The glove only weighs around 40 grams and can be powered by a small battery. It's also the first step towards a full-body VR suit, which paves the way for holodeck-like experiences eventually. Our ...

While virtual reality has given us whole new worlds to explore, it hasn't really fulfilled its promise to fully immerse us within those worlds. VR allows us to see and hear the virtual worlds, but as ...

A team of researchers developed electronic skin (e-skin) that gives its users the capability of manipulating virtual objects without the bulky gloves that are commonly used in virtual and augmented ...

Meta's augmented reality headset originally launched on Kickstarter, but the company has managed to avoid the flash-in-the-pan fate that befalls so many crowdfunded projects. The company has learned ...

For all the amazing experiences virtual reality enables (the illusion of flight, the exhaustion of exercise and even the emotional fatigue of trauma), it still has one major flaw: Virtual objects are ...

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A newly developed technology could revolutionize the future of virtual reality (VR). The innovative electronic skin, known as an e-skin, is a soft, bendable, and wearable tech that allows the user to ...

With no way of generating resistive force feedback with today’s VR motion controllers, how can we make users feel and behave as though virtual objects have varying weights? Creative agency B-Reel ...

A new mind-machine interface translates brain signals into movements AND sends artificial touch feedback back to the brain. This means monkeys can control objects on a computer display with a virtual ...

Ryff has a big idea that it says could turn the $23 billion product placement market upside down. Product placement is the advertising tactic of placing a branded object, like a bottle of Coca-Cola, ...