Telerobotics company Endiatx has developed a prototype of a tiny robotic drone dubbed PillBot that can travel inside the body after being swallowed to help diagnose diseases like stomach ulcers, gastritis, and cancers in VR. The company has already tested the new tech with live humans and cadavers during its...
New research conducted at the Pacific Brain Health Center in Santa Monica, California, has found that the VR-enabled workouts can improve cognitive abilities in seniors and prevent dementia. The data shows that physical activity combined with psychologically mentally-stimulating visual elements provides higher cognitive benefits than exercise alone. The early findings...
HTC revealed its vision for its version of the metaverse called Viverse [https://www.vive.com/us/viverse/]. The Vive Twitter account posted a concept video for the Viverse ecosystem split across both virtual (VR) and augmented (AR) reality hardware, aiming to deliver a “future where the impossible becomes possible....
Inspired by a similar practice in Russia, Turkish farmer Izzet Koçak put on virtual reality (VR) headsets on his cows to boost milk yields by transporting them to virtual evergreen pastures, and it worked! Koçak has been running a cattle business in the Aksaray province in Central Turkey since 2018...
Real estate wars are on in the metaverse, with virtual land sales heating up. The cheapest virtual land on popular metaverse platforms like The Sandbox and Decentraland are selling for 3.7 eth and 3.46 eth respectively (approximately $12,500 and $11,700 at time of writing). The smallest...
In a recent interview with The Babylon Bee [https://youtu.be/jvGnw1sHh9M], Elon Musk said that the metaverse is more hype than substance. Musk thinks current VR headsets are uncomfortable and that it’s not practical to attach a big screen to one’s face for entertainment, saying, “Sure, you...
