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Rats can move objects in virtual reality using only their thoughts

By reading a rat's intentions from its brain patterns, an AI can help the rodent move objects in a virtual environment

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Mechanical backpack boosts the sensation of jumping in virtual reality

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

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Trajectory-wise image rendering results. Our final rendering results present better quality, structural consistency, and diversity, over the competing method GSN [2]. Each group of images is rendered within the same voxel world using a shared global style code, while GSN shares the same global latent vector in each group. https://hubert0527.github.io/infinicity/

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AI generates virtual 3D cities that extend infinitely in any direction

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Ultrasound illusion could make buttons on a touchscreen feel real

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AI is listening in on gamer chat for toxic and abusive language

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Drones on strings could puppeteer people in virtual reality

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

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Sensory trick makes objects seem heavy or light in virtual reality

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Virtual reality mask adds realism by making it harder to breathe

A mask that can make it easier or harder to breathe by controlling your air supply adds more realism to virtual reality

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VR racket uses compressed air to simulate hitting a ball

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Virtual ‘answering machine’ records the real world while you are in VR

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VR with muscle-stimulating tech that can force you to move your head

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

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