Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

While mainstream virtual reality (VR) is currently perceived as a tool for video games and entertainment purposes, developers and construction experts are finding practical applications for the ...

New technology from virtual reality video games and popular apps like GPS is making its way into operating rooms, transforming the way surgeries are performed. University of California San Diego ...

People with disabilities can use the virtual reality technology to view manufacturing facilities and see what working there is like.

Virtual reality technology has rapidly evolved beyond gaming applications to become a powerful therapeutic tool addressing conditions from chronic pain to PTSD. As hospitals and clinics increasingly ...

In the last 2 years, virtual reality and augmented reality have taken a step toward more practical applications in eye care.In 2024, Healio | OSN looked at this digital technology as it was making its ...

The technology got space in the main exhibit hall at the convention. A gamer is shown using the Oculus Rift headset at E3. Connor Burton/ABC News — -- The complete integration of virtual reality ...

Virtual reality was supposed to transform entertainment. At least, that was the expectation roughly a decade ago with the arrival of the Oculus Rift, the first virtual reality (VR) headset that many ...

Things don't look great for virtual reality. Once seen as the future of online interaction, the present has caught up to VR, and it's brutal: Meta is by far the biggest dog in the virtual reality ...

Mount your headsets and get ready. Virtual reality (VR) is fast-tracking its way to possibly reinventing the way travel is marketed and sold. The highly engaging, interactive VR environments that are ...

Giving autistic people the opportunity to experience a major sporting event in a safe environment is the latest project in IT supplier CGI’s virtual reality (VR) operation. The supplier’s pro bono ...