Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...

A nonprofit uses VR headsets to offer inmates practical scenarios like job interviews alongside travel experiences, providing ...

Virtual reality can transport people, through headsets and joysticks, into immersive, imaginary worlds where they can explore alien planets, battle zombies, or even play minigolf. But Yale ...

Researchers have developed a virtual reality application where a range of 3D modelling tools can be opened and controlled using just the movement of a user's hand. Researchers have developed a virtual ...

A virtual reality (VR) “answering machine” can record changes in a person’s immediate environment while they are immersed in virtual worlds and play them back later. In workplaces of the future, ...

“I just wish I could save them all,” my virtual reality police officer avatar says as he gazes upon a young woman’s abandoned corpse lying beside a back-alley dumpster. My VR cop partner offers a limp ...

The virtual-reality revolution may yet be a ways off – but that doesn’t mean you can’t get a taste of it right now. In fact, there’s a virtual-reality viewer already on the market that’s fun and easy ...

EU-funded researchers are using emerging technologies to create new, immersive experiences and reimagine the future of live performance.By Gareth Willmer In September 2025, a stage performance with a ...