Virtual Reality

Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, Hinge… There are endless new dating apps popping up at an increasingly jarring rate. From once just matching with someone nearby, you can now use apps that handpick your conquests based on age, religion, wealth - with the list going on and on. As the number...

 Emily Fletcher This past week, Sims 4 fans were given the chance to take their Sims to a music festival, starring real-life musicians. Sims Sessions presented the stars, including Bebe Rexha, in Sim form and singing in the games’ own language, Simlish. The free update, and EA’s inclusion of real-life stars,...

PVC transcends boundaries between fact and fiction in this extraordinary Nottingham based VR experience by Chronic Insanity, a newly formed Nottingham-based theatre company....

Intense, compelling, and at times, disturbing are a few ways to describe NNT’s production of Jennifer Haley’s play, The Nether. The audience are instantly fixated on the thought-provoking story and are encouraged to take on the role of detective in order to work out what is unfolding in the...

We take a look at the biggest news from the science and technology industry over the last month.  Montreal saves the World! Chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs to you and me, were revolutionary for the world of refrigeration, but an unfortunate accident for the ozone layer. The hole in ozone layer...

At EGX this year virtual reality (VR) was the hot new technology which some of the big companies were showing off. PlayStation, Occulus and HTC were all showing off their tech, and although I was unable to play the PlayStation VR I was able to play the other two....

Virtual Reality technology involves rendering an immersive 3D computer generated environment that the user can interact with and explore. This is achieved through a head-mounted display and additional sensory experiences can be given to the user through audio and video feeds. The user is allowed to interact with objects...