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Beyond the Headset: The Evolution of Smart Glasses and AI Integration
Undoubtedly, the prize for the fastest growing technology of the past eighteen months has to go to Smart Glasses. From starting as a bit of a technological oddity a…
Unity Engine is Great for Non-game Apps Development Too
With so many high-quality games being created with the Unity engine, it’s easy to think that this is what it has been designed for, and it fails at everything else, but…
VR and Immersive Therapeutics in Healthcare
We talk lots about how VR is changing the face of gaming, and introducing a whole new way of accessing the internet, but less so about the more human side of the growing…
Creating Immersive Learning Environments: Unity Development’s Impact on Modern Classrooms
Formal education is something that we all experience, and with it usually being delivered in a classroom environment. Learning is a comprehensive process of gaining new…
The Rise of Phantom Sense in VR
There are a growing number of reports on social media and other connected channels of a new phenomenon associated with VR use. Dubbed ‘phantom sense’ users are reporting…
The Road to Mass Adoption: Content, Connectivity, and Consumer Confidence in XR
Extended Reality (XR) is a powerful tool that can maximise the work and play experience, but to be really effective it needs to be the go-to tool for the vast majority of…
Protecting the Young: Addressing Children’s Privacy in the Immersive Metaverse
Online safety has been an issue almost since the inception of the Internet, but as the power of this unique media grows to incorporate both AI and XR, the problem has…
The XR Placebo Effect: Healing Through Immersion Alone?
Few would argue that XR environments are becoming more realistic and there is growing evidence that this could have some very positive effects on the health of people…
The Next Generation of XR Hardware: What to Expect in 2025/2026
In terms of tech, the world is a changed place, but that doesn’t mean that it’s bad. It wasn’t that long ago we were looking forward to new and fairly uninspiring…
The Ultimate Guide to Comparing Eye and Hand Tracking Technologies
Just a few years ago, hand-to-eye tracking technology was pretty much unknown. There simply wasn’t the equipment around that would utilise such technology. But head-worn…
XR for Caregivers: Training the Empathy Muscle with Perspective-Taking Simulations
Of all human conditions, medical issues are the most perplexing. Even the best qualified and trained professional can only imagine what a patient’s experience is really…
The Neuroscience of XR: Can Immersive Tech Rewire the Brain for Good?
After centuries of investigation, probing, and experimentation, we can successfully say that we really still don’t understand how the brain works. Sure, we have an…
