Virtual Reality (Computers)

June 25, 2023

A Séance With Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Shed

“Kagami,” a new mixed-reality presentation, features a virtual likeness of the late composer. It becomes, mostly despite itself, an affecting meditation on grief. “Kagami,” the new […]
June 6, 2023

Would You Wear Apple’s New Vision Pro Headset?

Apple says its new Vision Pro headset will “shift the way we look at technology.” How about how we look? They talked about the optics. They […]
May 26, 2023

Digital Interactions Are Just Part of a Jewelry Sale Now

Brands find that some of their customers’ pandemic-era buying habits are here to stay. It has been more than a year since Covid-19 restrictions faded away […]
October 9, 2022

A Minecraft Player Set Out to Build the Known Universe, Block by Block

Christopher Slayton, 18, spent two months intricately designing the planets. He even went skydiving to get a better appreciation for Earth. Christopher Slayton spent two months […]
January 20, 2022

What to Wear in the Metaverse

Late in October, when Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the rebranding of Facebook as Meta, he did so in an immersive video designed to reveal his vision of […]
November 6, 2021

An 8-Year-Old Explains the Metaverse

“One minute you get scammed, another minute you’re having the best time of your life, making billions of dollars.” Like a lot of people, I have […]
April 23, 2021

Technology Could Turn You Into a Tiffany

Augmented reality, 3-D printing and other advances are changing the jewelry business. Soon, they might help you become your own designer. From the Medicis to the […]
September 16, 2020

Facebook Oculus Quest 2 Review: Solid V.R. Headset, but Few Games

A group of five boxers and I recently threw punches to upbeat music while an instructor egged us on. By the end of the 20-minute workout, […]
April 14, 2020

52 Places, Virtually

When we published our list of 52 places to visit in 2020 three months ago, no one could have guessed how much our world would change. […]
October 28, 2017

Virtual Reality Gets Naughty

In early 2014 Ela Darling, 31, a pornographic actress, recorded her first virtual reality sex scene. She was in a college dorm room at the University […]