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Virtual reality, the death of morality, and the perils of making the virtual ever more real
2014-10-10 19:53:51| Extremetech
As the technology that underpins virtual reality develops and the experiences become increasingly more real, I've been pondering a particularly morbid thought: When will we have the first VR-induced death? Will a realistic rocket launcher blast in Team Fortress 2 or VR version of Silent Hill give you a heart attack? Will a a VR experience be so realistic that you get so swept up in the moment that you run into a wall or jump out a window?
Arnold of CND Makes Foray Into Reality TV
2014-10-08 07:00:00| Happi Breaking News
Judging on Oxygen's 'Nail'D It' show.
Novozymes looks beyond the 'fantasy fuel' it helped to turn into reality
2014-10-07 23:57:32| Biotech - Topix.net
When Denmark's Novozymes first wondered in 2000 how its mass-produced enzymes could be used to make advanced biofuel, the industry did not exist and only now is the fruit of its labour emerging after years of being lampooned as a "fantasy fuel". But as commercial production of transportation fuel made from plant waste rather than valuable corn finally starts in the United States, Brazil and Europe, Novozymes has already turned its gaze towards bioplastics and even diapers.
Tax Options May Become Reality To Help Improve Climate Change Problem
2014-10-04 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weekend Santa Cruze: Climate change is a global issue and while it is easy to make judgments or suggest ideas for ways to alter energy use, the real problem is how this generation is going to take responsibility for making those necessary changes. But at the United Nations climate change summit, this week, hundreds of international corporations and insurance companies and pension funds had an idea: they are calling on the world leaders gathering at the summit to aggressively take on the problem by making it more costly...
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This weird exoskeleton adds the sensation of touch to virtual reality
2014-10-03 16:15:22| Extremetech
Virtual reality is so much more than visuals, but most of what we're used to seeing is little more than head-tracking and 3D imagery in a head-mounted display. For real immersion, VR is going to need to take advantage of the other senses as well. Touch and smell are just as important as sight and sound, but those are much harder problems to solve. Thankfully, a company by the name of Dexta Robotics is developing a peripheral to simulate the sensation of touch in a virtual world.
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