Here’s What It’s Like to Work Out in Virtual Reality
After some experimentation with fitness in virtual reality, I ultimately came to the conclusion that it’s good at certain things and not others. In this video, you can watch me…
8 Reasons You Should Buy a PSVR Instead of an Oculus Quest 2
Photo: Lutsenko_Oleksandr (Shutterstock) One of my favorite things about VR is that it’s actually fun to watch other people play. While it’s not necessarily difficult to stream Oculus gameplay from…
I Want My Daughter to Live in a Better Metaverse
It’s a cool summer evening in 2030, and my 16-year-old daughter and I are walking down our street, stargazing with augmented reality glasses. Above us the majestic night sky is…
14 Ways You Should Be Using Your MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar
Screenshot: Jake Peterson By default, the Touch Bar’s Control Strip displays brightness, volume, mute, and Siri options. While Apple thinks that should work for most people out-of-the-box, it might not…
Horizon Workrooms Shows Facebook’s Metaverse Is a Meetaverse
Mark Zuckerberg looks right at me as he explains how this conversation is unlike most work conversations that have happened over the past 18 months. “You’re sitting to my right,”…
‘Free Guy’ Sees the Metaverse Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Ryan Reynolds’ new movie, Free Guy, isn’t what you’d call light on schtick. It’s a film about a non-player character (NPC) in a video game, after all. But the first…
Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Already Sucks
The Zuckerverse is coming. Just over a week ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced, in a long interview with the Verge, that his social network is readying itself to become…
Virtual Reality Is the Rich White Kid of Technology
It has been seven years since Palmer Luckey appeared on the cover of WIRED magazine. The June 2014 issue declared, “This kid is about to change gaming, movies, TV, music,…
Facebook Plans to Test Advertisements on Oculus, Users Raise Concern
Facebook is set to test advertisements in its Oculus virtual reality (VR) headsets. The social media giant said on June 16 that it will start the in-headset advertising experiment with…
VR Trainings Are Not Going to Fix Corporate Racism
In 2017, while working at a well-known media company, I took a vacation to my home country, Nigeria. When I left, my hair was permed-sleek and straight. When I came…