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Don't Miss: Escape the deep, explore mind and body and meet van Gogh

29 January 2020

This week, watch nail-biting drama as researchers escape an underwater lab, discover physical intelligence – humans' most essential ability – and visit Vincent van Gogh


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Don't miss: Celebrity prisons, virtual thrills and a dive under Paris

12 June 2019

Watch surveillance run amok at the cinema, fly through the air like a virtual bird, and spot the joins between science and fantasy in Anaïs Tondeur's latest art show


Now The War of the Worlds has spread to inner space

Now The War of the Worlds has spread to inner space

23 May 2019

Carl Guyenette has turned musician Jeff Wayne's 70’s concept album into two hours of immersive terror – by putting all the tech at the service of the story


Our pick of Venice Biennale 2019's most scientific artworks

Our pick of Venice Biennale 2019's most scientific artworks

16 May 2019

Venice’s Biennale is colourful, brash, and full of experiments. But in the end, it’s about the trickiness of learning to live with our digital creations


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Antony Gormley’s virtual reality adventure lets you ski on the moon

27 March 2019

Best known for his figures celebrating the human form, Antony Gormley’s latest endeavour is an epic virtual reality project letting you fly through space


VR T rex

The mighty T. rex comes to terrifying life, complete with feathers

13 March 2019

Life-sized models and scary VR at the American Museum of Natural History breathe life into fearsome predator, Tyrannosaurus rex, in an anniversary show for all ages


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What it's like to play Call of Duty in a blacker-than-black room

31 October 2018

Can a room painted with light-absorbing Vantablack enhance the experience of playing Black Ops 4, the latest game in the Call of Duty series? Our reporter went to find out


Game on: Picks from the latest video games at E3

Game on: Picks from the latest video games at E3

12 June 2018

From cyberpunk and hypnotic patterns to warfare in ancient Greece, here’s the highlights from the latest crop of video games released at this year’s E3


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Technology vs observation: the big question facing art’s future

13 December 2017

Tech offers new ways to create art, a London show makes clear, but it may compromise life drawing – and the honest observation at the heart of all great work


Escape to the future with virtual reality

Escape to the future with virtual reality

22 June 2017

Ahead of our Gamers' Club discussion at London's Barbican on 13 July, campaigning critic Pat Kane argues that play must transform politics


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