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Feb 15, 2024

$3,000+ for a VR headset? No chance, grab the Meta Quest 2 for less than $250 at Walmart right now

You don't often see deals on the Meta Quest 2, but in Walmart's latest round of savings the retailer is trimming $52.03 off the price of the VR headset. Although there are newer headsets out there — the Meta Quest 3 was released in 2023, while the eyewateringly-expensive Apple Vision...

Feb 16, 2024

More than 50% off this Samsung laptop is a great deal for coders

What's that you say, a 50% discount on a laptop? Yep, it's not often we get to say that, but Best Buy is trimming a huge $850 off this Samsung Galaxy Book2 Pro laptop. A reliable machine is a must when you're looking for laptops for coders, and there are...

Feb 29, 2024

One of our top astrophotography cameras just got an incredible $599 off

Finding a camera that can produce professional-quality photographs but still represents good value for money can be extremely time-consuming. Luckily, Walmart has a fantastic offer that does the hard work for you, knocking a whopping $599.01 off the Sony A7 III. Any professional-grade camera is going to be an investment,...

Mar 1, 2024

One of our favorite wildlife cameras just had its price slashed by over $600

Want to take stunning images of animals? Skill aside, things are much easier when you have one of the all-time best wildlife cameras in your hands. And Walmart has just slashed $614.99 off one such camera, the Canon EOS R5, making it much easier to get hold of. Not only...

Mar 7, 2024

At just $43.99, this is a great deal on binoculars for beginners

Chances are you probably don't want to spend heaps on your first pair of binoculars without knowing how much use you'll get from them. A good pair of binoculars can set you back hundreds of dollars, but they don't always have to. The Celestron Outland X 10x42 binoculars are a...

Mar 11, 2024

One of our favorite Garmin watches is now half-price at Walmart — and it's an ideal running companion

Many of us almost always have get fitter on our list of goals, and while it's not always easy (and our couch beckons), there are some great fitness trackers out there that can help keep you accountable. And now, one of our all-time favorites, the Garmin Forerunner 945 GPS Running...

Sep 27, 2005

New Sphere of Virtual Reality

VirtuSphere provides a mechnical basis for truly immersive virtual reality environments, permitting the user to move about in virtual space by simply walking. The device consists of a large hollow sphere which is mounted on a specially designed platform that allows the sphere to rotate freely as the user walks...

Jan 15, 2006

DVR Would Turn Off When Viewer Falls Asleep

Lucent scientists have filed a patent application for a digital video recorder (DVR) that will detect when the user has fallen asleep—and will then turn off the DVR. As it turns out, Robert Heinlein had thought about this forty-five years ago. According to Lucent, the sleep detector may comprise an...

Mar 26, 2006

Virtual Virus is First Simulation of an Entire Life Form

This is no ordinary computer virus. Using a real-life virus as a model, researchers have built a virtual version using more than a million digital atoms. Scientists have previously simulated small pieces of living cells, but researchers say this is the first digital simulation of an entire life form. The...

May 4, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Gets Assist from Virtual Reality

As the ruins of the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig gush 210,000 gallons of oil per day into the Gulf of Mexico, federal officials are turning to virtual reality to forecast the disaster. Using a variety of simulation programs, emergency response teams are evaluating everything from deep-ocean pressure to winds at...

Apr 7, 2011

Virtual Reality Games Aid in Stroke Rehabilitation

Virtual reality games may help patients recover after a stroke. The results of a new study show these games can improve the patient's arm strength. Patients were more likely to improve their arm strength if they played virtual reality games than if they received standard physical therapy, which includes exercises...

Jun 7, 2011

U.S. Army Orders Virtual Reality Training for Soldiers

To rehearse their assault on Osama bin Laden′s Pakistani compound, U.S. Navy SEALs had to construct a replica of the expansive hideout. The U.S. Army has a wealth of experience in building such structures, as they have created numerous buildings, shoot houses and even entire mock villages to help train...

Feb 2, 2012

Virtual Reality Contact Lenses Could Be Available by 2014

Contact lenses that help enhance normal vision with megapixel 3D panoramic images are being designed by scientists using military funding. For those who do not want to rely on contact lenses, future versions could involve lenses directly implanted within the eye, researchers added. Over the decades, the video displays that...

Apr 13, 2012

Virtual Reality Spiders Crawl Toward Phobia Treatment

Researchers have created an augmented reality application that fills your desk with virtual hairy, red-and-black patterned spiders. The spiders even interact with real things on the desk, crawling over books and disappearing under pieces of paper. That's probably not appealing to most people, but the research team, which includes a...

Jul 25, 2012

Police Investigators Revisit Crime Scenes Using Virtual Reality

This Research in Action article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. It may look like a video game screenshot, but this is serious business. The image displays the kind of faithfully reconstructed crime scene that detectives and other investigators would study if they used a...