When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WASHINGTON — My spacecraft flew through the shadow of the moon and into orbital sunrise, and ...

Virtual reality (VR) has been around since at least the 1950s, with Morton Heilig's invention of the Sensorama. This mechanical device presented multisensory information to users, enaging the visual, ...

Quesnel wants to better understand the Overview Effect phenomenon, and whether or not it’s possible to use immersive VR to induce it. Anecdotally, I think that it’s certainly possible as I reported my ...

Some employers are excited about swapping out computer monitors for VR headsets, but the side effects of using the tech aren’t completely understood, writes this researcher. Here’s why it matters and ...

Are the worlds of visual effects and virtual reality converging? The jury may still be out on that, but as VR continues to grow in impact, it’s inevitable that the new technology will increasing ...

Like a detective tailing a frustratingly elusive perpetrator, UB scientist Doreen Wackeroth doesn't have much to go on when she searches for clues to the most basic questions in physics. While other ...

Virtual assistants, like Siri and Alexa, provide numerous benefits to their users. However, a number of experts have begun to voice concerns about the potential effects these artificially intelligent ...

Gamers like myself love to obsess over graphics settings, HDR, and frame rates to get the best picture possible. But sound quality is arguably just as important, whether you're looking to be immersed ...

For as long as filmmaking has existed, there has been a need to build fantastic worlds in front of cameras. The earliest techniques borrowed from theatre: Painted curtains and wooden, two-dimensional ...