Creating a VR that truly immerses the user is no easy feat. To pull this off correctly requires a careful blend of graphics, animations, audio, and haptics that work together in deliberate concert to ...

Modern virtual reality is a treat for the senses. Well, two of them at least. "Sight and sound have been the staple of VR environments," Benjy Li, a postdoctoral researcher with Stanford's Virtual ...

Although VR has been around for decades, the technology has only been explored seriously in the past few years. Most of this work has focused on experiential design, such as gaming and immersive ...

Eyes are vital to interaction. There is no more powerful social interaction than when eyes meet. From staring down opponents to eyes meeting across a crowded cafe, being able to look into another’s ...

Traditional VR instruction often places students directly into immersive experiences without preparation, resulting in a cognitive “cold start”. To resolve this issue, the first step in the ...

There’s something magical about building in VR. Imagine being able to assemble weightless car engines, arrange dynamic virtual workspaces, or create imaginary castles with infinite bricks. Arranging ...

A common comment made by those viewing vr or 360-degree films is that while watching one part of the action they fear they are missing another part of the story that might be happening behind them.

In June, a company called Emteq came out of stealth mode and revealed that it’s working on a solution that will enable emotional interaction within virtual reality. Right now we can interact with ...

A new mod has been created for Skyrim VR by nexus memeber FlyingParticle allowing you to interact with objects within the world using gravity gloves, in a similar way to how object interaction works ...

Tumble VR is a perfect fit for PlayStation VR. Originally released in 2010 on PS3, the block moving puzzle game was already a tactile affair, requiring players to use the PlayStation Move controllers ...