My hands were slick with sweat as I clutched the Wii controller, limbs flailing wildly as I struggled to keep up with the “Womanizer” routine on Just Dance. It was the late aughts, and I detested almost all forms of physical activity. But when my family became one of the first on the block to … Read more
On a summer afternoon when most New Yorkers were chaining themselves to the nearest air conditioner, the residents of the New Jewish Home on West 106th Street were enjoying a very active day. There was the trip to Broadway, a cuddle with puppies, a diving adventure on the high seas and skydiving above the Swiss … Read more
They’re apps-olutely sick of swiping. Gen Z’s appetite for companionship seems to be shifting away from fast food-like flings towards full-course love feasts. And their tastes for meeting potential matches are, too, changing. Rather the scrolling through dating apps like Hinge, Bumble and Tinder, twenty-somethings are hoping to score a sweetie in more unconventional settings — such … Read more
Talk about a software bug. A tech expert discovered “an unusually ‘scary’ vulnerability” in the Apple Vision Pro headset which lets hackers flood your virtual reality with spiders, bats and other spooky terrors. In other words, while sitting calmly in your living room with the headgear on, an army of arachnids may pop out of … Read more
A new breed of interactive porn has emerged that is “ruining relationships everywhere”, experts are warning. Virtual reality porn, a realistic alternative to sex created using advancements in AI, is booming in popularity. According to IPSOS, around half of Aussie adults have used VR technology in some form with the industry expecting the number of … Read more
Combining virtual reality (VR) exposure with low electrical brain stimulation offers promising results for people who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a study published Wednesday in JAMA Psychiatry found. Although it is not systematically tracked, about 6% of Americans — and an even larger percentage of veterans — will have PTSD at some point … Read more
A California software engineer infuriated his new wife when he sported his Apple Vision Pro headset during their wedding day. Jacob Wright, a tech engineer for a start-up AI company, wore the $3,500 headset alongside his elegant bride, Cambree, in front of a scenic Utah mountain range as the couple celebrated their nuptials on Feb. … Read more
The “Simpsons” is truly a Vision-ary series. The world’s most clairvoyant cartoon has done it again. This time the Matt Groening-created animated comedy has been credited with forecasting the rise of the Vision Pro, Apple’s much-hyped virtual reality headset that is currently blowing up the tech sphere. “The Simpson predicted the future .. Yet again,” … Read more
A tech executive is warning of the dangers of the Metaverse after claiming she was “gang raped.” Nina Patel, a psychotherapist and start-up co-founder of Kabuni, an educational web site, said she was targeted by four anonymous and supposedly male attackers, merely for appearing online with a female avatar — just 60 seconds after signing up … Read more
Ava Phillippe is a Bachelor Nation fan. The daughter of Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe had audiences doing a double take as she was spotted at the live taping of Gerry Turner’s “Golden Bachelor” finale on Thursday. “Am I crazy or is Reese Witherspoons daughter at the golden bachelor finale??? #TheGoldenBachelor,” one viewer wrote on … Read more
Scientists have found some Twix to minimize the itch to eat candy. A study published in the journal Scientific Reports showed that people who watched immersive videos of other people eating candy had a significant decline in craving it. The research was inspired by the trend of mukbang videos — live streams in which the … Read more
This new art exhibit is to die for. An Australian artist is bringing the experience of death to life via a participatory virtual reality simulator, showing people what it could be like like as you’re dying. Artist Shaun Gladwell’s show, “Passing Electrical Storms,” at Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria can conjure the process of dying … Read more
The first ever killer virtual reality headset is here. Palmer Luckey, a leader in virtual reality and the founder of Oculus, better known now as a part of Facebook’s Meta, created a VR headset that will actually kill the user if they die in the game, Vice’s Motherboard reported. Players put on a NeveGear virtual … Read more