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Meta announced a major update for its immersive virtual world, Horizon Worlds, on Thursday that will see it leave the metaverse behind. The tech giant said it’s shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be ...

That was the reaction inside the Dreamscape Learn Lab at St. Charles Community College — where biology students aren’t just reading about cells in a textbook. They’re stepping inside them. The ...

In 2021, Facebook became Meta and the company claimed its focus would be to “bring the metaverse to life.” It launched Horizon Worlds, a VR metaverse that people could explore and create worlds in. It ...

A Long Island veterans home is using state-of-the-art virtual reality to help its residents fight PTSD with amazing simulated tours of outer space, animal sanctuaries and the northern lights.

Virtual reality transports patients into immersive landscapes — a coral reef, a forest, even a simple puzzle world — as the real-life medical procedure unfolds. Evidence supports its use for needle ...

DALLAS -- In a Dallas retirement home, Theresa Steward is skydiving. She squeals and yelps as the ground rushes up and snow-capped mountains slide past. Her body lurches forward, and she grabs at the ...

Per Ola Kristensson has previously consulted for Meta. He receives funding from EPSRC and Google. Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and ...

Everyone from Elon Musk to Mark Zuckerberg is declaring the end of the smartphone era — but is it hype or reality? On this episode of Today in Tech, host Keith Shaw is joined by IDC analyst Ramon ...

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Meta is switching off Horizon Workrooms as a stand-alone app next month. Workrooms was launched for remote teams to collaborate in virtual reality. The move comes as Meta is laying off workers in its ...

Alien Isolation 2 made headlines when the sequel was first announced in October 2024. The announcement was part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the first Alien Isolation game, which was ...