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Scientists Built a Virtual Reality 'Holodeck' for Lab Animals

By Glenn McDonald published

Researchers have created an environment for experimenting on animals that appears to be effective at generating convincing illusions of the natural world.

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'Alien: Covenant In Utero' Lets You Experience a Neomorph Birth in VR

By Tariq Malik published

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Fake Walls, Real Shocks: VR System Simulates Physical Barriers

By Kacey Deamer published

What happens when you walk into a wall in virtual reality?

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Follow a Complete Everest Expedition in New VR Film

By Kacey Deamer published

Get a first-person perspective of the most notorious mountaineering journey in the world.

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Sir David Attenborough with a VR headset and controller.

Tour London's Natural History Museum in VR with David Attenborough

By Kacey Deamer published

Let Sir David Attenborough's be your guide.

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Google Earth Virtual Reality Will Take You to Any Address in the World

By Laura Geggel published

A new Google Earth Virtual Reality (VR) feature allows users to enter any address — whether it's grandma's house or a 19th-century castle in Germany — and fly over it in 3D with a VR headset.

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Jerusalem's Western Wall is one of the most iconic cultural sites in the ancient city. The layers of stone blocks at the base of the wall were laid around 20 B.C., when Temple Mount and the Jewish Second Temple were rebuilt by the Roman "client-king" of J

In Photos: Experience Ancient Jerusalem's Splendor with Virtual-Reality App

By Tom Metcalfe published

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The "Lithodomos VR" app allows people to experience archaeological reconstructions of ancient Jerusalem, at the height of the city's splendor under Roman rule in the first century.

Ancient Jerusalem Comes Alive in New Virtual-Reality App

By Tom Metcalfe published

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The researchers built a VR landscape that followed the rules of hyperbolic geometry. Here, a screengrab of one of these non-Euclidean worlds in the research group's simulations.

Reshaping the Universe: VR Landscapes Explore Mind-Bending Geometry

By Jesse Emspak published

In this wonky, non-Euclidean universe, the floor can fall away from your feet as you walk forward and distances aren't what they seem.

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Dive with a Blue Whale in New Virtual-Reality Experience

By Mindy Weisberger published

Virtual reality dives deep in a new exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, immersing visitors in spectacular ocean environments.

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