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Inside the metaverse meetups that let people share on death, grief, and pain

Elena Lister, a psychiatrist at Columbia University who specializes in grief, says a healthy level of denial about death is necessary. But now, Lister says, her...

Meta is desperately trying to make the metaverse happen

Tech2 years ago

Meta is desperately trying to make the metaverse happen

So its current strategy seems to be to release a string of updates to see what might get people interested—a “throw spaghetti at the wall and...

Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery may need less anesthetic

Tech2 years ago

Patients immersed in virtual reality during surgery may need less anesthetic

The VR group requested significantly lower levels of the sedative propofol—in this case used to numb the pain in the hand— than the non-VR group. They...

VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence

Tech2 years ago

VR is as good as psychedelics at helping people reach transcendence

As we inched nearer, I worried about infringing upon the other participants’ personal space. Then I remembered that oceans and thousands of miles separated me from...

Can Facebook be cool again? It's trying with Reels global launch

Business3 years ago

Can Facebook be cool again? It’s trying with Reels global launch

Facebook Reels global launch will test app’s appeal among youth | Fortune You need to enable JavaScript to view this site.

The metaverse is a new word for an old idea

Tech3 years ago

The metaverse is a new word for an old idea

I have spent a lot of my career, both in Silicon Valley and beyond, insisting that all our technologies have histories and even pre-histories, and that...