In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the details of Half-Life: Alyx and how they add an immersive layer to the game rarely found elsewhere. Editor’s Note: Half-Life: Alyx has been hailed by…
One of the most prominent VR game piracy groups has been shut down following a DMCA notice which was apparently issued by Meta. As first reported by Heise Online, the game piracy group ‘VRPirates’ issued a statement on its public…
Talent data fragmentation has emerged as a foundational constraint on enterprise HR’s ability to make strategic workforce decisions, persisting because organizations have systematically underinvested in unified data architecture. Despite organizations operating an average of 897 applications, only 34% provide an…
Who benefits from artificial intelligence? This basic question, which has been especially salient during the AI surge of the last few years, was front and center at a conference at MIT on Wednesday, as speakers and audience members grappled with…
The following is a joint announcement from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner Institute, and Hasso Plattner Foundation. The MIT Morningside Academy for Design (MAD), MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Hasso Plattner…
MIT researchers have spent more than a decade studying techniques that enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects by “seeing” through obstacles. Their methods utilize surface-penetrating wireless signals that reflect off concealed items. Now, the researchers are leveraging generative…
The United States and China “are the two largest emitters of carbon in the world,” said Nicholas Burns, former U.S. ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, at a recent MIT seminar. “We need to work with each other for…
The early years of faculty members’ careers are a formative and exciting time in which to establish a firm footing that helps determine the trajectory of researchers’ studies. This includes building a research team, which demands innovative ideas and direction,…
Amazon’s hit TV series ‘The Boys’ is coming to VR in an immersive adventure called The Boys: Trigger Warning, which is now slated to release on Quest next week. Developers ARVORE and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced The Boys: Trigger Warning is officially set…
A hardware hacker group previously behind the PSVR2Toolkit says it’s effectively “jailbroken” PSVR 2 for PC. When Sony released its PC adapter for PSVR 2 in 2024, it released the headset from PS5 exclusivity, allowing users to play SteamVR games…