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Morrowind Mod Adds VR and Multiplayer Support on its 20th Anniversary
Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind came out on May 1, 2002, and was characterized by its massive and unusually detailed game world for a role-playing game. Now, on its 20th anniversary,…
Asynchronous Reality: Swiss Researchers “Freeze” Time in Virtual Reality
Two researchers in Switzerland have managed to manipulate time in a virtual reality workplace. The experiment was aimed at promoting greater concentration inside a VR workplace and the researchers used…
VR as a Painkiller: Can Virtual Reality Be Used to Relieve Chronic Pain?
Virtual reality treatments can be used to deliver the same relief that people suffering from chronic pain across America get from intravenous opioids. A Cedars-Sinai researcher and gastroenterologist Brennan Spiegel…
Bigscreen Now Allows You to Watch YouTube With Friends Inside VR
Users can now natively stream YouTube content to the virtual screen in the VR cinema app Bigscreen in another small win for our collective metaversal aspirations. Bigscreen YouTube content support…
Otherside NFT Sales Breached $300 Million
As widely expected, Yuga Labs' Otherside metaverse land drop last night proved highly successful and surpassed $300 million. Yuga Labs charged 305 APE tokens for every deed (presumably representing a…
VW Gets Good Results Using SenseGlove Nova Haptic Feedback Gloves in Assembly Training
Haptic gloves company Senseglove is partnering with Volkswagen on the use of the Senseglove Nova VR glove in vehicle manufacturing. The two have published a case study sharing their experiences…
Rooms of Realities Immerses You into VR Escape Rooms with Meta’s Avatars
The virtual reality game Rooms of Realities brings several escape rooms to create one big story, cooperatively if one so desires. Rooms of Realities Rooms of Realities combines a number…
Mouth Haptics Device Research Brings Out the VR Kissing Sensation
A mouth haptics innovation by Carnegie Mellon University researchers could see people get a real kissing sensation in the metaverse. The device, which uses ultrasound on the lips could make…
The Graphical Quality of Quest 2 Games Getting Markedly Better
In last week’s Quest Gaming Showcase, Meta showcased new virtual reality games with a much-improved graphical quality, the kind that would have been unimaginable a few years back. This was…
VR Uber Simulator The Last Taxi Launches in May
The Last Taxi is an upcoming game that is a unique conversation starter and which features a very eccentric cast. The indie title was developed by ZenFri and is coming…