Virtual Reality

Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Next Steps For Virtual Reality

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.23.2012

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2012-04-23-Screenshot20120423at4.21.12PM.jpgThe worlds we can now enter with virtual reality technology are so stunningly authentic, it's hard to tell where true life ends and the virtual landscape begins.

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Wild Window Display Uses Virtual Reality (Video)

Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Augmented-Reality-Shopping, Bloomingdale's Windows, Virtual Reality, Sunglass Style Bar, Bloomingdale's, Window Display, Google Glasses, Business News

At Bloomingdale's in New York City, shoppers can now try on sunglasses without ever going in the store. The luxury department store launched an int...

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Futuristic Contact Lenses Put You In A Video Game

Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Virtual Reality Contact Lenses, Contacts, Contact Lenses, Video, Virtual Reality, 3-D-Video-Games, Video Games, 3-D, Innovega, Science News

By: Charles Q. Choi, InnovationNewsDaily Contributor Published: 02/02/2012 02:34 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Contact lenses that help enhance ...

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Lucas Kavner

Is Virtual Reality The Next Step In Documentary Film?

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.30.2012

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Imagine you're at a food bank outside the First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles. It's a clear and hot Saturday in August. Dozens of hungry people are ...

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WATCH: A Scientific Magic Trick You Gotta See To Believe!

Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Retro-Reflective Projection Technology, Transparency Cloak, Video, Harry Potter, Virtual Reality, Japanese Technology, Invisibility Cloak, Arts News

If you are one of the many children, okay, adults, still waiting for your Hogwarts acceptance letter, we have good news! This insane video shows Japan...

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Making Your Own Magic Kingdom

Daniel Will-Harris | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Alternate Reality, Reality Check, Virtual Reality, Disneyland, Reality, Disney, Pema Chodron, Escape, Iphone, Smartphones, Fifty News
Daniel Will-Harris

I suspect, though, that a lot of people go simply because it's beautifully designed, run, and people are nice to them. And, come on, isn't that how the whole world should be: well-designed, well-run, with people nice to each other?

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Will You Be My "Friend"?

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Socialite, Friendship, Philanthropy, Esther "Coco" Silber, Friends, Virtual Reality, Virtual Friends, Online, Culture News
Shira Hirschman Weiss

Facebook has redefined the word "Friend." According to the site, I have 531 such individuals and that number keeps changing. Should I believe the site when I only speak to three people per week other than family?

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The Internet Grows Up: Goodbye Messy Adolescence

Arianna Huffington | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Internet, Social Media, Virtual Reality, The Web, Community, Social Engagement, Internet Socializing, Internet Community, World Wide Web, Media News
Arianna Huffington

The Internet has matured to the point where our online and our offline lives have merged. We're leaving behind worshiping at the altar of algorithms and entering a brave new world of community, connections and engagement.

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Is a Low-Resolution Life Worth Living?

Dr. Jim Taylor | Posted 07.31.2011

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Dr. Jim Taylor

Technology creates a mediated and low-resolution approximation of life that does offer utilitarian benefits and some entertainment value. But is it "real" enough to want to substitute much of real life?

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Getting Real With Virtuality

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Internet, Social Media, Virtual Community, Gaming, Social Web, Virtual Goods, Virtual Reality, Technology News
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy

As people increasingly choose virtual games over real playing fields, the electronic innards of computers everywhere are gradually blurring the lines between reality and virtuality.

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Virtual Reality System Makes Cookies Taste Better

Slashfood | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Food Technology, Virtual Reality Cookie, Virtual Reality Technology, Meta Cookie, Virtual Reality, University of Tokyo, Food News

Call it the Keebler elf meets Bladerunner. As MSNBC reports, researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan have unveiled what is probably the coo...

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Immersion in Pandora: The Virtual World of Avatar

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris McGowan

Avatar is a beautiful movie, but it isn't due to artful cinematography. Rather, the visual splendor lies in the inherent beauty of the alien world in which we are immersed.

