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• Here's what games I'd be playing if National Video Game Day was a real holiday

  Oh wow it's National Video Game Day again already? I couldn't care less, and neither could you unless you're selling something. It's a stupid, nonsense holiday. But what if it wasn't? What if we lived in a parallel universe where NVG Day was a universally revered high holy day? I ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Cybershoes let you physically walk, run, and jump in VR without leaving your seat

  If you ask me, VR is the best thing that's happened to gaming since the invention of the joystick thanks to the platform's ability to place users inside of a complete alternate reality. Unfortunately, the spell's instantly broken the moment you're forced to take a single step. Cybershoes, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Embodying taller avatars in VR can make us more confident in real life

  The high immersive capacity of virtual reality is often acknowledged as its main virtue when compared to other media and communication technologies. It is indeed a defining virtue. However, when it comes to the virtue that could really position VR as a powerful positive technology in ...

  • Binary District Journal

• Porn company wants $10K to shoot you screwing in VR before you’re too old to be attractive

  “Yes, time travel is finally possible.” As someone who's written extensively about quantum physics, the arrow of time, and other wacky aspects of our amazing universe, I've waited my entire career to see that sentence pop up in my inbox. I just never expected it would be VR Bangers, ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Using virtual reality could make you a better person in real life

  If you’ve ever participated in a virtual reality (VR) experience, you might have found yourself navigating the virtual world as an avatar. If you haven’t, you probably recognize the experience from its portrayal in film and on television. Popular media has brought us characters ...

  • The Conversation

• TNW's mid-2019 guide to virtual reality hardware

  Virtual reality is a booming technology. Like artificial intelligence and blockchain, it's on a meteoric rise and every big tech company on the planet wants in. But there's more to VR than market value and technical specifications. Hardware such as the Oculus Quest and games such ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: Penn & Teller's VR experience is hilarious, magical, and decidedly cruel

  Gearbox today launched Penn & Teller VR: Frankly Unfair, Unkind, Unnecessary, & Underhanded. Anyone who remembers the old boxed magician's tool-kits from yesteryear (amaze and astound your friends!) will feel right at home with this hilariously cruel VR experience. P&T: ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Sony's already won the next console war thanks to PSVR

  Sony skipped gaming's biggest event, E3, this year and Microsoft pounced. Xbox stormed the stage with a veritable bevvy of announcements about new games and services, and a slew of details about its next generation console -- dubbed Project Scarlett. It was a fantastic showing ...

  • Tristan Greene

• HTC launches Vive Pro Eye in North America at a massive discount

  HTC today launched its latest and greatest virtual reality headset, the Vive Pro Eye, to the North American market. The ...

  • Tristan Greene

• You can now play Smash Bros Ultimate in VR... kinda

  Nintendo just added a limited VR view to Smash Bros via the Labo goggles. It's not a very extensive update, but it's still ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Game of Thrones gets the VR treatment on HTC's Viveport Infinity

  HTC and HBO today announced an exclusive “Game of Thrones” VR experience will arrive on Viveport Infinity on May 31. Dubbed ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Review: Blood and Truth is one of VR's best action games

  Blood and Truth is a decidedly British PSVR game that plays out like a Guy Ritchie flick. It's a grime-filled love letter ...

  • Tristan Greene