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Tuesday 29 September 2020
Two Irish maritime archaeologists living in Iceland and Australia have created a virtual reality video of an old shipwreck.
It’s the latest in a series of announcements from Facebook about virtual and augmented reality technology.
The county is one of the west’s least visited.
The Irish company behind the game previously created a VR recreation of the 1969 moon landing.
This week’s VR viewing brings you inside an elegant three-bed in Naas.
Destroyed in the civil war, Trinity researchers are recreating the Public Records Office in virtual reality.
Is this an episode of Black Mirror?
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
That’s according to new research published in the Neurology journal.
Yesterday, Zuckerberg used Facebook’s app Spaces to roam through a VR-produced 360 video of Puerto Rico.
This 1930s home is full of contemporary style thanks to a recent re-design.
Collaboration on TheJournal.ie will allow our users to explore through smartphone or desktop.
Review: The Gear 360 is a nice piece of kit, but will only work with a select few high-end Samsung smartphones.
The lawsuit claimed Oculus founder Palmer Luckey developed the virtual reality gear using source code illegally obtained from the gaming firm.
Director Miles Jacobson also spoke of how the game employs 1300 scouts in 51 countries.
A game of poker shows how trolling and harassment can be stopped before it happens.
Mark Zuckerberg talked about a world where people could share raw thoughts or feelings telepathically.
It may be first generation technology, but it lives up to the hype.
UK expert James Dearsley tells us what industries will gain the most from VR.
It’s part of its social features for the Oculus Rift, its virtual reality headset.
Galactica takes users on a journey through space.
It’s all to do with the disconnect between what you’re seeing and what your body is experiencing.
And it could end up being the right product at the right time.
A series of VR videos of various aspects of the Way have been produced so you can experience the Irish west from your seat. And they’re very, very cool.
With the first batch of consumer headsets arriving in the next few weeks, a number of Irish companies are working on their own projects.
Virtual reality is the major focus but it’s also looking at ways to help people deal with more data-intensive services like video.
New research has found that consoling a child in virtual reality can help people be less critical of themselves and more positive.
The college is leading a project that aims to improve skills needed in peacekeeping missions.
“No longer will scenes be flat and two-dimensional. Viewers can now feel like they’re part of the action.”
Fans voiced their anger after it was revealed the headset and accessories would cost them €699.
EA Sports haven’t got The Notorious quite right going by this clip.
The prediction from one of the biggest graphic chip makes suggests it’s going to be a niche pursuit for the first year.
The likes of Minority Report depict a world where you only need your hands to interact with software – and Leap Motion is working on such an experience.
The founder of Oculus VR believes that VR and other similar devices will be more commonplace than smartphones today.
Hazel O’Sullivan has obviously never spent days sat in front of a laptop leading Scunthorpe to Champions League glory.
The first real headsets will start arriving at the end of 2015/early 2016, and it could bring benefits far beyond gaming.
Damien Delaney and Stephen Quinn are among those to feature.
Although if you want to shoot 360-degree video, you might want to have six GoPro cameras handy.
ENGLAND HAS INTRODUCED new rules that could see people receive fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate.
This means that anyone who has tested positive or has been a close contact of a Covid-19 case and fails to quarantine could receive a hefty penalty.
There have been some calls for a similar system here too, to prevent the spread of the virus and to stop any flouting of rules.
So today we want to know: Should people who fail to self-isolate be fined?
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