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Some of the fields that have since taken up the use of the VR technology and revamped their offerings include medicine, manufacturing, architecture,leisure industry and much more. (Photo: Pixabay)

Platforms connecting the real world with the virtual world

VR allows its users to experience the real environment in many more immersive ways.

01 May 2019 3:11 PM

The major advantage is that this type of interactive, computer-generated experience allows for people to observe phenomena otherwise impossible or difficult to witness. (Photo: ANI)

Creating environmental conservation awareness through VR

Virtual reality could serve as environmental education tool.

22 Apr 2019 9:09 AM

A few years ago, when Microsoft first introduced the XBOX 360 with Kinect, it revolutionised the world of gaming by using the cameras in front to track the player’s movements.

A fun way to get fit!

Immerse yourself in the world of Virtual Reality (VR) fitness games for some high-intensity workouts that will burn calories even as you have fun.

07 Apr 2019 6:30 AM

The announcement came at a time when L&T has made an offer to buy up to 66 per cent stake in IT firm Mindtree for around Rs 10,800 crore.

Larsen & Toubro expects USD 1 bn revenue from L&T Nxt in 5-7 years

L&T Nxt will focus on artificial intelligence, IoT, virtual reality, augmented reality, geospatial solutions and cybersecurity.

31 Mar 2019 3:41 PM

he stakeholders of education need not worry, but instead adapt themselves to the upcoming changes brought by the highly restructured technologies of computers now present in the form of robots.

Transforming Classrooms

These developments are identical to the revolution that the onset of computers once brought in.

03 Mar 2019 5:42 AM

You need to download the Orboot app from Google Play or App Store.

Shifu Orboot: VR the world!

Shifu Orboot brings the globe alive for kids -- with Augmented Reality

25 Feb 2019 2:00 PM

Launched at the CII India Gaming Show (IGS) - a three-day international gaming, animation and infotainment event in New Delhi, the event saw thousands of gamers line up to experience Sachin Saga VR, engaging in exciting head to head matches to win VR Headsets signed by the Master Blaster himself.

Sachin Saga VR: A multiplayer virtual reality cricket game

JetSynthesys and Sachin Tendulkar launch the multiplayer virtual reality cricket game, which is India’s first such game.

04 Feb 2019 4:18 PM

In recent years, virtual reality has become a multibillion-dollar business, with uses emerging in military training, at amusement parks and in education. (Photo: AP)

Orlando firm creates scents for VR games, military training

The company’s products are helping amusement parks, military trainers and others bring scents into VR.

23 Dec 2018 5:17 PM

Games like Pokemon Go have shown that it's possible to have mainstream appeal in an AR game. (Photo: AP)

Technology trends that are changing the face of gaming in India

VR adoption which is quite low globally and even more in India depends on that killer game that becomes a must-have.

13 Nov 2018 2:51 PM

Our environment is a critical part of the eating experience (Photo: AFP)

Research suggests people's taste may be altered using virtual reality

When we eat, we perceive not only just the taste and aroma of foods, we get sensory input from our surroundings - eyes, ears, even memories.

16 Oct 2018 9:16 PM

Apple's headset will generate images in real-time 3D. (Photo: Patently Apple)

Apple’s AR headset will be one of a kind, reveals patent

The head mounted display will rely on holographic display to make headsets slimmer.

20 Sep 2018 11:50 AM

For Alexey Furman, co-founder of New Cave Media, who covered the protests as a photojournalist, the experience of recreating the event was cathartic. (Photo: Pixabay)

Ukrainians relive bloodshed of Kiev's Maidan in virtual reality

Videos of people who were there on February 20 - the bloodiest day of violence - pop up to relate their experiences,

18 Sep 2018 11:00 AM

Virtual learning: Using AI, immersion to teach Chinese

Researchers are developing a sort of smart room that can understand students’ words, answer their questions and perceive their gestures.

07 Sep 2018 1:04 PM

Decades-old skateboarding trick mixes with virtual reality

This is the first foray into action sports for leading VR broadcast platform NextVR, based in Newport Beach.

26 Aug 2018 7:41 AM

As of now World of Tanks VR is still at a relatively early stage in its development and offers only a few tanks.

Gamescom 2018: World of Tanks comes to VR

World of Tanks VR has you using your head to turn your turret and orient your tank, and the controllers to move back and forth.

22 Aug 2018 9:34 PM

VR is able to recreate the bombing of Hiroshima killed 140,000 people. (Photo: AP)

Japanese students use virtual reality to recreate Hiroshima bombing

Over two years, a group of Japanese high school students has been painstakingly producing a five-minute virtual reality experience.

07 Aug 2018 8:54 AM

Robotics expert on the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, EPFL team, Matteo Macchini, right, displays the fly controls in a virtual reality scenario as he controls the flight of a drone in foreground, while observed by a fellow member of the team, July 23, 2018, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Scientists, engineers and robotics experts at the Swiss university have teamed up to develop a jacket that allows hands-free, torso-controlled flying of drones. (Ecole Polytechnique Federale De Lausanne via AP) MANDATORY DREDIT

Ditch the joystick? Swiss develop jacket that pilots drones

Scientists, engineers and robotics experts at a Swiss university have developed a jacket that allows users to fly drones hands-free.

03 Aug 2018 8:55 AM

New virtual game lets you trek through Grand Canyon

Participants of the study were grouped together and competed against one another in weekly walking challenges each week.

15 Jul 2018 6:01 PM

The company's aim of this solution is to motivate learners and education providers to explore immersive technologies world.

Veative launches Virtual Reality Learn Solution

Veative uses immersive technologies such as 3D, VR, AR and MR with an objective to bring significant educational transformation.

13 Jul 2018 7:43 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Virtual reality headsets reduce kid's needle phobia

Needle phobia and needle anxiety may even cause parents to delay scheduled visits with the doctor.

19 Jun 2018 2:45 PM

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