After the VR earthquake at Meta: End of an era and a new beginning

After Meta's clear-out, a new chapter begins for the VR industry. What happened, why, and what's next for Meta's VR division?

Meta turns its back on VR games: Batman sequel and Harry Potter VR cancelled

The sequel to "Arkham Shadow" will not be released. Meta is ending several projects and cutting funding for VR game ...
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Bringing Van Gogh to life: How VR could redefine the way we experience art and culture

Tampa crowds are currently sailing underneath Vincent van Gogh's twinkling "Starry Night" and drifting through his golden ...

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, its next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Meta chief technology officer Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said early in 2025 that the metaverse could be a "legendary misadventure" ...

VR headsets are 'hope machines' inside California prisons, offering escape and practical experience

Jacob Smith has been in prison for two decades but he and other inmates are still taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic ...

Virtual reality emerges as a supportive space for self-disclosure, with nature settings leading the way

New Edith Cowan University (ECU) research suggests virtual reality (VR) may play a meaningful role in future mental-health ...

Watch video: Indian student in America stunned as professor hands out VR headsets to entire class

An Indian student’s video from a US university, showing a professor distributing virtual reality headsets to an entire class, ...

Town's history brought to life through VR goggles

A town's Victorian past is being brought back to life through virtual reality binoculars. Six augmented and virtual reality ...
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Local man creates a new way to make VR video creation easier

A former Western Technical student is merging his passion for business and technology to develop an easy-to-use virtual ...

Where Meta's metaverse vision went wrong

Meta's metaverse strategy was flawed from the jump. Zuckerberg overhyped what consumers could expect from the move, ...

Mt. Carmel residents can travel the globe, relive meaningful memories through VR glasses

Donna Hughes spent a recent afternoon strolling around Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. “Oh, look at the fountain!” she ...

Alberta-developed VR technology aims to help Canada’s wheelchair curlers train for Milano-Cortina Paralympics

A team at Red Deer Polytechnic in central Alberta has developed a fully immersive virtual reality program that allows wheelchair curlers to test out the arena and practise their shots, even when ...