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The Latest Breaking News from Virtual reality

Pupils get 'virtual' work experience at Knowsley Safari

Students can get a virtual reality tour, job and career experience in a new programme

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Meta Completes Virtual Reality Deal after US Court Win

Facebook-owner Meta finalized its buyout of virtual reality firm Within Unlimited, the VR company's chief executive said, after a court rejected an attempt by US regulators to block the deal over competition concerns. A spokesperson for the Federal Trade Commission told AFP on Thursday that it would not appeal the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Meta to buy VR startup Within after favorable court ruling

A federal judge has sided with Facebook parent Meta and cleared the way for the company to buy virtual reality startup Within Unlimited, the maker of the popular fitness app Supernatural

The Independent UK

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Why Gran Turismo 7 is a revelation in virtual reality

OPINION: The PSVR2 and the upcoming Gran Turismo 7 update provides the best console virtual reality experience to date, setting an example for other developers to follow

Autosport

Hands-on: Why Gran Turismo 7 is a must-have PSVR2 title

Ahead of its release on 22nd February, we've tried Gran Turismo 7 on PSVR2. It sets the precedent for racing game virtual reality experiences.

Motorsport

Needle phobia study investigates if virtual reality headsets can help

Seeing a patient faint out of fear of getting a needle prompted registered nurse Craig Gilbertson to search for "a better way".

ABC News

Report: Apple Developing Software to Help Users Build Apps for Upcoming Headset

Apple Inc is developing software to help users of its upcoming mixed-reality (MR) headset build their own augmented reality apps, the Information reported on Friday, citing four people who worked on the headset. According to a Bloomberg News report, the company was in talks with about half a dozen media…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Virtual reality brings Holocaust history to future generations

For those who survived the Holocaust, the memories can never be erased, but their generation is dying out. Educators and historians are looking for new ways to keep their experience alive and connect to younger people.

Reuters

The best upcoming VR games: Grand Theft Auto, Peaky Blinders and more

With PSVR 2 just weeks away, 2023 could be a massive year for virtual reality

Evening Standard

The best VR games: Our favourites and how to get the most out of them

VR games have the power to blow you away. Here are the best on the market

Evening Standard

We tried Glasgow's VR racing centre for a fun glimpse into the future of gaming

VR Simulators have opened only one of their two venues in the UK in the Gallowgate and offer a virtual reality racing experience that's at the cutting edge of tech – Glasgow Live headed along to check it out.

Glasgow Live

Award-winning Scottish virtual reality game to receive Gaelic translation

A BAFTA-WINNING Scottish virtual reality (VR) game is set to be translated into Old Scots and Gaelic.

The National (Scotland)

Scary monsters: how virtual reality could help people cope with anxiety

Guardian science correspondent is put to the test in the panic-inducing VR world of a game that teaches breathing technique

The Guardian - UK

US Military Takes War To The Metaverse With Project Tripoli

The industry metaverse is dimming, the metaverse for the military provides a glimmer of hope

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The Independent UK

Virtual reality games may help in early detection of autism, ADHD symptoms, research says

VR can also be developed to assess language problems, brain trauma, memory loss, scientists say

The Independent UK

The top travel trends for 2023

Expect ferries, sleep pods and virtual reality hotels to loom large on this year’s cutting-edge travel landscape, says Lucy Thackray

Dublin Live

Did six spooky prophecies about 2022 from blind mystic Baba Vanga come true?

2022 was envisioned by fortune-tellers to include natural disasters, famine and aliens

Chicago Sun-Times

Ask the Doctors: Virtual reality headsets might be effective add-on for anesthesia

This is being explored in conjunction with what’s known as regional anesthesia, in which the surgical patients is sedated but remains conscious.

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Zuckerberg testifies that Meta's lack of VR fitness app doesn’t keep him up at night

Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg says the fact his company doesn’t have a virtual reality fitness app up doesn’t keep him up at night, but acquiring it would boost competition and improve such applications.

The Independent UK

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook parent company Meta, is on the witness stand in a California courtroom as part of the U.S. antitrust regulators' effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup

The Independent UK

Alejandro González Iñárritu on his epic film ‘Bardo’, virtual reality, and battling Trump the ‘orange monster’

Alejandro González Iñárritu is on a mission to ‘liberate cinema’ from the boundaries of reality and tell new stories about Mexico, migrants, and life itself along the way, starting with his surreal new Netflix film, the director tells Josh Marcus

The Times of India

The virtual landscape of fashion events

We are in the last month of 2022 and there have been countless fashion events, award shows and fashion week extravaganza. Virtual reality platform Decentraland has launched Metaverse Fashion Week at the beginning of the year in the month of march which turned many headlights towards the digital landscape of…

The Independent UK

FTC didn't stop Facebook-Instagram. How about Meta-Within?

Facebook parent Meta is sparring with the FTC over its pending acquisition of a virtual reality fitness company Within Unlimited in federal court in San Jose, California, where CEO Mark Zuckerberg is expected to testify as a witness

Leeds Live

Virtual reality space where you can fight zombies and solve creepy puzzles set to open in Leeds

Belgian company Park Playground VR has expanded to the UK and will open in Kirkstall Industrial Park on December 15

The Independent UK

E-scooter sounds to help cut crashes with pedestrians will be tested

People including some who are blind or partially sighted will wear a virtual reality headset to immerse them into simulations involving e-scooters.

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