Virtual Worlds Corner

Ciaran Laval just passed on an unconfirmed report to me that Linden Lab is building a follow-up to Second Life. The word first came from Second Life third party developer Latif Khalifa, who was at a recent developers meeting in...

Leap Motion's 3D gesture control has taken a big step forward today after the company made the second-generation version of its software available in publi

The Oculus Rift has promised true immersion in games, but it's always struggled with input. How can you really feel like a skydiver if you're sitting on the couch, holding a controller? Birdly, an...

Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life, appeared in front of an audience at the Singularity Institute recently, and made a mind blowing statement regarding the nature of our Universe.

About a week ago Philip Rosedale, founder of the virtual world Second Life and High Fidelity, was a guest speaker at the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality Meetup where he spoke and showed a few very i...

Following Facebook's $2bn purchase of gaming firm Oculus VR, virtual worlds are becoming a reality again

Minecraft creator Markus Persson has revealed that an Oculus Rift version of the game was potentially in the works, but following the sudden news that Facebook has acquired Oculus VR for $2...

You blink and open your eyes to a fantastic new sun above your head. You're laying in a field of tall grass, but in the distance you hear sounds of machinery. The city. As you lay there, a blimp...

Researchers have developed a new way to explore the human brain in virtual reality. The system, called Glass Brain, which is developed by Philip Rosedale, creator ...

AR reality app Layar is now available for Google Glass. If you were curious as to how Glass would differentiate itself from the many smartwatches launching this year -- this, my friends, is it.

The device will appear at the September consumer-electronics show, says a report, and was developed with help from Facebook-owned Oculus VR.

What if you need to know the details of “that thing you’re looking at,” but don’t know its name? That's where augmented reality must come in.

"It'll scare the hell out of you."

With tech like Oculus, we may be nearing a new VR era. Yet the average consumer still can't picture the practical applications, much less stomach the cost.

It won't catch on with casual consumers.

Mark Zuckerberg is excited, but Facebook's $2bn purchase of Oculus VR has drawn mixed reactions from gamers and game developers. By Keith Stuart

One year ago, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told me that his virtual reality headset company had no intention to sell. He said that the team had agreed, for the time being, to stay independent —...

I am no longer Aaron Souppouris. I am a woman. I am a stranger. I stare down at the mask I hold in my hands, struggling to comprehend how those hands, which are clearly not mine, are allowing me to...

Epson is one of many competitors offering Google Glass-like augmented reality spectacles, but now the company is showing off the ability to combine its smar...