Two years into the history of World of Warcraft--an online game that accommodates 7 million players around the world--no one had successfully ventured into the dungeon to slay a group of ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a superhero flying in a virtual sky! Scientists now find that seeing superpowers in a virtual-reality game may lead people to act more virtuously in real life.

Amy Lee launched her life coaching business, focused on healing and mental health, in 2021. She has booked nearly $60,000 in lifetime revenue since creating her company. Lee shares her experience ...

Non-digital life isn't put on pause, though. Most of us are multitasking when we're online—some even dance as they scroll. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about ...

There’s something off about Meta’s advertisements for Horizon Worlds, the social virtual reality app the company hopes to one day be an important component of its currently vaporware — I mean in ...

Meta’s stated mission is to seamlessly connect disparate environments like work, social media and gaming so it can allow people to effectively live and work in the virtual space. This will clearly ...

Get up in the morning, go to work, cook your meals, play with your friends - just live! AlterLife is a powerful virtual life simulator where you can make your biggest ...

With the PlayStation 5 (PS5) taking the gaming experience to new heights, players are now able to immerse themselves in virtual worlds like never before. The ability to live out alternate lives, build ...

A major goal of the field of neuroprosthetics has focused on improving the lives of paralyzed patients by restoring their lost real-world abilities. One example was the 2012 work by neuroscientists ...

Teachers need to know their material, but they must also keep their students engaged and interested. Part of that involves making eye contact with their students—all of them. As virtual reality and ...

At least a few nights a week, I’ll sign off from work and start what has basically become my second job: filling a pair of virtual refrigerators with jars of virtual jam. The flavors range from ...

Thank goodness for crummy video conferencing. By Shira Ovide This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Having to live virtually stinks. But not ...