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In an effort to bring the other three senses up to par with sight and sound in the virtual landscape, researchers in the UK have developed a headset that not only offers a stereoscopic display and four speaker surround sound, but throws in smells, tastes, and a fan for heating your grill up (or cooling it down) for good measure. The Virtual Cocoon doesn't look too terribly comfortable (this ...
US Army researchers are currently assessing the merits of virtual reality games as treatment for burn victims, MetaFilter gleaned from the Chronicle. In keeping with the study, severely burned veterans play a virtual reality game entitled 'Snow World' while their wounds are being cleaned. Set in an arctic landscape, the game offers the patients a first-person perspective as they maneuver icy ...
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Manu Ginobli looks like Roberto Benigni.
Guys, I lost my phone. $700, a punch in the arm, and a land whale later I have a new one. #wompwomp
shoes emerged unscathed. small miracle.
someone just dropped a burrito on my head. from atop a parking garage.
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