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Can Killing Virtual Trees Save Real Paper?

Yes, says Stanford. We're not so sure.READ»

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Air Force Envisions Insect-Sized Vehicles, Funds a "Virtual Reality Tunnel for Fruit Flies"

Sometimes, basic science funded by the military is a bit out there. Researchers are subjecting fruit flies to "virtual reality tunnels," which the Air Force thinks might help inspire insect-sized military vehicles.READ»

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Augmented Reality Floor Simulates Walking on Snow, Pebbles, and Grass

One less reason to keep spending so much time in nature.READ»

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3D TV Virtual Worlds

How much do you know about new “virtual worlds and 3D TV” technology developments? Maybe, you thought they were just a lot of online video game hype for kids but look deeper into today’s virtual world platforms like Second Life ...READ»

Disney's Virtual Worlds: Raising Kids on Social Networks

Disney is bringing kids to social networks in some cases before you bring your kids to school. Is this a good thing or not? We visited Disney interactive to find out.READ»

Sales Marketing Communication Software for the Assistant Manager

The performance of an entire team working on a sales marketing program, from supervisors to a marketing assistant manager, relies on the ability for the team to connect with each other, as well as the potential customers they are ...READ»

Top Benefits of a Virtual Project Management Office

A virtual project management office is an online location where professionals and business associates can meet to have private discussions, coordinate project details, and otherwise share and collaborate without having to be in the ...READ»

Tap Into Old-School Project Management Technique with Virtual Workspaces

The active-adult and senior generations are becoming ever more serious about all things technology related, and companies are connecting with these seasoned pros through private virtual workspaces to collect the information, skills, ...READ»

Virtual Reality for Business with Virtual Project Management Software

Virtually anyone who has a basic understanding of virtual reality can understand the concept of workspace virtualization. Virtual project management software allows businesses to create and use a digital workspace, something like a ...READ»

Tired of World of Warcraft? Try Liver Surgery

A new surgery system called Project Odysseus lets doctors practice removing tumors on networked, virtual, 3-D models.READ»

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Nokia's Sad Augmented Reality

Yesterday, Nokia released a well-produced video demonstrating what they apparently believe to be the future of augmented reality apps. If you haven't been keeping up with AR, it's just used to denote an information layer ...READ»

WorldComp '09

Warning: computer overload. The 2009 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing is actually 22 different conferences, drawing 2,500 attendees, all held simultaneously at one location and ...READ»

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Inside the Virtual Brain in Life-Size

The AlloSphere is a three-story tall spherical chamber lined on the inside with 360-degree display screens--kind of like an IMAX theater, except panoramic. You view the sphere's content by standing on a breezeway that bisects the ...READ»

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Sony Patents Remote Controlled Spy Car

Nintendo may have active gameplay locked up, but Sony appears to be pursuing something much more realistic: a PSP-controlled model car equipped with a camera and some extensive virtual reality software. No, it's not just ...READ»

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Virtuality Jacket Adds Emotional Vibes To Your Movie Experience

Ah virtual reality--it never seems to go out of fashion. And now electronics giant Philips weighs in with its prototype "enhanced reality" clothing--a jacket jam-packed with haptic feedback devices that's designed to ...READ»

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Cocoon Helmet Takes Virtual Reality Into the Smelly Dimension

Virtual reality has been knocking around for decades without ever quite hitting the mainstream--apart from in a limited 3D-goggle sense. But that hasn't stopped a U.K. team from putting together a gadget that takes the technology to ...READ»

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Vuzix VR Goggles World's First With Transparent Quantum Optics

News of the Vuzix Wrap 920AV video-glasses first appeared a few days ago, but without any specific data. Now we know that along with looking less retro-sci-fi than previous video-goggles, they're packing some interesting ...READ»

Undead Tech: The Ultimate Gaming PC

The kids may be dreaming of weird motorized hamsters, but you're dreaming of pwning your friends with a railgun on a hulking, immersive gaming PC. Well, this is your year, l33t gamer. Meet the Ostendo CRVD monitor. This thing is ...READ»

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The Dawn of Virtual Reality GUIs

Imagine walking through a dark hallway, similar to an aquarium, with a wall of glowing video screens stacked three high. The videos extend as far as you can see, and when you touch a screen that interests you, it expands and begins ...READ»

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Notice of a Scam Site Called "Helium"

Hanh mitakuyapi. Last winter, I found a writers' site on the web called "Helium". According to their hype, people write, peers judge the writing, the writers earn money. Turns out it's a lie. I just got scammed $194.00 by this ...READ»