Virtual Reality

A new Japanese-designed device promises to “unmute the world,” as if it were no longer possible to do so simply by uncovering your ears.

Apple’s Vision Pro headset suggests one possible future—but there are others.

The conservative education activist Erika Donalds envisions a world where parents unsatisfied with their public schools can opt out by putting their kids in a headset.

The artist discusses technology and getting outdoors.

Her savage, mischievous works about surveillance, automation, digital platforms, and the art market have made her one of the most revered figures in the mercurial world of contemporary art. 

The struggle to create a digital alternative to the analog office.

Who among us wants to inhabit an even more virtual world of Mark Zuckerberg’s creation?

Two former foreign correspondents launched a virtual-reality course to prepare journalists to encounter the angry, violent mobs calling them “fake news” and throwing Molotov cocktails.

What does that even mean?

The new Amazon Salon promises “augmented reality” and “point-and-learn technology.” But can it provide the intimacy of a good haircut?

A lot of it just doesn’t make sense. Why is Mom the only one who knows how the thermostat works? Or what the next-door neighbors’ names are?

To produce a film about the inaccessible indoctrination camps of Xinjiang, its creators relied on eyewitness accounts—and virtual reality.

Virtual-reality coffee shops and party-simulation apps are aiming to help you gossip and mingle more realistically online.

Can an artist who built a career on provocation survive a newly sensitive age?

From The New Yorker’s archive: in honor of Veterans Day, poignant and moving stories of service members’ experiences.

From The New Yorker’s archive: views of an expanding and ever-changing technological frontier.

At the Oculus, a virtual-reality headset sends participants to the far reaches of the Star Wars universe amid sock kiosks and mocha dispensaries.

Though virtual reality is better known for its ability to keep gamers up all night, it is also a proven aid for those suffering from a panoply of fears.