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Warnings after Tesla owners seen driving while wearing Apple Vision Pro headset

Published 06 February 2024
By Matt Robinson
Apple Vision Pro “spatial computing” headgear simply not compatible with being in control of a two-tonne-plus electric vehicle moving at speed.
Customers of £2.5m Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar can specify a track pack ... via virtual reality

Aston Valkyrie customers get track pack

In case the Aston Martin Valkyrie hypercar is not quite fast enough for its customers, buyers now have the option to fit a track-only package.
Published 23 January 2019
Tech clinic: how did video games become so popular?

Tech clinic: how did video games get so popular?

Britain is the world’s fifth-largest market, with about half of us gaming in 2017 and spending £5.11bn, more than on music and video combined.
Published 09 September 2018

Test Bench: Oculus Go vs Samsung Gear VR

Want more immersion from your favourite games and apps? Then these VR headsets are worth having a look at.
Published 22 July 2018
Apple's self-driving car may use VR to simulate escaping a zombie horde

Apple self-driving car will let you fight zombies

Fully self-driving cars may be a long way off, especially since the fatal Uber accident last month, but that isn't stopping some technology...
Published 05 April 2018
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Real Roush Mustang muscle car v Oculus Rift virtual...

Is this the ultimate driving experience? Castrol Edge has combined the best of real-world racing technology with virtual-reality trickery to create...
Published 26 May 2015
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Video: Microsoft's HoloLens holographic headset is...

The days of spending hours hunched over a car’s engine bay, wondering what on earth is preventing it from starting, could soon be over. Hologram...
Published 22 January 2015