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Virtual and Augmented Reality
How VR could be the secret to conquering a fear of heights
An experimental therapy is helping patients to overcome their fear by giving them a variety of challenges to complete through virtual reality (VR).
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual humans could give sufferers of post-traumatic stress the support they need
New research shows that virtual interviewers are more likely to help soldiers to discuss their symptoms.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Would you buy some virtual real estate?
Genesis City is a virtual world that the developers hope people will live, work and socialise in through virtual reality.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
This VR cat could help train vets
Cat Explorer allows you to see the biology of a cat in extreme detail.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
This virtual playground trains AI to do chores
A new project from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is training machines to understand and complete nuanced tasks.
Aviation, Travel and Tourism
These three technology trends will change the way you travel
More than 4 billion of us whizzed through the air in 2017. Travellers have never been so demanding.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
VR can now help you see the world through an animal's eyes
The project In the Eyes of an Animal was designed to get us back in touch with nature.
Information and Entertainment
This is how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is transforming televised sport
Sport and television have always helped to improve each other, but recent technologies have pushed sports media into a new age.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Researchers are using virtual-reality to train drones
MIT engineers have developed a system that allows drones to learn how to manouevre around imaginary objects.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
How virtual reality is making people 'well' again
Research suggests that VR experiences can improve people's mental wellbeing.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality could help tackle the US's prescription painkiller problem
New research shows that virtual reality could help tackle chronic pain.
Fourth Industrial Revolution
7 ways the Fourth Industrial Revolution can help the planet
A new World Economic Forum initiative aims to show how harnessing machine capabilities on every scale from domestic to planetary can ensure we don't exhaust the Earth's dwindling resources.
Virtual and Augmented Reality
How virtual reality can make you better, smarter and fitter
Scientists, educators and artists are only just beginning to explore the incredible possibilities offered by this technology, which could change everything from treating mental illness to...
Emerging Technologies
Augmented and virtual reality: the promise and peril of immersive technologies
Will concerns over privacy and data outweigh the creative and business potential of these immersive technologies?
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Are you ready for the next stage of virtual reality?
Before we can create a world that is truly indistinguishable from the real one, we will need to leave the age of virtual reality behind and enter a new era — the era of neuroreality.