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06/25/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Founder of Virtual Reality warns we should all DELETE all social media accounts to avoid “mass human behavioral engineering”

Does social media actually bring people closer together, or is it all an illusion with a much darker purpose? Jaron Lanier, one of the founding fathers of virtual reality, believes social media is a toxic space, serving only to leave people feeling sadder, angrier and more alone. In his new book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social […]

05/20/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Former DARPA exec to head shady Facebook project called “Building 8” centered around augmented reality and brain-scanning technology

As if things weren’t already bad enough for Mark Zuckerberg’s baby, Facebook (the world’s least trusted company at this point), now they are apparently working on a secret project behind the scenes that has nothing to do with social media, and everything to do with scanning people’s brains as part of a sinister artificial intelligence […]

05/01/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Experts warn that sex robots have caused a disturbing shift in our sexuality; now people avoid actual physical relationships because robots are “easier”

As if the human race hasn’t already diminished to the point of near-total soullessness, thanks to the rise of smartphones and social media, new research suggests that things could soon get a whole lot worse with the introduction of “sex robots.” According to one self-professing expert on the subject, the idea of having sex with […]

04/28/2018 / By Edsel Cook

ROBO-WARS: DARPA wants to deploy automated drones as coordinated swarms to “isolate an urban objective”

DARPA is no longer satisfied with merely deploying drones to the battlefield. It wants swarms of unmanned aircraft and ground-borne robots that can work together to isolate an urban objective, according to an article on TechCrunch. The military research agency has announced the second “sprint” of its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program. Sprints are periods […]

01/24/2018 / By David Williams

Black Mirror-style digital afterlife could become real much sooner than you expect, experts say

While it may be impossible to create a fully-working and self-aware digital version of yourself with current technology, you are most likely — and unknowingly — creating all of the necessary ingredients for it simply through the use of your various digital devices. Unless you have very little or no access to phones, computers, and […]

01/24/2018 / By David Williams

Entire generation may never leave the bedroom when VR porn hits mainstream, expert warns

Virtual reality (VR) has the potential to become many things as the technology behind it becomes more and more advanced. With greater processing power in computers, it’s possible to render more realistic graphics for next-generation games. The number of VR gaming enthusiasts has grown steadily over the last couple of years, and now many people […]

12/24/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Education and intervention: New training lab uses virtual reality to dissuade teens from smoking

Virtual reality has a wide variety of uses, ranging from augmenting entertainment experiences to helping pilots train for actual flight. Now, research scientists from the Yale Center for Health & Learning Games are working towards newer, more noble applications for this technology. One of these is smokeSCREEN VR, the virtual reality adaptation of PlayForward: smokeSCREEN, […]

12/28/2016 / By Lance D Johnson

Virtual reality headsets concern doctors

Virtual reality headsets are expected to be a hit this holiday season, but health professionals are warning about unknown health risks. The headsets immerse users in a 3D world. The experience could be of great benefit to paralyzed individuals or patients in hospitals and nursing homes. The experience could also be addicting, changing how the […]

06/07/2016 / By D. Samuelson

Virtual reality coming to journalism?

Virtual Reality (VR) continues its pervasive ascent. But it’s more than VR video games or VR movies where one purposely suspends cognition for entertainment purposes. In the past two years, the idea of “immersive journalism” has been barnstorming the newsroom. Nonny de la Peña is considered the Virtual Reality pioneer; she created the very first VR “journalistic” story called Hunger in Los […]

04/01/2016 / By Greg White

This new virtual reality therapy takes patients of depression to another dimension

Telling a depressed person to suck it up, is about as effective as telling a patient on dialysis to grow an extra pair of kidneys. In an effort to help boost self-confidence among depressed people, researchers have developed a virtual reality therapy that encourages patients to be less harsh on themselves, which could help thwart […]

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