Note with explosive package in Boston criticised virtual reality,Zuckerberg

Note with explosive package in Boston criticised virtual reality,Zuckerberg

Law enforcement official said the note also referenced Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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Hyped for decades,truly immersive VR is still stuck in the imagination
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Analysis

Hyped for decades,truly immersive VR is still stuck in the imagination

Meta and Apple are both working on next generation headsets,but when will we get that transportive experience promised in decades of film?

  • byTim Biggs
Once ‘so sad’,Snapchat is back in the frame

Once ‘so sad’,Snapchat is back in the frame

The app is rapidly adding users,even as Twitter steals the limelight,and its co-founder says it is starting to explore the use of NFTs.

  • byNick Bonyhady
VR edges closer to mainstream success,thanks in part to Meta

VR edges closer to mainstream success,thanks in part to Meta

Virtual reality has been gaining popularity. But the success of Meta’s headset may put the future of VR in the company’s hands.

  • byTim Biggs
We might be in a simulation. How much should that worry us?
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We might be in a simulation. How much should that worry us?

Virtual reality is getting very real - real enough to call into question what “reality” even means.

  • byFarhad Manjoo
Drone delivery,DAOs,digital docs:The tech trends to watch out for in 2022

Drone delivery,DAOs,digital docs:The tech trends to watch out for in 2022

As technology advances,it is anyone’s guess what craze 2022 might hold. Here are some predictions what to watch out for this year.

  • byMatthew Field andJames Titcomb
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From ‘nature porn’ to gay porn,this is groundbreaking VR art
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From ‘nature porn’ to gay porn,this is groundbreaking VR art

Fringe Focus Taiwan,now showing in Melbourne,is an eclectic and adventurous sample of the emerging field of VR art.

  • byCameron Woodhead
Invasive surveillance:Are regulators ready to deal with Facebook’s ‘metaverse’?

Invasive surveillance:Are regulators ready to deal with Facebook’s ‘metaverse’?

The warning on the metaverse is clear:“This is probably the most invasive surveillance technology we’re going to bring into our homes in the next decade.”

  • byLisa Visentin
Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build ‘metaverse’

The metaverse essentially is a massive virtual world that can be accessed in real time by millions of people using avatars.

  • byKelvin Chan andMatt O'Brien
Computers will conquer your face
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Computers will conquer your face

The stage feels set in a way that recalls the period before the iPhone’s first release in 2007. We’re on the cusp of something big:The face computer is coming.

  • byFarhad Manjoo
Internet’s next chapter:Facebook sees us living in virtual reality

Internet’s next chapter:Facebook sees us living in virtual reality

Welcome to the metaverse:Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t just want you logging in to his social media sites. He wants you living,working and even exercising inside them.

  • byKurt Wagner