Category: Virtual Reality
Live blogging IBM's Second Life event
I'm over in delightful Feltham, near Heathrow, at IBM's Second Life "Virtual Worlds European Media & Influencer Event". I'm not entirely sure what that means, but it certainly sounds impressive. There's a room full of UK and European journalists, some…
Brain-Machine Interface controls model trains
Five years from now we'll all be controlling our model train sets with our brain waves. If that sounds a little Philip K. Dick, Hitachi has spent big bucks making it so, and now has an optical topography based…
VR simulated limbs trick brain into fixing real phantom limb
It's not clear exactly how this works – survey says "the brain is being tricked" – but amputees who suffer phantom limb pain can find relief through virtual bodies. A woman with amputated fingers who felt them digging painfully…
