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VR is our next best hope for treating mental illness

Virtual reality is fast becoming a legitimate treatment for mental illness. Mark Fielding explores how it works and why the world's biggest healthcare providers are using headsets to treat anxiety, depression, and to “maximise your psychological state.”

Augmented reality is turning doctors into Iron Man

From classrooms to operating theatres, newborns to grandparents, virtual and augmented reality is already improving health care. While the world was distracted with metaverse avatars and virtual meetings, spatial computing has been leading a quiet revolution to help everyone live longer, happier lives.

The world is built for men. Is virtual reality next?

From seatbelts to office temperatures, the world is built for men. In its history so far, virtual reality has gone the same way, with headsets that don't fit a large portion of female faces.

Can virtual reality solve climate change?

Researchers are increasingly looking to virtual reality to explain the climate crisis in new, impactful ways. From ecotourism to education to direct action, Clovis McEvoy explores how VR is cutting through the noise to communicate the planet’s greatest issue.

How virtual worlds are reshaping the Ivy League education

When a Harvard Senior Fellow told Mark Fielding that every university dean was a fan of the metaverse, he had to find out how they're using extended reality to reinvent university education. What he learnt was how classrooms without walls can transform the university experience.

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

Amidst rising sea levels, the island nation of Tuvalu is exploring digitising itself in the metaverse. Clovis McEvoy writes that it is one of many extended reality experiments that show how the future of the internet lies in connection and collaboration.

Technology creates a thousand futures, culture determines which one we take

The interplay between technology and culture is underrated. Leo Nasskau explains why technology creates a thousand futures, but culture determines which one we take.

Apple's Vision Pro tells us why extended reality really matters

Apple’s long-awaited headset has arrived with unrivalled hardware and an unrivalled price. But the Vision Pro aims to do more than wow. Clovis McEvoy analyses the tech, the experience, and what else is needed to create a computing revolution.

Why the metaverse needs fashion to feel human

Social media laid the foundations for exploring who we are online. Today, those limits are being shattered. From avatars to AR lenses, we’re witnessing the birth of a new paradigm for self-expression. With the value of the digital fashion industry expected to soar in the 2020s, what this means for the clothes we wear is the billion dollar question.

Straith Schreder

May 17, 2023

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VR is our next best hope for treating mental illness

Augmented reality is turning doctors into Iron Man

The world is built for men. Is virtual reality next?

Can virtual reality solve climate change?

How virtual worlds are reshaping the Ivy League education

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

Technology creates a thousand futures, culture determines which one we take

Apple's Vision Pro tells us why extended reality really matters

Why the metaverse needs fashion to feel human

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VR is our next best hope for treating mental illness

Augmented reality is turning doctors into Iron Man

The world is built for men. Is virtual reality next?

Can virtual reality solve climate change?

How virtual worlds are reshaping the Ivy League education

What extended reality tells us about the next chapter of the internet

Technology creates a thousand futures, culture determines which one we take

Apple's Vision Pro tells us why extended reality really matters

Why the metaverse needs fashion to feel human

“It seems probable that once the machine thinking method had started, it would not take long to outstrip our feeble powers” — Alan Turing