The ability to manipulate reality in 360 videos can evoke a wide range of emotions, including fear and stress, as demonstrated through an experiment in mice. This could have implications for virtual reality therapy and entertainment.
The speaker discusses a virtual reality training program for snipers where they can control their arm movements and practice in various environments, including crawling behind slopes and facing off against virtual walkers at different distances.
A man is trapped inside a virtual reality world for two months while being infused with ketamine in a hospital bed, experiencing other problems as well.
Learn about how Virtual Reality is being used as an innovative treatment for chronic pain, which impacts around 50 million Americans.
Chris and his friends like to play Oculus while drinking, but it often leads to them getting distracted and derailed from the game.
The speaker tells a story about a virtual world where everyone adopts different perspectives, and how someone played it cool in a library where they found a man face down on a table.
The podcast discusses the impressive tutorial experience when setting up a virtual reality headset that involves responsive action and make you feel like you’re in a new world.
Research from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that virtual reality can impact our ability to be creative when participating in video calls. However, virtual reality is considered one of the most powerful technologies to access the metaverse, as our brains may not distinguish between virtual and real-world experiences.
VR is a new media that offers a different way of telling stories, which allows the exploration of various elements like emotion and humanity. The speaker announces the availability of their product, which costs $4.99 and can be experienced on multiple platforms.
The development of virtual reality and augmented reality technology is accelerating, making it crucial for companies to create interoperable systems that allow for seamless communication among different platforms. However, ensuring both interoperability and maintaining safety standards will present significant challenges.
The podcast discusses the use of virtual reality technology to create a show that looks like a real-life documentary about dinosaurs, and how it allows interaction with the environment and characters.
The availability of content is key to sustaining a broad enough variety for a self-sustaining ecosystem that creates network effects.
The inventor of the Oculus had people try on the virtual reality device to show how billionaires are going to need services and that people want to contribute to society in a meaningful way.
