Mel Slater’s Theory of Presence includes two major components including the Place Illusion (the degree to which you’re transported to another world), and the Plausibility Illusion (the degree to which ...

Synapse might have lots of shooting, but your off-hand has this awesome telekinetic power that lets you grab and manipulate entities in the world. You can pull people to toss them in the air, or smash ...

It’s a good time to be Leap Motion. The hand-tracking company just secured a cool $50m in Series C funding, giving it more momentum to carry us towards its vision of a post-controller future. It’s ...

This PhD project explores how people can feel more present and engaged when using virtual reality (VR) with others. While many studies have focused on VR experiences for one person, this research ...

Virtual reality has repeatedly been called an "empathy machine," and filmmakers and advertisers are flocking to the nascent technology to leverage its emotive connectivity. But how accurate is that ...