AR & VR

OpenBCI is reshaping the relationship between humans and the virtual world with Galea Beta, a headset that measures the body and brain.

Afference’s Phantom conducts electrical signals through nerves in the fingers to convince your brain it feels objects in virtual spaces.

HaptX’s new technology uses tactile and force feedback to allow people to “feel” virtual objects with high fidelity.

Exposure therapy is a reliable technique for overcoming irrational fears, but it currently suffers high patient dropout rates.

Google can make AI seem sentient, but the AI has no understanding of what it is saying. But humans are easily fooled by conversational AI.

Louis Rosenberg

Virtual and augmented reality have had false starts, but AR eyewear will soon replace the smartphone as our interface for digital content.

Louis Rosenberg

People are paying millions of dollars to buy plots of pixellated land in virtual worlds, even though they doesn’t fully exist yet.

Ian Shine

Technology that merges the virtual and physical worlds could start to become a reality for consumers in just a few years.

Simon Torkington, World Economic Forum

Web 3.0 and the metaverse both describe the internet of the future, but they aren’t the same thing — this is your guide to each.

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