virtual worlds
This ‘Second Life’ Avatar Creator is Selling Virtual Stretch Marks, Cellulite, and Boob Veins
Customers want more flaws on their online bodies.
Humans Get 3D-Scanned into N. Lannon's "Another Love" [Music Video]
Take a surreal trip to a spectacularly playful ocean planet in Michael Langan and Najeeb Tarazi's 3D-scanned music video for the San Rafael-based songwriter.
This Video Shows Just How Big ‘Second Life’ Really Is
It would take three weeks to walk through the virtual world.
The UK Wants Gamers to Fix Its Cybersecurity
The Cyber Challenge, backed by government and industry, is trying to appeal to gamers with a virtual skyscraper of cyber games.
Mind-Bending Architecture Photos from a World Inspired by Escher
William Chyr's 'Manifold Garden' is like being inside a physics-defying piece of art.
[Music Video] A Lavish Trip Inside an Empress' 3D-Scanned Palace
Visual art duo Pussykrew uses 3D scanning technology to create the world of Sevdaliza’s "That Other Girl."
Virtual Reality Without Awkward Body Sensors
You don't need a controller when the room is your sensor.
The Dystopian Future of Holographic Protests
The first holographic protest might have seemed like a clever way around protest restrictions, but it was really meant to be ironic.
Real-Life Sexism Follows Women into Virtual Worlds
Female World of Warcraft avatars are judged by their looks more than male avatars. But women playing as men are also discriminated against.
'GTA V' Player Channels His Inner Ai Weiwei
Digital artist Roc Herms transports Weiwei's iconic gesture to Los Santos.
The Quest to Make Massive Gaming Worlds Realistically Complex
London startup Improbable is trying to make simulated worlds where you can interact with everything, and actions have consequences.
I Had an Out-of-Body Experience at an Oculus Rift Art Show
Inside the candy-colored vistas and creepy creatures of Jeremy Couillard's 'Out of Body Experience Clinic,' which opens today at Louis B. James Gallery.