The More You Play This VR Video Game, the Better Your Eysight Gets
Japanese researchers have published a small study about a virtual reality video game that can reportedly improve players’ eyesight instead of damaging it. Video games and staring at digital screens in general have long been associated with eyesight problems, but according to a study published by researchers from Kwansei Gakuin University’s Graduate School of Science […]
This Device Lets You Feel Virtual Reality Pain in Real Life
A Japanese startup is trying to blur the line between reality and virtual reality with technology that allows the wearer to feel the pain experienced inside the metaverse in real life. H2L Technologies, a Sony-backed technology company based in Tokyo, recently unveiled a wristband that dishes out small electric shocks whenever the wearer suffers pain-inducing […]
Pioneering Artist Paints in Virtual Reality and Her Works Are Beyond Impressive
Talented French/Russian artist Anna Zhilyaeva has been pushing the boundaries of painting by combining the centuries-old art form with one of the most advanced technologies of our times, virtual reality. Of all the uses for virtual reality, painting was probably not at the top of your list, and that’s exactly what makes Anna Zhilyaeva’s art […]
TV Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Reunite People With Loved-Ones Who Have Passed Away
Virtual reality has the potential to change our lives in a number of ways, one of which is apparently the possibility to reunite with loved ones who have passed away. South Korean television MBC recently started broadcasting season two of its hit documentary, 너를 만났다 (“I Met You”), a unique program that uses state-of-the-art VR […]
Russian Cows Wear VR Headsets to Reduce Their Anxiety, Increase Milk Production
In an attempt to reduce cows’ anxiety and hopefully increase their dairy production, a cattle farm in Moscow’s Ramensky district has equipped its herd with specially-designed virtual reality headsets. Research has shown that there is a link between a cow’s emotional state and it’s daily milk yield. In the past, we’ve heard of dairy farms […]
Billion Dollar Real Estate Company Ditches Physical Offices for Virtual Reality Campus
eXp Realty, one of the world’s fastest growing and most successful real estate companies, has become famous for not investing in any actual real-estate, opting instead for virtual reality offices that allow its agents and brokers to interact and socialize from anywhere around the globe. Glenn Sanford, eXp Realty’s founder and CEO, founded the company […]
Japanese Video Game Lets You Marry Your Virtual Reality Anime Girlfriend in a Real Life Wedding
To make its newest romance video game stand out from the competition, a Japanese company is giving users the chance to marry their virtual girlfriends in a real life wedding ceremony, with the help of VR technology. At first glance, Niitzuma LovelyxCation is a romance and dating simulator like many others in Japan. It lets players court one of […]
This Man Is Cycling Across the UK from the Comfort of His Own Home
Bored with his daily exercise bike routine, a crafty video game developer from the United Kingdom has come up with a way of spicing up the experience while enjoying the beauty of his country from the comfort of his own home. Pedaling on an exercise bike may keep you in decent physical shape, but it […]
Birdly – A Unique Virtual Simulator That Lets You Fly Like a Bird
If you’ve always dreamed of soaring the skies like a bird, here’s your chance. You can’t fly for real, of course, but you can experience what it feels like thanks to a futuristic virtual simulator called Birdly. According to the inventor, Swiss artist and software developer Max Rheiner, Birdly stimulates all the user’s senses to […]
Design Studio Creates Installation That Lets You Experience Nature Through the Eyes of Various Animals
Here’s a chance for nature-lovers to experience the world from completely new and different perspectives. ‘In the Eyes of an Animal’ is an art installation in Grizedale Forest, UK, that lets people the woods through the eyes of its various animal inhabitants! The futuristic project is the brainchild of a London-based design studio called Marshmallow Laser […]
Man Wants to Live as Somebody Else for 28 Days Using Virtual Reality Headset
British performance artist Mark Farid wants to spend one month living as another person. He has set up a Kickstarter campaign to fund the project, called “Seeing-I”, and if he succeeds in collecting $235,000, he plans to wear a virtual reality headset through which he will experience life through another person’s eyes and ears for 28 days. […]