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We thought Sony 'nailed virtual reality' with the PSVR 2 - and now this 4.5-star headset has a big price cut for the Days of Play sale
PSVR headsets are a great place to start for PlayStation fans who also want to try virtual reality. And now, PlayStation's Days of Play Sale is the perfect time to buy one. Right now, you can get the PlayStation VR2 headset in the US store for $299…
Future Apple Vision Pro could gain Apple Pencil that can simulate textures
Apple has proposed an Apple Pencil -like stylus that could be used with Apple Vision Pro to convey the texture of virtual objects through haptic feedback. There's an old children's toy where one pencil is connected to another such that drawing with…
Qualcomm Aims To Power The AI Inference Boom
The official 6G logo is displayed at the Qualcomm booth in Hall 3 of the Fira Gran Via, marking the company's leadership in AI-native wireless research during the Mobile World Congress. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) This article…
Meta Says Fuck That Metaverse Shit
Mike Isaac, reporting for The New York Times, “ Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit ” (gift link): Meta is considering making cuts to a division in its Reality Labs unit that works on the so-called metaverse, said three employees…
Calgary company hit with $350K fine after marble slab crushes worker - Calgary
A Calgary building and interior materials supplier has been fined $350,000 for a 2023 workplace fatality that friends and loved ones described at the time as troubling to comprehend. The province announced Tuesday that LX Hausys Canada Inc. pleaded…
15 Films That Accidentally Started Entire Genres
Most filmmakers set out to make a great movie, not create a blueprint that hundreds of others will spend years copying. Yet many films arrive with ideas so influential that they end up shaping the entire industry. Sometimes it is a storytelling…
Until Dawn 2 is Now Official
Until Dawn 2 has been announced with an intense new trailer at the latest PlayStation State of Play. The original Until Dawn went through a messy development cycle. It was originally going to be a PlayStation Move game on PS3 before eventually…
Printable 3D Metalenses Bring Full-Colour VR Displays Closer to Scalable Nanomanufacturing
A new height-encoded nano-template strategy could help overcome chromatic blur in compact VR optics, pointing toward lighter, thinner, and more scalable full-colour near-eye displays. A recent study published in Nature Communications presents a…
31 New Species Discovered in Two Weeks of Deep Sea Exploration
An expedition to international waters off the coast of Brazil used state-of-the-art imaging systems to confirm new midwater species and observed the living 3D cellular structure of a microbe – a first for seagoing research. Fortaleza…
Cleveland Institute of Art's Interactive Media Lab Redefines What an Art School Can Be
The landscape for specialized colleges and universities such as art schools is shifting as higher education continues to evolve to fit emerging job markets and student interest. Founded in 1882, Cleveland Institute of Art continuously challenges…
The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury
Claire was in bad shape. She had been brought to the ward on a stretcher and hoisted on to a bed where she lay curled up in a ball. She was unable to speak, her eyes flat and face expressionless. While she could move her right arm a little, her…
Until Dawn Fans Are Confused Why The Sequel Has New Characters
At last night's State of Play, Firesprite Games announced Until Dawn 2, a sequel to the 2015 narrative horror game that proved a big hit when it released on PlayStation 4. The trailer for Until Dawn 2 depicts a group of young 'ghost hunter'…
PRISM initiative revolutionises public education in Kozhikode
Two government schools in Kozhikode — Government Vocational Higher Secondary School for Girls (VHSSG), Nadakkavu, and Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS), Karaparamba — are continuing to revolutionise public education by giving…
Why lunar regolith could be the key to living on the Moon
The moon may look peaceful from Earth, but its surface is one of the harshest environments imaginable. It is covered by a layer of fine dust and crushed rock called lunar regolith. This material is not like the soil we have on Earth. It contains…
The best new popular science books of June 2026
This is a month to look out for some powerful new books, with authors taking on challenges of all sorts and imagining whole new worlds. There are fresh ways to think about a cancer diagnosis, a book tackling the real inner world of hormones, in…
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