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Sandbox VR and Netflix Preparing Squid Game VR Experience

ARPost

Using patented motion-tracking technology, the company lets players use their own bodies as controllers. The US fans can enjoy this and other Sandbox VR experiences in more than 20 locations, and more than 15 states, including California, New Jersey, Texas, Minnesota, Nevada, Illinois, and Washington.

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The Most Apocalyptic Photos From the West Coast Fires This Week

GizModo VR

The West Coast is burning, and it’s still not under control. There are now three states—California, Washington state and Oregon—battling raging wildfires, which have left a trail of destruction in their wake and, in some cases, have literally changed the color of the sky. Read more.

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Heart-wrenching photos from 2022 March For Our Lives

Mashable VR

Following the devastating elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas — just one in a string of mass shootings that recently occurred in the United States — thousands of people marched throughout the country in support of gun control on Saturday. Enough is enough' in Anaheim, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images.

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NASA launches SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts to ISS without a hitch

Mashable VR

SpaceX will run a series of automatic spacecraft manoeuvres during the Dragon's trip to the ISS, all managed from its mission control center in Hawthorne, California. It's also the fourth launch for the Falcon 9 booster, which landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship shortly after the launch. Tweet may have been deleted.

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NBA coach Steve Kerr condemns U.S. gun control in powerful speech

Mashable VR

Steve Kerr, head coach of the Golden State Warriors, has given a powerful speech about gun control following a school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead on Tuesday. And 50 Senators in Washington are going to hold us hostage. When are we going to do something? It's pathetic.

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AxonVR Raises $5.8 Million Seed Investment for Advanced VR Haptics

Road to VR

What this means is that when you place a virtual object on your hand, you would feel pressure at many points of contact instead of just a general vibration from a controller. Using a Vive controller in my other hand, I was able to place a variety of objects on my virtual hand and feel the corresponding pressure response from the HaptX skin.

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How Climbing Mt. Everest in VR Helped Me Treat My Crippling Fear of Heights

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

Whenever I stood on the top floor of a hotel and looked straight down to the lobby or even at the top of the Washington Monument, the sensation was always the same. Even roller coasters and the element of lack of control were perceived as greater threats than just an exhilarating 45 seconds. Climbing to the Peak of the World.