Virtual Reality News
April 18, 2024
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Apr. 11, 2024 Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 10, 2024 When scuba divers need to say 'I'm okay' or 'Shark!' to their dive partners, they use hand signals to communicate visually. But sometimes these movements are difficult to see. Now, researchers have constructed a waterproof 'e-glove' that wirelessly ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Important data can be stored and concealed quite easily in ordinary plastic using 3D printers and terahertz radiation, scientists show. Holography can be done quite easily: A 3D printer can be used to produce a panel from normal plastic in which a ...
Mar. 13, 2024 A new tool will help orthodontists correctly fit braces onto teeth. Using artificial intelligence and virtual patients, the tool predicts how teeth will move, so as to ensure that braces are neither too loose nor too ...
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Mar. 18, 2024 A novel mixed light field technique that utilizes a mix of ray-controlled ambient lighting with projection mapping (PM) to obtain PM in bright surroundings has been developed by scientists. This ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Pairing cryptocurrency mining -- notable for its outsize consumption of carbon-based fuel -- with green hydrogen could provide the foundation for wider deployment of renewable energy, such as solar ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Depicting worst-case climate scenarios like expanding deserts and dying coral reefs may better motivate people to support environmental policies when delivered via virtual reality, according to a ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Recreating the action of opening doors in the virtual world requires engineering ways in which to provide the equivalent haptic feedback and steer users away from walls in the real world. A research ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Researchers have painstakingly taken computed topography (CT) scans of more than 13,000 individual specimens to create 3D images of more than half of all the world's animal groups, including mammals, ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Fashioned from the same element found in sand and covered by intricate patterns, microchips power smartphones, augment appliances and aid the ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Scientists unveil metasurface technology, allowing for angle-dependent ...
Feb. 9, 2024 In an image, estimating the distance between objects and the camera by using the blur in the images as clue, also known as depth from focus/defocus, ...
Feb. 12, 2024 Engineers have studied how insects navigate, for the purpose of developing energy-efficient ...
Feb. 5, 2024 Research involving has shown that a 'swarm' of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue ...
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Jan. 31, 2024 A new system that brings together real-world sensing and virtual reality would make it easier for building maintenance personnel to identify and fix issues in commercial buildings that are in ...
Jan. 16, 2024 This month, a group of stroke survivors in British Columbia will test a new technology designed to aid their recovery, and ultimately restore use of their limbs and hands. Participants will wear a ...
Jan. 11, 2024 A new wave of communication technology is quickly approaching and researchers are now investigating ways to configure next-generation mobile ...
Jan. 9, 2024 A study has used the power of machine learning to overcome a key challenge affecting quantum devices. For the first time, the findings reveal a way to close the 'reality gap': the ...
Jan. 3, 2024 Researchers have fabricated a new high-performance shortwave infrared (SWIR) image sensor based on non-toxic colloidal quantum dots. They report on a new method for synthesizing functional ...
Dec. 21, 2023 Engineers developed a technology that delivers centimeter-level accuracy for real-time tracking in extended reality (XR) applications. It uses wireless signals to ensure precise asset localization ...
Dec. 21, 2023 Researchers have developed an augmented reality head-up display that could improve road safety by displaying potential hazards as high-resolution three-dimensional holograms directly in a ...
Dec. 21, 2023 People who received gentle electric currents on the back of their heads learned to maneuver a robotic surgery tool in virtual reality and then in a real setting much more easily than people who ...
Dec. 13, 2023 Scientists show that breathing may be used to control a wearable extra robotic arm in healthy individuals, without hindering control of other parts of the ...
Dec. 8, 2023 New miniature virtual reality (VR) goggles provide more immersive experiences for mice living in laboratory settings. By more faithfully simulating natural environments, the researchers can more ...
Dec. 4, 2023 In Korea, workers are being provided with virtual reality (VR)-based safety training content to mitigate the increase in occupational accidents. However, the current training evaluation methods ...
Dec. 1, 2023 Researchers have developed a new experiment to better understand what people view as moral and immoral decisions related to driving vehicles, with the goal of collecting data to train autonomous ...
Nov. 27, 2023 In the real world/digital world cross-over of mixed reality, a user's immersive engagement with the program is called presence. Now, researchers have identified reaction time as a potential ...
Nov. 14, 2023 The discovery of the phantom touch illusion provides insights into human perception and opens up new perspectives for interaction with virtual reality ...
Nov. 7, 2023 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 ...
Oct. 30, 2023 New research suggests sleepiness during virtual meetings is caused by mental underload and boredom. Earlier studies suggested that fatigue from virtual meetings stems from mental overload, but new ...
Oct. 27, 2023 Researchers have developed a souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time to a remote user's movements and gestures made in virtual ...
Oct. 23, 2023 The perception of persistent thermal sensations, such as changes in temperature, tends to gradually diminish in intensity as our bodies become accustomed to the temperature. This phenomenon leads to ...
Oct. 16, 2023 A new study lets patients practice letting go of treasured objects in simulations of their own ...
Oct. 16, 2023 New research found that driving skills measured at the time of licensure on a virtual driving assessment (VDA), which exposes drivers to common serious crash scenarios, helps predict crash risk in ...
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- Wireless Tracking System Could Help Improve the XR Experience
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- Virtual Reality Helps People With Hoarding Disorder Practice Decluttering
- Virtual Driving Assessment Predicts Risk of Crashing for Newly Licensed Teen Drivers
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- New Dual-Arm Robot Achieves Bimanual Tasks by Learning from Simulation
- Do Measurements Produce the Reality They Show Us?
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- Better Than Humans: Artificial Intelligence in Intensive Care Units
- Robotic Proxy Brings Remote Users to Life in Real Time
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- Realistic Simulated Driving Environment Based on 'crash-Prone' Michigan Intersection
- Researchers Explore Why Some People Get Motion Sick Playing VR Games While Others Don't
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- Virtual Reality Games Can Be Used as a Tool in Personnel Assessment
- Researchers Unveil Smart Contact Lens, Capable of Implementing AR-Based Navigation
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- When Using Virtual Reality as a Teaching Tool, Context and 'feeling Real' Matter
- Researchers Develop Wireless, Ultrathin 'Skin VR' To Provide a Vivid, 'personalized' Touch Experience in the Virtual World
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- Engineers Repurpose 19th-Century Photography Technique to Make Stretchy, Color-Changing Films
- Fiddler Crab Eye View Inspires Researchers to Develop Novel Artificial Vision