FIELD creates sculptural virtual reality helmets for Violescence exhibition
These sculptural helmets by digital art studio FIELD incorporate Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets (+ movie). More
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Virtual reality will be "more powerful than cocaine"
Interview: every architect will soon design using 3D goggles, according to designer and visualiser Olivier Demangel, who believes that virtual architecture will be as convincing as the real thing within five years (+ movies). More
Apple wins patent approval for wireless virtual reality headset
News: Apple has been granted a patent for a wireless headset that mounts an iPhone in front of the eyes, hinting at the company's expansion into virtual reality. More
The city of the future "will be both physical and digital"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: cities in the future will exist in both a physical and digital form says William Trossell of 3D-scanning company ScanLAB, who claims the lines between the two "will become increasingly blurred" (+ movie). More
Google's thrifty virtual reality headset is built from cardboard
News: Google has devised a way for smartphone users to make their own virtual reality headset using household items. More
Virtual reality headsets create "pastoral" illusion for battery-farmed chickens
Battery-farmed chickens could be tricked into thinking they are roaming free if dressed in virtual reality headsets designed as a tongue-in-cheek proposal by US company Second Livestock (+ interview). More
Drawing in 3D will soon be as "intuitive as sketching with paper"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: architects will soon be able to walk around inside 3D sketches of their projects and edit their designs as they go, according to the team behind the revolutionary Gravity Sketch 3D drawing pad. More
Gravity tablet makes 3D drawing "as easy as doodling on a piece of paper"
A group of students from the Royal College of Art have invented a virtual reality tool that allows designers to sketch in three dimensions (+ movie). More
Virtual reality: the 1990s technology set to change the world of design
Feature: as Facebook buys virtual reality headset maker Oculus and Sony reveals its own VR device, Alex Wiltshire explores what the resurgence of this old school technology means for designers. More
Facebook invests in virtual reality with Oculus
News: social network Facebook has paid $2 billion to acquire Oculus VR, the technology company behind the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. More
Virtual and augmented reality technology will converge in digital "contact lens"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: augmented and virtual reality visualisation technologies will soon be combined in one device, says Andy Millns of 3D production company Inition in the final part of our interview. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
Advances in virtual reality will "blur the line between what's virtual and what's real"
Dezeen and MINI Frontiers: in our first movie looking at the interface between design and technology, Andy Millns of 3D production company Inition claims virtual reality will soon become almost indistinguishable from the real world. More
Virtual reality headset by BeAnotherLab lets users try swapping gender
Interdisciplinary art collective BeAnotherLab has developed a virtual reality headset that allows users to experience what it would be like to live in the skin of someone from the opposite sex. More
"Cyborg scenario" will see computers in the brain replace wearable tech
News: surgically implanted chips that feed digital information directly into the brain will supersede wearable technology, according to the co-founder of a leading 3D imaging studio. More
"Immersive virtual world" by Gareth Pugh and Inition installed at Selfridges
Visitors to London department store Selfridges can take a virtual reality tour created by technology company Inition inside a helmet by fashion designer Gareth Pugh (+ slideshow). More
Tycoon demos gesture-controlled software for designing 3D-printed rocket parts
News: billionaire technology tycoon Elon Musk has unveiled his vision for the future of design, with modelling software controlled by hand gestures linked to 3D printers. More
Rubix by Chris Kelly
This conceptual technology by architecture graduate Chris Kelly would allow individuals to project digital imagery over their perception of reality and then manipulate it like the layers of a Rubik's Cube (+ movie). More
See-through computer allows users to "grab" digital content
News: a transparent computer that allows users to reach "inside" the screen and manipulate content with their hands was unveiled at the TED conference in Los Angeles last week. More
Technology and design: our digitally enabled future
In this second instalment in our series of articles on technology and design supported by computing brand Intel, we look at how our online lives and physical environments will become increasingly entwined. More
The Golden Age: Somewhere by Paul Nicholls
In this movie by Paul Nicholls of architectural animation studio Factory Fifteen, the world is conceptualised as a series of virtual interfaces where people visit places and meet each other without leaving the room. More