10 September 2022
Vibrating pads placed on people's arms can make the illusion of weight in virtual reality more convincing by tricking the brain to disregard some input from our senses
11 May 2022
A mask that can make it easier or harder to breathe by controlling your air supply adds more realism to virtual reality
10 May 2022
A controller that shoots out bursts of compressed air can simulate racket sports like tennis, badminton and ping pong in virtual reality
6 May 2022
People using virtual reality at work could use a new system to capture what happens around them and play back a 3D reconstruction later
3 May 2022
Applying muscle-stimulating electrodes to carefully selected points on the necks of volunteers can force the wearer to look up or down, or side to side
3 May 2022
A device that uses electrodes to stimulate points on the neck can force a wearer to turn their head – which could be used to direct attention in virtual reality environments
16 February 2022
Meta and Microsoft's new virtual reality projects have been met with suspicion by many, but history has shown that people are often right to be wary of technological change, says James Ball
26 January 2022
Philosopher David Chalmers explains how virtual worlds shed light on questions such as what is reality and are we living in a simulation, and explores what corporate metaverses mean for humanity
11 August 2021
Huge virtual events including Ariana Grande concerts held inside the video game Fortnite are the latest example of Silicon Valley's new favourite buzzword: a metaverse
6 July 2021
Without a realistic tongue, characters in computer games look strange when they talk – but there is now an AI-generated solution
