'virtual reality'

Virtual debate

Daily Signals

Virtual debate

US – NBC has joined forces with AltspaceVR to broadcast the presidential debate in virtual reality (VR).
NBC : Oculus Rift : Virtual Browsing
Meet the Disruptors: Keiichi Matsuda

Daily Signals

Meet the Disruptors: Keiichi Matsuda

London – Our Global Futures Forum is just two weeks away and we're very excited to announce the inclusion of multidisciplinary artist Keiichi Matsu...
Global Futures Forum : Keiichi Matsuda : Disruptors
Playing with emotions

Big Ideas

Playing with emotions

Switzerland – Mask is the first device capable of interpreting real-life emotions and replicating them in virtual reality (VR).
Virtual Reality : The E-motional Economy : Social Media
Global Retail Market 2017: Part 1

Markets

Global Retail Market 2017: Part 1

The year 2017 will be a tipping point. Machine learning, artificially intelligent (AI) chatbots and virtual reality experiences are just some of th...
Machine Learning : Artificial Intelligence : Chatbots
SXSW Interactive 2015: Part 1

Big Ideas

SXSW Interactive 2015: Part 1

In 2015, SXSW Interactive featured exuberant debates about technology, from synthetic biology to retail disruption and emerging media and storytel...
SXSW : Synthetic Biology : Virtual Reality
British Airways is using VR to calm nervous flyers

Daily Signals

British Airways is using VR to calm nervous flyers

The airline is trialling virtual reality (VR) to improve and modernise its in-flight entertainment offering.
Travel : Technology : Entertainment
Space age school trip

Daily Signals

Space age school trip

US – Agency McCann New York has turned an ordinary school bus into a Mars Rover, taking students on a virtual tour of the red planet.
VR : Our Mars : STEM
SXSW: Virtual branding

Big Ideas

SXSW: Virtual branding

Austin ­– The North Face has joined forces with cinematic virtual reality company Jaunt VR to release a branded, immersive film at South by South...
SXSW : Jaunt VR : Google Cardboard
CES 2017 Review: Part 2

Big Ideas

CES 2017 Review: Part 2

This year’s show highlighted the rise of sleep as a vital contributor to wellness, new fitness tracker product innovations and the beginnings of me...
CES 2017 : Wearables : Virtual Reality
Virtual hot springs elevate home bathing

Daily Signals

Virtual hot springs elevate home bathing

Arima Onsen has created a series of YouTube videos to virtually capture the experience of being in a japanese hot spring.
Health And Wellness : Technology : Concious Deceleration
Post-digital Communication

Micro Trends

Post-digital Communication

Designers are swapping fiddly haptic interfaces for basic material props in order to enhance the poetry and meaning of virtual experiences.
Virtual Reality : Communication : Technology
Why wellness is going digital

Daily Signals

Why wellness is going digital

While many of us feel that our wellbeing depends on turning off digital distractions, new online platforms are creating virtual sanctuaries that of...
Virtual Sancturies : Virtual Reality : Wellness
Immersing Operating Rooms in VR

Viewpoints

Immersing Operating Rooms in VR

How will virtual reality achieve mainstream adoption? Dr James Clarkson, chief medical officer at Wide Awake VR, believes integrating it into the h...
Media : Virtual Reality : Healthcare
Virtual Sanctuaries

Micro Trends

Virtual Sanctuaries

The growth of the wellness industry can probably be linked to our increasingly digital lives. But while many of us feel that our wellbeing depends ...
Virtual Sancturies : Digital Wellness : Wellness
Virtual empathy storytelling

Big Ideas

Virtual empathy storytelling

New York – The New York Times has used Google Virtual Reality to increase readers’ emotional experience of the refugee crisis.
Mission Media : Transmedia Storytelling : Virtual Reality
Preview: Land’s End

Daily Signals

Preview: Land’s End

London – The first virtual reality game by the makers of Monument Valley offers a glimpse into the future of VR.
Virtual Reality : Ustwo : Land's End
Scene and heard: Experience the news first hand

Daily Signals

Scene and heard: Experience the news first hand

Utah – Former Newsweek correspondent Nonny de la Peña has created a virtual reality experience called Hunger in Los Angeles, part of a long-term pr...
Los Angeles : Virtual Reality : Hunger
Virtual conversations

Daily Signals

Virtual conversations

Colorado – A new virtual reality video game enables players to verbally interact with the story’s characters.
Futurtainment : Untethered : That Dragon
Virtual etiquette

Big Ideas

Virtual etiquette

US – A series of experiments by Daydream Labs examine how to mitigate the potential for rude or abusive behaviour in virtual reality.
Virtual Reality : Online Gaming : Google
Bigscreen launches the world’s smallest VR headset

Daily Signals

Bigscreen launches the world’s smallest VR headset

VR experience business Bigscreen is expanding its offer with Beyond, a new virtual reality headset that it says is the smallest and lightest on the...
Media And Entertainment : Technology : VR
Is mixed reality the future of in-bar entertainment?

Viewpoints

Is mixed reality the future of in-bar entertainment?

Why the medium could prove central to the strategy of drinks brands looking to engage Gen Viz consumers.
Drinks : Hospitality : Technology
Tapping into the future

Daily Signals

Tapping into the future

London – The Frequency Effect immerses users in a visual-first novel that brings the reading experience to life.
The Frequency Effect : Visual-first Novel : The Split Lives
Developing VR

Big Ideas

Developing VR

Global – Google, HTC, Oculus, Samsung, Sony and Acer have collaborated to form the Global Virtual Reality Association.
GVRA : Virtual Reality : Technology
Modern ballet

Daily Signals

Modern ballet

Amsterdam – Ballet is being brought to the masses with a new virtual reality (VR) experience designed to break down elitism.
Virtual Reality : Awakening Tech : Google Cardboard
Virtual Browsing

Micro Trends

Virtual Browsing

Traditionally, online shopping has meant speed and convenience, but online stores are borrowing the experiential elements of physical retail, ...
Kenzo : Online : Experience
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