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Six benefits that the metaverse offers to colleges and universities

Even though it’s unclear what exactly the metaverse is and whether it even exists, colleges and universities have jumped onto the metaverse bandwagon. They have augmented in-person and remote video learning with features such as gamified interactive virtual worlds, virtual reality and mixed reality.

The Conversation

Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia

Earlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”. Rather than an album launch or standup gig, this turned out to be a free talk given last week by the chief executive of a high-tech US defence company called…

The Conversation

Is the metaverse the future of dating?

Madeleine Aggeler goes on a virtual reality date to find out if this tech could be the new way to find love

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Surplex wants to bring body-tracking shoes to virtual reality

A kickstarter campaign seeks to use 480 pressure sensors to track your every move.

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Mobile app offers new learning tools for anatomy students. But tech isn't a silver bullet

For most people who finished school or university even a decade ago, the idea of virtual reality in the classroom probably seems like the stuff of science fiction. But immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality – which all aim to marry the physical and…

The Conversation

Univ. of Tokyo to open Metaverse School of Engineering

The University of Tokyo is scheduled to open a Metaverse School of Engineering in September. In the metaverse virtual reality space on the internet, members of the public, such as junior and senior high school students and working adults, will be able to attend lectures and events.

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75 years after India's violent Partition, survivors can cross the border — virtually

A virtual reality project helps survivors of India's Partition glimpse long-lost birthplaces they fled as children. Fraught relations between India and Pakistan mean they can't visit in person.

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From Mecca to the Vatican, exploring sacred sites with VR

Worshippers, tourists and visitors around the world are increasingly joining virtual reality spiritual trips to some of Earth’s most sacred sites

The Independent UK

Scots hospice trials virtual reality equipment to help reduce patients' anxiety

Strathcarron Hospice is trialling Virtual Reality equipment with its patients. VR related equipment is being used extensively in hospice and palliative care. With its mix of reducing anxiety and pain, it can also help many other points of care. VR

Daily Record

'We Met In Virtual Reality': HBO documentary offers a flawed vision of the metaverse

HBO's groundbreaking documentary on life in virtual reality is a great introduction to newcomers but ignores the active issues facing VR platforms.

Inverse

Conjoined twins separated thanks to UK surgeon and virtual reality

The separation of three-year-olds Bernardo and Arthur Lima involved more than 27 hours of surgery and almost 100 medical staff

Liverpool Echo

Meta Can't Buy V.R. Fitness Company, Must Make Its Own Competing App, Says FTC

Plus: A rebranded "Build Back Better," the two-party system creates "a disconnect between elites and non-elites," and more...

Reason

FTC acts to block Meta from buying VR company, fitness app

Federal regulators have taken legal action to block Facebook parent Meta and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg from acquiring virtual reality company Within Unlimited and its fitness app Supernatural

The Independent UK

Things to do in London this weekend (July 29-31)

Mezcal, music and mind-boggling virtual reality — it’s all happening in the capital

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Lanarkshire software specialist teams up with booming virtual reality gaming firm

Eureka Solutions, which is based in Peel Park, employs 72 people in the field of business accountancy software.

Benzinga

Jason Silva And The Awe-Inspiring World Of Cyberdelia: NatGeo's Star Loves Mind Games, And You Will Too

By Marian Venini and Javier Hasse.

Evening Standard

Will everyone be welcome in the metaverse?

Meta must prove it’s built the right protections for users if the metaverse is to be an inclusive space

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Virtual reality technology to showcase best of Derry history at the upcoming festival

The festival is set to get underway next week

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No fear: the New Zealand virtual reality app helping conquer phobias

Researchers found the app, which gradually exposes people to their worst fears, can greatly reduce phobia symptoms

The Conversation

Virtual reality can support and enhance outdoor environmental education

The use of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) for environmental education is controversial. Some are concerned that these technologies might replace or disrupt outdoor experiences that can connect students to nature and develop pro-environmental behaviours.

Benzinga

Here's Why Heartcore Shares Are Trading Higher Today

Leading software development company Heartcore Enterprises, Inc (NASDAQ:HTCR) launched "truRes-12K", the world's first 12k-compatible real-time 360° virtual reality camera. HeartCore developed the first-ever 12K VR camera that provides users with higher-quality VR and AR images by combining a camera, chipset, stitching processing technology, and compression technology. HeartCore aims to market and sell its truRes-12K…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Siemens and Nvidia Collaborate to Expand Digital Services

Siemens has signed a partnership agreement with chip designer Nvidia Corp to create an industrial metaverse - an enhanced virtual reality for companies to reduce the costs of running their factories, buildings and speed up new product design. The deal is a cornerstone of Siemens Xcelerator, a new open digital…

Zenger

Gamer Chimps: Primates Master Hunting For Hidden Fruit In VR Video Game Study

British and American researchers have found that chimpanzees can master hunting for hidden fruit in a virtual reality video game.

Benzinga

Tencent Targets Metaverse After Overseas Opportunities, EV To Drive Growth

Tencent Holding Ltd (OTC:TCEHY) acknowledged setting up a unit focused on exploring the space to tap multiple opportunities in extended reality (XR) technologies in the next 4-5 years, Reuters reports. Gaming chief Steven Ma disclosed that Tencent had set up an XR business line to combine hardware and software, betting on most…

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