Google's just begun opening up access to an AI model I can actually get behind. This one lets you generate a virtual world of any kind and travel through it with a vehicle or character like in a video game – all with text prompts or images you upload.

Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) are technologies that allow users to immerse themselves in digital worlds or enhance their surroundings with computer-generated filters or images, respectively.

The Army has already begun some "virtual reality" training—using VR headsets to prepare soldiers to operate vehicles without needing them to be physically present at those vehicles’ location.

BURIEN, Wash. — Before Washington’s newest police recruits ever step onto the streets, they’re stepping into a virtual world. Inside the state’s Criminal Justice Training Center in Burien, future officers are participating in a first-of-its-kind ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind lab today detailed Genie 3, an artificial intelligence model designed to generate virtual worlds. The AI is the third iteration of an algorithm series that the company introduced last February. According to DeepMind, it ...

Recent research (2024-2025) consistently demonstrates the advantages of integrated AI-VR training: Knowledge Acquisition: Students using immersive VR for anatomy learning demonstrate 20-30% better comprehension of three-dimensional spatial relationships compared to traditional learning methods.

At EsLaRed we are delighted to share our progress in a project we are developing for the Association for Progressive Communications (APC): a virtual campus that we have called ORBIS – from the Latin word for world and circle, because of its holistic and universal nature – and which is set to become the network’s training hub.