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 ...

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.

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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.

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.

News; Technology & Science; Virtual reality; Darth Vader-style virtual reality helmet will let you SMELL and FEEL video games of the future FeelReal works with an Oculus Rift headset to make smell ...

We tried Nat Geo's new virtual-reality "Space Projection Helmet" for the series premiere of "One Strange Rock," and it was awesome.

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 ...