Virtual Reality
Can Avatars Be Too Real?
As VR technology improves, these player-controlled avatars are becoming increasingly realistic with detailed facial expressions, motions, and resemblance to real people.
Virtual Reality Headsets
Ergonomics Matter: Proper Weight Distribution Trumps Lightness in VR Headset Design
As virtual reality (VR) headsets grow more advanced, manufacturers continue striving to make them lighter. However, when designing comfortable extended reality experiences, especially for young users, overall weight reduction may be less important than proper weight distribution.
Virtual Reality
The Potential of Multi-Sensory Virtual Reality for Enhanced Relaxation
Traditional relaxation practices like mindfulness and meditation can be beneficial for reducing stress and increasing wellbeing. However, many people struggle to adhere to these activities due to time constraints and difficulty sustaining practice.
Virtual Reality
Is VR Travel the Real Metaverse?
As Meta plunges billions into building their vision of a virtual reality metaverse, some are looking to VR travel experiences as the true embodiment of this next iteration of the internet.
Virtual Reality
Is Meta Shifting its Content Policy pt2
Last week I posed the question "is Meta shifting its content policy"? Well, I think looking at Twitter (X) for the last two days we may just have had a glimpse to the answer.
Virtual Reality
Unity Shakes Up Monetisation
This week, time folded in on itself for thousands of XR developers around the world. Unity, the popular game engine announced in the middle of Apple's keynote speech that they were altering (radically) the way they charge of the use of their platform.
Is Meta Shifting it's Content Policy?
I've written many times about Meta's policy of just providing a store full of games for gamers, but is this recent advert from Meta a sign of things to come?
Virtual Reality Headsets
When Will AR/VR Glasses Become Commonplace in Public?
Augmented and virtual reality headsets have been touted as the next big thing for years now. But when are we actually going to see people wearing these devices out in public regularly?
Virtual Reality and Mental Health
Mindway VR: A Mental Wellbeing App That Hits the Sweet Spot
If you look through the library of mental health apps that have sprung up since our imposed lockdown a couple of years ago, you would have thought there were enough offerings in the market.
Virtual Reality
VR Rising: How Virtual Reality May Soon Eclipse Mobile Phones
Since the iPhone launched in 2007, mobile phones have become central to our work, entertainment, and social lives. But emerging immersive technologies like virtual reality now threaten to dethrone the phone's dominance.
Stealth Fitness Games: Gorilla Tag
Months ago I wrote an article about using Gorilla Tag as a proper, legitimate upper body workout. Well, I thought I'd revisit this premise, and look a little deeper into the psychology of how it makes players tick.
Virtual Reality Fitness
Designing Achievable VR Fitness Games Using Research-Backed Tips
Virtual reality (VR) fitness games offer an engaging way to be active. But how can developers ensure their games motivate players to actually exercise versus just having good intentions?