Virtual Reality

One of your favorite childhood playthings just got a modern makeover.

Who would you rather have in your pocket, Siri or Sherlock?

A virtual-reality demonstration of weightlessness gives a weird floating system that probably doesn't mimic a true microgravity environment.

From the Oculus Rift headsets to the new HTC Vive, virtual reality devices will soon be flooding the gaming market. But, the technology has also been plagued by some unwelcome side effects.

It may not be too long, however, until patients will be able to ward off their agonies simply by playing virtual reality games.

Samsung recently released its new virtual-reality headset, the Gear VR (powered by Oculus Rift), but the product comes with a foreboding list of possible health-related side effects.

University of Montreal researcher Massil Benbouriche has used this realism to help understand the impulses of sex offenders in order to find better ways of treating them.

Spending long periods of time in space can be a psychologically demanding experience, but a new virtual reality system could give NASA astronauts a welcome escape.