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Mar 29, 2017

Reshaping the Universe: VR Landscapes Explore Mind-Bending Geometry

Virtual reality can take you to some far-out places — mountaintops, distant cities and even fantastical game worlds. A team of artists and mathematicians is now adding to that list: universes where the usual rules of geometry and physics don't apply. Vi Hart, who founded the research group eleVR, led...

Apr 6, 2017

Ancient Jerusalem Comes Alive in New Virtual-Reality App

This story was updated at 12:29 a.m. ET on April 7. Visitors to Jerusalem and virtual tourists alike can now see the city as it looked in ancient history, with a virtual-reality app based on archaeological reconstructions of the city at the height of its splendor under Roman rule in...

Apr 6, 2017

In Photos: Experience Ancient Jerusalem's Splendor with Virtual-Reality App

A historic icon (Image credit: Golasso)Jerusalem's Western Wall is one of the most iconic cultural sites in the ancient city. The layers of stone blocks at the base of the wall were laid around 20 B.C., when Temple Mount and the Jewish Second Temple were rebuilt by the Roman client-king...

Apr 18, 2017

Google Earth Virtual Reality Will Take You to Any Address in the World

A new Google Earth Virtual Reality (VR) feature allows users to enter any address — whether it's grandma's house or a 19th-century castle in Germany — and fly over it in 3D with a VR headset. When Google Earth VR debuted, people could virtually visit a number of popular tourist...

Apr 21, 2017

Tour London's Natural History Museum in VR with David Attenborough

You'll soon be able to take a hands-on tour of London's Natural History Museum with famed naturalist Sir David Attenborough, right from the comfort of your couch. The new project combines interactive virtual-reality (VR) technology with a TV documentary, in which a hologram of Attenborough takes viewers behind the glass...

May 4, 2017

Follow a Complete Everest Expedition in New VR Film

Want to climb the world's tallest mountain, but don't want to leave the comfort of your own home? Now you can, thanks to a new virtual-reality documentary series that allows you to experience the most notorious mountaineering journey in the world. Capturing Everest is a new four-episode VR series that...

May 8, 2017

Fake Walls, Real Shocks: VR System Simulates Physical Barriers

What happens when you walk into a wall in virtual reality? Nothing yet, but soon, your muscles could get shocked when you smack into a barrier, thanks to a new research project that aims to simulate walls and other objects in virtual reality. This expansion on the virtual reality (VR)...

May 11, 2017

'Alien: Covenant In Utero' Lets You Experience a Neomorph Birth in VR

As a science fiction fan, I've always shuddered at the thought of an alien bursting out of my chest. But I've never thought about what it might be like to be the one doing the chest-bursting. That is, until now. The team behind the upcoming Alien: Covenant — the latest...

Aug 25, 2017

Scientists Built a Virtual Reality 'Holodeck' for Lab Animals

Devotees of the late, great sci-fi series Star Trek: The Next Generation will remember the holodeck, a space-age virtual reality arena that could replicate any kind of environment. While it could be used as a training platform, Enterprise officers most often used the holodeck as a recreational space, immersing themselves...

Oct 19, 2017

In Photos: Explore WWII Shipwreck in Virtual Reality

SS Thistlegorm (Image credit: Thistlegorm Project)A famous shipwreck and diving site in the Red Sea has been recreated on the web in virtual reality by a team of marine archaeologists and imaging specialists. The Thistlegorm Project, which went online this month, includes a highly-detailed three-dimensional model of the British freighter...

Oct 19, 2017

VR Experience Takes You into Famed WWII Shipwreck

A new online, virtual-reality experience will bring you face to face with one of the most famous shipwreck-diving sites in the world: the British freighter SS Thistlegorm. German bombers sunk the ship in 1941 near the mouth of the Gulf of Suez at the northern end of the Red Sea....

Jan 10, 2018

Merge Made A VR Headset Suited For Kids

LAS VEGAS, NV --Merge wants to introduce your kids to VR. The company announced the Merge Mini, a smaller version of its lightweight smartphone-based VR headset designed to fit the heads of kids better than previous models. Virtual reality is exciting technology and every day, more and more people are...

May 2, 2018

The Louvre Museum: Facts, Paintings & Tickets

The Louvre is the world’s largest museum and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. (Image credit: kan_khampanya Shutterstock.com)The Louvre is the world's largest museum and houses one of the most impressive art collections in history. The magnificent, baroque-style palace and museum — LeMusée du Louvre in...

Jul 9, 2018

Virtual Reality May Help Save Ancient Egypt's 'Sistine Chapel'

A new virtual reality experience may help save an ancient Egyptian tomb built for Queen Nefertari whose paintings are so beautiful that it has been compared to Italy's Sistine Chapel. Built around 3,250 years ago for the favorite wife of pharaoh Ramesses II (who reigned from 1279 B.C. to 1213...

Oct 23, 2019

World’s Most Expensive Painting, Allegedly by Da Vinci, Could Reappear in the Louvre This Week

The world's most expensive painting, which may or may not have been painted by Leondardo da Vinci, may or may not make an appearance at a new exhibition at Paris' Louvre this Thursday, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP), a French news agency. The painting, titled Salvator Mundi, depicts Jesus holding...