The idea, definitely in a preliminary stage, is both horrifying and brilliant. Horrifying, because flying already stinks and the need to strap on a virtual reality helmet to make you forget just ...

Put On This Virtual Reality Helmet, Then Swap Your Gender. Could virtual reality help us step into the shoes of someone else? By Colin Lecher. Published Jan 23, 2014 3:00 AM EST.

Airbus has filed a patent for a helmet for plane passengers that could allow for 'sensory isolation' as well as immersive, 3D films and videogames.

Airbus looking at virtual reality helmets for stressed passengers. The VR helmet is designed to reduce air passenger stress. View 6 Images 1 / 6. An airliner camera with the VR helmet system. 2 / 6.

Microsoft has unveiled 'HoloLens' - a standalone wireless helmet which creates holographic illusions in the wearer's field of view. Unlike the Oculus Rift and other virtual reality devices, the ...

One thing we didn't expect to see here at South by Southwest were the virtual reality helmets. They were everywhere. KATIE SEALICK: You're a dinosaur, and you're protecting your village from cavemen.

But Toshiba has no plans yet to turn the helmet into a commercial virtual-reality product. Eventually, Toshiba believes, it will come in handy for computer games or enhancing the impact of movies.

The virtual reality helmet even has grass on it. Now the user has the visuals given to them by the technology enhanced by the sounds and smells of the forest. Log in to Reply.

In the near future, “Top Gun” may get a reboot. Roughly one year from now, fighter pilots will begin flying with helmets outfitted with visors that can augment reality and place digital ...

When fitted with virtual reality helmets that completely cover their eyes, the children are taken out of their physical surroundings and placed in a ‘virtual room.’ There they’re asked to perform ...

The rehabilitation center also has a virtual reality helmet, called the “REAL y-series.” The technology involves wearing sensors around their body to track head, hand, arm and body movements.