We live in an age of perfect images. With a few swipes of a phone, we can zoom into almost any masterpiece ever made, stream music on demand, and tour museums virtually from our living rooms. And yet, ...

Does having the potential to act upon an object have a unique influence on behavior and brain responses to the object? That is the question researchers set out to answer in a new report. Does having ...

In a series of experiments in the 1980s, Roland Johansson, a professor of physiology at Sweden’s University of Umea, demonstrated just how important touch is. In one, he filmed a woman picking up a ...

Up to now virtual reality has proved cumbersome as a design tool, but European researchers are finalizing a system that brings ‘virtuality’ to the wider world. Up to now virtual reality has proved ...

Yokneam Illit, Israel, Oct. 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wearable Devices Ltd. (Nasdaq: WLDS, WLDSW) (the “Company” or “Wearable Devices”), a technology ...

One of the biggest obstacles to full VR immersion is being able to feel and control things. Currently, you have to use some kind of controller that aims to mimic your hand but really doesn’t, or you ...

Augmented reality has created an incredible opportunity for developers to bring video games into the real world for the first time. But as with any new opportunity, building for AR comes with a whole ...

Soft robots, or those made with materials like rubber, gels and cloth, have advantages over their harder, heavier counterparts, especially when it comes to tasks that require direct human interaction.