first step into the immersive world of virtual reality as soon as next year

Daily Mirror

Gamers who perish in new virtual reality experience 'die in real life'

Oculus creator Palmer Luckey has made a virtual reality experience in which players who perish inside the game are killed in real life by three explosive charges aimed at the brain

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