Virtual Reality News

The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has awarded $287,967 to a study that will develop a virtual woman who will agree to some sexual activities and refuse others requested by "intoxicated" men.

AUTOMAKER Ford has let us poke around its 3D Cave automatic virtual environment , a simulated cavern where vehicles are designed and tested digitally to increase manufacturing efficiency while reducing the costs of building physical prototypes.

The Technical Illusions CastAR system combines projectors, a camera, shutter glasses and more to create an immersive augmented reality system.

This week the folks at the development studio known as Instrument have brought a virtual reality demonstration to Google I/O 2013, complete with a multi-display drop from the upper atmosphere down toward the earth in freefall.

A pair of scientists have created a virtual reality 1930's Los Angeles that is so realistic the characters don't realize they are not real.

Regardless, the new technology offers some very interesting and fascinating possibilities.

Following on his talk on virtual reality delivered at this year's Game Developers Conference, Michael Abrash has written up a new blog post on some of the technical challenges in getting hardware like the Oculus Rift to feel "real" to the human brain.

As districts cope with tightening budgets and testing schedules, field trips often fall by the wayside.

The Atria Del Rey Senior Living facility will be holding the Dementia Virtual Reality Tour on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The free event is open for the public to experience simulated dementia and senior challenges, and the obstacles of aging.

Virtual reality company Oculus Rift has created a game that is unlike any other: a guillotine simulator.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SOUTHAMPTON, Pa., USA, May 9, 2013 - Environmental Tectonics Corporation's Simulation Division, located in Orlando, Fla., has been contracted by the Korean National Fire Service Academy to extend their Maintenance Plan for their Advanced Disaster Management Simulator .

A simulator-based curriculum incorporating fundamental skills of robotic surgery is feasible and improves effectiveness in basic robotic surgery skills, according to a study published in the April issue of Urology .

Oculus Rift announced that Valve is now officially supporting the virtual reality headset for Half-Life 2 and has also added support for SteamPipe.

If you create and modify your own virtual reality avatars, could what happens to these alter egos influence how you perceive virtual environments? Penn State researchers found this question relevant to designing more realistic and immersive virtual reality exercises and games.

High-Tech Medical Education Saves Lives: You Can Make It Possible Simulation environments allow clinicians to practice their skills, increase their knowledge and improve their professional judgment.

After performing various hardware and software upgrades to the ARTHRO Mentor, Simbionix is now pleased to announce the addition of a comprehensive training curriculum designed for orthopedic and sports medicine programs.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deploys staff members to some of the most stressful and dangerous environments on earth and the agency wants to make sure they have the emotional wherewithal to handle that pressure.

A new study validating a first of its kind prototype using augmented reality in surgical training was recently presented.

We know that as far as official support is concerned, Valve's Team Fortress 2 is currently being supported by the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, and if you were looking forward to playing more of Valve's games using the VR headset, you're in luck as Half-Life 2 gets official support via the opt-in beta version.

As the founder of MIT's Media Lab and a popular columnist for Wired , Nicholas Negroponte has amassed a following of dedicated readers.