Smithsonian Starstruck lets visitors walk through the Big Bang, brush past the Sun, and gaze into a black hole, all without ...

After some onboarding that included setting such preferences as closed captioning and signing a waiver, I had enough time to ...

The Mango Flange Karaoke Bar is a new VRChat world created by longtime coder and virtual world enthusiast Enverex. Built as a focused and optimized karaoke space, it brings together his background in ...

Discord on the Meta Quest platform will now run natively on headsets thanks to a dedicated app that has been released.

Use of virtual reality (VR)-based interventions was associated with significantly reduced cravings among individuals with substance use disorders (SUDs), especially illicit drug use disorder, a new ...

Forward-looking: A small group of independent researchers is exploring a different path for immersive computing, one that bypasses the nose and stimulates the brain directly. Their prototype uses ...

New tools tailored for use in senior living communities allow for shared experiences and social bonding. Credit...Morgan Lieberman for The New York Times Supported by By Charley Locke On a sunny ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...

A new VR game based on the heist action of Payday, Payday: Aces High, is coming later this year to Steam and the Meta Store. The officially-licensed game brings four-player co-op to VR where you can ...

The United States military has long used gaming technology for training, and that's for several reasons. For one, it's relatively inexpensive. It's also tech that most recruits are already familiar ...

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...

Once used mainly for distraction, VR is now being studied as a way to retrain the brain’s pain pathways—especially for people with chronic and hard-to-treat conditions. Virtual reality isn’t just for ...