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Extended reality (XR) is a term referring to all real and virtual environments combined. (image courtesy: LandscapeAR)

Is Extended Reality (XR) anything new?

The new term comprises of VR, AR and MR (Mixed Reality) under itself to reduce the line between virtual and reality.

03 May 2017 4:40 PM

Big filmmakers like Jon Favreau ("Iron Man") and Justin Lin ("Fast & Furious") have tried their hand in it, and in May, "Birdman" director Alejandro Inarritu will premiere a virtual reality project at the Cannes Film Festival.

VR film "The last Goodbye" fosters emapthy in viewers

VR film with 3D videos at the Tribeca Film Festival puts viewers in "shoes of the character", lets relive the past.

28 Apr 2017 8:12 AM

Users can type an address or the name of a location, and visit it with a 3D headset system

This new Google Earth VR feature can take you to any place in the world

Using a new updated feature on Google Earth VR, people can choose their own destinations

24 Apr 2017 8:13 AM

HTC brings VIVE VR system to India

HTC VIVE will be available exclusively on Amazon via pre-order.

23 Apr 2017 10:21 AM

Get ready for a VR obsessed Facebook on your smartphone

The Facebook Annual Conference envisions a virtual reality future for Facebook, launches a Facebook Spaces app for Oculus users.

19 Apr 2017 8:19 AM

HTC’s Vive and Oculus Rift put together gave only 25 percent of all page views and PlayStation VR accounted for just 9 per cent. The worst, Says BadoinkVR, was Google’s Daydream at just 3 per cent.

Samsung topples Google in VR porn preference

Data reveals that Samsung’s VR is more used than HTC’s Vive and Oculus Rift put together.

08 Apr 2017 1:50 PM

Virtual reality brings home horror of hospital attacks

The Doctors Without Borders group is launching the film to counter surging attacks on medical facilities and workers in conflict zones.

22 Mar 2017 6:20 PM

A fighter spaceship cockpit materializes and envelops the riders into a tunnel of light.

Virtual reality roller coaster coming to theme park

When riders board and put on Samsung Gear VR headsets, they'll see datalike weaponry status, time codes, fuel cells and a countdown clock.

20 Mar 2017 8:01 AM

A drone flies during the Mobile World Congress on the third day of the MWC in Barcelona, on March 1, 2017 (Photo: AFP)

Five trends at Mobile World Congress

Several phonemakers unveiled new smartphones with batteries that can last longer and be charger faster.

03 Mar 2017 7:59 AM

The Rift's touch controllers are also being reduced by $100 to $99.

Facebook's Oculus cuts price for Rift's VR headset by $100

The discounts mark the latest effort to lure more people into trying out virtual reality

02 Mar 2017 9:26 AM

VR to help you get over the fear of death

Using virtual reality (VR) devices to create an illusion of out-of-body experience may help people get over the fear of death.

31 Jan 2017 1:25 PM

Mark Zuckerberg announces Hugo Barra onboard Facebook Oculus to head the VR team.

Hugo Barra to head virtual reality team Oculus at Facebook

Hugo Barra left Xiaomi for Facebook to join the Oculus team as Vice President for the Virtual Reality team.

26 Jan 2017 11:54 AM

Xiaomi's Hugo Barra joining Facebook as VP of VR team

Hugo Barra left Xiaomi for Facebook to join the Oculus team as VP for the virtual reality team.

26 Jan 2017 10:42 AM

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg (Photo:AP)

Facebook's Zuckerberg questioned at trial over virtual-reality technology

Mark Zuckerberg faced hours of tough, public questioning about where Oculus obtained its ideas.

18 Jan 2017 7:29 AM

According to tech evangelist Robert Scoble, the project could be announced early this year, was confirmed by a Zeiss employee. Apple has hinted before that it was more interested in augmented reality than virtual reality.

Apple expected to bring AR glasses with Carl Zeiss

Tim Cook believes that AR has bigger possibilities than VR, since AR includes more user involvement.

10 Jan 2017 5:12 PM

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