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Instead Of Tests, Video Games To Assess Student Learning

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virtual Reality, Video Game Assessment, Stealth Assessment, The South, College News, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Gainesville Sun, Floridat State University, University of Florida, Video Games, College News

Video game naysayers, take note: beyond Mario and Bond, games might be helpful learning tools. Florida State University professor Valerie Shute believ...

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Virtual Reality, The Singularity And Tibetan Buddhism

David Nichtern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Virtual Reality, Modern Buddhism, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhist Meditation, Buddhist Mandalas, Dharma Technology, Singularity and Buddhism, Kurzweil Buddhism, Buddhism and Technology, Buddhism Awareness, Buddhist Enlightenment, Zen Meditation, Kurzweil Singularity, Buddhist Thangkas, Buddha Singularity, Buddhism and Mindfulness, Religion News
David Nichtern

Between my sessions of reading about this visionary high tech future, our group would periodically dismount and swarm into some of the most awesome and impressive Tibetan style Buddhist monasteries in the world

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'Herotopia' Online Game Helps Kids Learn How To Combat School Bullying

Tonic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Herotopia provides a safe and anonymous way for young gamers to build self-confident approaches to combating bullies, and they just might learn some c...

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Virtual Reality Worlds: The Hows and Whys of This Unique Marketing Universe

Michael Tasner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 3.0, Virtual Reality, Second Life, Online Marketing, Web Marketing, 3-D, Communication, Technology News
Michael Tasner

People, businesses and agencies are continuing to move to using virtual reality worlds because they are tired of traveling, have less money to spend on travel, and are realizing the power associated in these worlds.

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Informational Elves: The New Virtual World

Limari Colon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Limari Colon

Surfing the web I came across the most unique and creative idea I've seen in a while. A new virtual world filled with informational elves. Inf (dot) net has an amazing project.

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WATCH: Confronting Fear In Virtual Reality

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Phobias, Fears, Fear, Mental Health, Virtual Reality, Dr. John Lapook, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

Phobias, such as the fear of flying, elevators or public speaking can disrupt people's lives. I recently spoke with psychologist Robert Reiner about how to overcome these fears with the help of virtual reality.

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Virtual Economy In U.S. Set To Make Billions

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Games, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Virtual Worlds, Technology News

Virtual goods such as weapons or digital bottles of champagne traded in the US could be worth up to $5 billion in the next five years, experts predict...

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Mouse Runs Through Virtual Reality Maze With Head In Brain-Scanning Helmet (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Princeton University neuroscientists put sensors in the brains of mice, then hooked them up to a virtual reality maze in order to study neurological a...

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Virtual Reality Helps Smokers Quit

technologyreview.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Smokers who regularly play a computer game that involves crushing virtual cigarettes could have a better chance of kicking the habit. At least, that's...

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The Facebook Other Woman and the Social Networking Casanova: An Old Story, a New Addiction

Ester Amy Fischer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infidelity, Extramarital Affair, Virtual Reality, Cheater, Facebook, Relationships, Social Networking, Internet Addiction, Married Men, Addiction, Facebook Affair, Online Relationships, Style News
Ester Amy Fischer

What happened to me is that I both fell in love and had my heart broken on Facebook. On Facebook. With someone I'd never met.

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Like, Three Bridesmaids

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Susan Corso

I don't know about you, but I've had enough of "like." So where does this linguistic fixation with "like" come from?

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Nonprofits Blaze Virtual Trails in Second Life Mixed Reality Lounge

Susan Tenby | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaming, Cystic Fibrosis, Avatar, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Gaming Industry, Second Life, Gates Foundation, Media News
Susan Tenby

Virtual worlds can enable a user to experience learning from an inside, walk-through perspective.

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DoD Seeks Software to Trick Soldier's Kids Into Believing They are Talking to Their Parents

Bob Ostertag | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Ostertag

The Department of Defense is soliciting proposals for a computer program that would allow small children whose parents are in Iraq or Afghanistan to "interact" with a virtual version of their missing parent.

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