Virtual reality
Analysis
Gadgets
HTC’s latest VR has one foot in a future that doesn’t quite exist yet
The modular VIVE XR Elite is an impressively small set of goggles that can work untethered or connected to a PC, and may become a defacto rival to Apple’s headset.
- by Tim Biggs
Latest
Opinion
Innovation
It’s time for Mark Zuckerberg to bury his dreams of the metaverse
The billions of dollars invested on the virtual world is increasingly looking like an example of corporate hubris.
- by Matthew Lynn
Analysis
Extra
Virtual-reality gadget with expected $4000-plus price tag has Apple insiders rattled
Apple proved its critics wrong with the Watch, but virtual reality could be a far tougher nut to crack.
- by Tim Biggs
Why a Sydney junior league is strapping VR goggles on 3000 players
Young rugby league players will have their cognitive function tested by virtual reality technology as the code grapples with how to protect their brains from long-term harm.
- by Angus Dalton
How virtual reality is helping young people with their mental health
In a daunting cafe scene, a dubious-looking man in sunglasses gives our reporter the hairy eyeball before her credit card is declined. Welcome to the new world of therapy for mental health.
- by Jewel Topsfield
Opinion
Social media
Meta is paying the price for Zuckerberg’s vanity
With 11,000 workers axed, the social media founder needs to forget his virtual world and live in the real one.
- by Matthew Lynn
Opinion
Opinion
My sad, lonely, expensive adventures in Zuckerberg’s metaverse
Facebook has been investing staggering sums in “the metaverse,” the virtual reality wonderland that Mark Zuckerberg says is the future of human connection. It’s burning billions on a party that nobody wants to attend.
- by Farhad Manjoo
Why did this mind-bending TV series take seven years to create?
William Gibson’s sci-fi novels have proven all but impossible to adapt on screen, but the eerily prescient The Peripheral is a masterful success.
- by Craig Mathieson
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Review
Thought Westworld was confusing? Wait until you see TV’s newest brain puzzle
I’ve watched most of The Peripheral, but I’m almost as lost as I was at the outset.
- by Karl Quinn
Audiences aren’t filling seats. Is this cyber-dance the future of art?
The return to live performance isn’t all it was cracked up to be. Is the future of performance part-digital, part-live?
- by Angus Dalton
Note with explosive package in Boston criticised virtual reality, Zuckerberg
Law enforcement official said the note also referenced Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.
- by Michael Balsamo