Meta unveils the Quest Pro "VR device"
High-end VR/MR headset priced at $1,499.99
At its Meta Connect event, the company unveiled its latest VR device, the Quest Pro VR headset, a high-end VR device aimed at enterprise market.
VR patients need less anesthetic
Is there nothing porn cannot do?
Boffins at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center researchers in Boston have published a study indicating that patients wearing VR headsets required less anesthetic during hand surgery.
Meta jacks up price of two year old Meta 2
Nothing attracts buyers of old tech more than a price increase
While the social notworking site Meta appears to want to get everyone on board with its metaverse vision, it seems it is taking an odd approach.
VR helps cure phobias
Kiwi shrinks discover
A six-week clinical trial of a phone-based app called oVRcome, which is designed to treat phobias using a combination of mindfulness modules and virtual reality exposure therapy, has been successful.
Microsoft ex used VR to watch erotic pillow fight
In the office
Software King of the World Microsoft apparently has a problem with its managers using VR to watch soft porn in the office.
Google sharks virtual reality outfit Raxium
LED for augmented and mixed reality devices
Google has written a cheque to buy Raxium, a "five-year-old startup that develops tiny light-emitting diodes for displays used in augmented and mixed reality devices."
Mozilla gives up on its VR web browser
You are going to have to use Igalia instead
In another blow to VR, Mozilla announced it's shutting down its Firefox Reality browser -- the four-year-old browser built for use in virtual reality environments.
Facebook gives up on VR and AR OS
Will lean on Google
Facebook parent company Meta has stopped development of a new software operating system to power its virtual reality devices and upcoming augmented reality glasses.
Sony works out a way to spoil VR
Everything is about adverts
Sony Interactive Entertainment has worked out how to destroy VR by inserting adverts.
VR headset damaged my eyes
Developer worried
Software developer Danny Bittman tweeted about how he's convinced that his eyesight was damaged from wearing a VR headset for hours a day.