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High-tech face mask lets you smell things in virtual reality

A face mask can release nine different scents on demand to make VR experiences more immersive and multisensory

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Smart glasses dim bright objects but don’t affect other things in view

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Play VR games on a bus by wiggling your fingers as if they were arms

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Author Neal Stephenson onstage at the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festival

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Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants to build a metaverse open to all

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Gavin Menichini, using the Oculus Quest 2 VR headset, gives a demonstration of the Immersed Virtual Reality program which can be used for many applications including virtual meetings at the Immersed offices on January 28, 2022 in Austin, Texas. - While still the stuff of science fiction for most people, forerunners of the metaverse vision for the internet's future are already de rigueur for handfuls of people beyond the gamer and techno-hipster crowds. (Photo by Sergio FLORES / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO FLORES/AFP via Getty Images)

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Working in virtual reality for a week made people less productive

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VR could use a muscle-stimulating device that forces your head to turn

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VR could use a muscle-stimulating device that forces your head to turn

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Sticking fish in VR lets us study their brains as they virtually swim

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Sticking fish in VR lets us study their brains as they virtually swim

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