Tag: virtual reality research

New telehaptic gadgaet makes it possible to send a remote touch sensations

L. Green
Telehaptic - Digital Touch

The prototype device is worn on a user’s fingertip and transmits touch in real time. Researchers from South Korea have developed a new type of telehaptic gadget that users can wear to transmit a touch sensation remotely and in real time. This prototype could mean that there will be promising new developments in AR and VR tech. Interface technology that makes a user’s experience natural, intuitive and realistic when interacting physically with devices is key to augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). That said, other than subtle changes in vibrations, most…

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Using virtual reality can lead to temporary depersonalization and derealization symptoms

John Montgallo
Virtual Reality - VR User - Tech

The symptoms are mild and transient, but clearly impact an individual’s sense of what is real. Newly released research has placed the spotlight on the way virtual reality (VR) can have an impact on the way a user interprets what is real. The research is still considered to be preliminary but indicates an unexpected impact of VR use. The result of the virtual reality study was published in the Computers in Human Behavior journal. Researchers had been observing preliminary indications that using VR could produce feelings of alienation directed inward…

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New virtual reality simulation takes you into the US nuclear bunker

Stephanie Beck
Virtual reality simulation - Woman using VR headset

The experience simulates a nuclear attack in which 299 missiles are aimed at the US mainland from Russia. Nuclear Biscuit, a virtual reality simulation, is providing US officials with the opportunity to react to an artificial missile attack to determine what consequences would result from their decisions. The experience lets the VR user experience what a US president would need to do in a nuclear crisis. The Nuclear Biscuit provides a virtual reality simulation in which the VR user is the US president and must react as they would in…

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