Tag: Virtual Reality
Hitachi develops wearable brain scanner
Hitachi has unveiled a portable brain scanner, which measures your grey cells’ activity when worn over the course of a day. At least, I think they have: the photo sparks suspicions it may be a late April Fool illustrated with some archive Virtual Reality headset promo shots from the 1980s.
Top 10 gadgets that are due a revival (Nos 6 to 10)
After yesterday's rundown of the first five gadgets worth a retro revival in 2007 (click here if you missed them), it's time for numbers six to ten. We're keen to get your thoughts too though: once you've read the final…
Online shopping of the future: Virtual touch
A team of researchers at the University of Geneva are currently working on an experiment system to add touch to the online shopping experience, allowing customers to gain a sense of what products, particularly clothing, would actually feel like. Of…
Pinball gets virtual, in high definition
I know virtual pinball software isn't particularly new – there was a free version of it in Windows 95 and versions have found their way onto various computer systems, but this physical model from Global VR is designed to provide…
