Virtual Reality Enters The Museums
30 December 2017
In November at the Museum Computer Network conference—a major annual event about the applications of technology in cultural institutions—the most popular session was a panel
In November at the Museum Computer Network conference—a major annual event about the applications of technology in cultural institutions—the most popular session was a panel
One thing we love about “Black Mirror” is all of the creative, futuristic technology. Some of it is seriously freaky, like those killer dog bots
– Facebook relied on YouTube videos of piano and violin recitals to teach artificial neural networks about the connection between body gestures and music. –
You may be cool, but you’ll never be ‘Grandma Playing Star Wars VR’ cool, sorry. This adorable video of a grandmother playing a Star Wars
K-Pop is a trend right now. Especially since PSY’s Gangnam Style video broke records on YouTube, Korean pop culture is spreading over the internet and
Cities are, and always have been, an evolving organism. However, today’s social, environmental, and technological forces are making the evolution more volatile and uncertain. Income inequality is
Virtual reality cinema company Bigscreen has partnered with Paramount Home Media Distribution to virtually screen showings of Top Gun for 24 hours, commencing at 6pm EST
Smart-home tech is coming to more homes. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/AFP/Getty Images The onset of a new year brings plenty of predictions, and so I
What the repeal could mean for this nascent technology It’s not a great time for the internet in the US. The Federal Communications Commission recently
Washington Post reporter Tara Bahrampour has glasses and headphones placed on her in preparation for a “virtual dementia tour” to help caregivers better understand what
I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I’ve been seeing a virtual therapist. It’s called Woebot, and it’s a Facebook chatbot developed by Stanford
Studios plan to double down on their strategies to get moviegoers to buy films in 2018, but audiences’ love for streaming platforms might be too
The act of creation is about as basic a human impulse as there is. With the advent of digital media, creation has become untethered from
Predicting the future requires hubris, and it should therefore be met with more than a terabyte of skepticism. In past years, I’ve made some calls
Hit the skies like never before with the SmartPlane Pro FPV VR Plane. Working with your smartphone, this plane is complete with a first-person view virtual
Augmented Reality games and apps are still a fairly new thing. They will use your phone’s camera and place virtual objects in the “real world”, observed through your display.
Augmented reality is beginning to leak out into the mainstream world. This is thanks, in part, to ARKit and ARCore making their debuts this year. These releases turned the
Through the use of specific hardware and software, virtual reality – sometimes called ‘immersive multimedia,’ as well as ‘virtual environment (VE)’ or ‘computer-simulated life’ –
Plex-VR Digital aims to apply its leading light field technology to VR, AR, 3D reconstruction and security control. Shanghai-based virtual reality and augmented reality
Pixar is one of the few studios that creates movies that truly appeal to the young and old alike. Its latest effort, Coco, is no different,
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s virtual reality installation, Carne y Arena (Virtually present, Physically invisible), had its inception over a decade ago in 2005 when the director was doing
Universities and companies are perfecting artificial intelligence and augmented reality systems to reliably discover when someone is lying. The right combination of artificial intelligence
Pimax revealed its plans for CES 2018, and the update indicates that Kickstarter backers shouldn’t expect to have a headset in their hands in January.
When Google first announced the Daydream platform it enthusiastically promised a number of headsets from hardware partners, but to date we’ve only actually seen two such devices
Road to VR recently visited Hardlight VR’s downtown Seattle office to take a look at the new Mark III version of their haptic vest. During the visit, Hardlight
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge At the beginning of 2017, I wrote about what I thought might be the year’s most important
In Paramount’s latest efforts to keep up with the rise of streaming movies, they are launching a virtual reality movie theater experience. Starting December 29th
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