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How It Works: The Oculus Rift
Technology

How It Works: The Oculus Rift

By Michael Nuñez

Mattel + Google View-Master
Gear

A Closer Look at Google and Mattel’s Updated View-Master

By Popular Science Team

Mattel and Google make View-Master Virtual Reality
Gear

Mattel And Google Turning View-Master Into Virtual Reality Headset

By Lindsey Kratochwill

How To Master Your Third Arm
Technology

How To Master Your Third Arm

By Nsikan Akpan

Oculus Is Making 5 Virtual-Reality Movies This Year
Technology

Oculus Is Making 5 Virtual-Reality Movies This Year

By Dan Moren

Can Virtual Body Swapping Help Fight Racial Prejudice?
Health

Can Virtual Body Swapping Help Fight Racial Prejudice?

By Alissa Zhu

2015: The Year Virtual Reality Finally Reaches Living Rooms
Gear

2015: The Year Virtual Reality Finally Reaches Living Rooms

By Andrew Rosenblum

Scientists Want To Take Virtual Reality To Court
Technology

Scientists Want To Take Virtual Reality To Court

By Sarah Fecht

CES 2015: Avegant’s Virtual Reality Headset Is Actually Something You Might Wear
Gear

CES 2015: Avegant’s Virtual Reality Headset Is Actually Something You Might Wear

By Loren Grush

Samsung Introduces Virtual Reality Smartphone You Wear On Your Head
Gear

Samsung Introduces Virtual Reality Smartphone You Wear On Your Head

By Dan Moren

lunar bot
Science

Moon Robot Will Broadcast In Virtual-Reality Video

By Kevin Ohannessian

Can You Get PTSD From A Virtual Experience?
Science

Can You Get PTSD From A Virtual Experience?

By Daniel Engber

Augmented Reality Visor Will Overlay Data On The Real World
Gear

Augmented Reality Visor Will Overlay Data On The Real World

By Andrew Rosenblum

Virtual Reality French Experimental Theater Is The Trippiest Thing
Technology

Virtual Reality French Experimental Theater Is The Trippiest Thing

By Colin Lecher

An Oscar-Nominated Director Makes A 360-Degree Immersive Film
Gear

An Oscar-Nominated Director Makes A 360-Degree Immersive Film

By Colin Lecher

Big Pic: The U.S. Navy Tests A Virtual Reality Headset
Technology

Big Pic: The U.S. Navy Tests A Virtual Reality Headset

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Put On This Virtual Reality Helmet, Then Swap Your Gender
Health

Put On This Virtual Reality Helmet, Then Swap Your Gender

By Colin Lecher

Using A Sexy Video Game Avatar Makes Women Objectify Themselves
Gear

Using A Sexy Video Game Avatar Makes Women Objectify Themselves

By Shaunacy Ferro

The World Looks Bigger Through A Virtual Child’s Eyes
Technology

The World Looks Bigger Through A Virtual Child’s Eyes

By Shaunacy Ferro

Let An Avatar Teach You How To Lose Weight
Health

Let An Avatar Teach You How To Lose Weight

By Colin Lecher

In A New Study, Video Games Helped People Lose Weight
Gear

In A New Study, Video Games Helped People Lose Weight

By Colin Lecher

Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?
Health

Can Virtual Reality Treat Addiction?

By Colin Lecher

CES 2013: Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Is Freaking Amazing
Gear

CES 2013: Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Is Freaking Amazing

By Dan Nosowitz

Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs
Health

Teenage Gamers Are Better At Virtual Surgery Than MDs

By Colin Lecher

GameSci: Where’s Our Virtual Reality?
Gear

GameSci: Where’s Our Virtual Reality?

By Colin Lecher

Video: Microsoft IllumiShare Lets You Play Remotely With Physical Objects
Technology

Video: Microsoft IllumiShare Lets You Play Remotely With Physical Objects

By Dan Nosowitz

Google Earth Goes Under the Sea
Environment

Google Earth Goes Under the Sea

By Jennie Walters

A Video Game Controller that Stimulates with Hot and Cold Sensations
Gear

A Video Game Controller that Stimulates with Hot and Cold Sensations

By Clay Dillow

Fingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects
Technology

Fingertip-Mounted Haptic Interface Lets You Feel Virtual 3-D Objects

By Paul Adams

Human-Sized Hamster Ball Lets You Play in Virtual Worlds
Gear

Human-Sized Hamster Ball Lets You Play in Virtual Worlds

By Jill Duffy

Invention Awards: A Gaming Device That Lets You Feel the Sound
DIY

Invention Awards: A Gaming Device That Lets You Feel the Sound

By Gregory Mone

Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers’ Heads by 2020
Technology

Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers’ Heads by 2020

By Jeremy Hsu

A man wearing DIY augmented reality goggles made out of cardboard and an HTC Magic phone.
DIY

Cardboard + smartphone = sweet DIY augmented reality goggles

By Clay Dillow

Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway
Technology

Video: Japan’s Robot Tiles Create Infinite Walkway

By Jeremy Hsu

Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Users’ Photos
Technology

Algorithm Generates a Virtual Rome in 3D from 150,000 Flickr Users’ Photos

By Rebecca Boyle

PopSci U: Seven of the Country’s Coolest SciTech Courses
Technology

PopSci U: Seven of the Country’s Coolest SciTech Courses

By Rena Marie Pacella

Health

Virtual-Reality Dental Training Is as Gory as You’d Expect

By Laura Silver

3-D Gaming: Real, or Really Lame?
Gear

3-D Gaming: Real, or Really Lame?

By Tom Conlon

a soldier pinching his nose in disgust
Technology

The Smell of War

By James Vlahos

The Holographic Television
Technology

The Holographic Television

By Johnathan Keats

Race Against Reality
Gear

Race Against Reality

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