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Video of the Day

Video of the Day: Utah man drives wearing new Apple Vision Pros

By Jaecie Stilovich
February 09, 2024 12:00 AM
A social media video of a man wearing the new Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset while driving went viral. The driver was in a Tesla Cybertruck on Timpanogos Highway in Lehi, Utah.
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Local

BYU grad hosts virtual boxing tournament to raise money for Sub for Santa

By Elisa Huhem
December 02, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU grad and business owner Hunter Goodall decided to give back this season by hosting a virtual reality boxing tournament where all the proceeds will go to Sub for Santa.
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Metro

BYU grad student uses mixed reality to improve education

By Kimberly Petersen
August 26, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU graduate student Jordan Ellsworth said he believes mixed reality, or the merging of real and virtual worlds, should be more prevalent in education. “It’s important to understand things in a three-dimensional way,” he said.
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Campus News

BYU taps into cutting-edge technology with new Mixed Reality Lab

By Madison Everett
March 12, 2019 12:00 AM
BYU opened a new Mixed Reality Lab in the Crabtree Building to help students gain hands-on experience. (BYU Photo)
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Campus

Education Week: Virtual scriptures provide new perspective

By Camille Baker
August 21, 2018 12:00 AM
During the 2016 Education Week, associate teaching professor Tyler Griffin took Education Week participants on a virtual journey through locations in the New Testament. (Maddi Driggs)
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Campus News

BYU students develop businesses to improve lives, save money

By Anna Johnson
August 09, 2018 12:00 AM
Korey Hocker, CEO of SignGlasses, wants to improve deaf and hard of hearing students' academic experience. (Cristina Bolaños)
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Campus News

New virtual reality headset provides immersive academic experience

By Anna Johnson
July 19, 2018 12:00 AM
Jacob Neeley, a junior in industrial design, uses the Harold B. Lee Library's VR headset. The headset allows students and faculty to enhance their overall BYU academic experience. (Ty Mullen)
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Local

Provo ups its virtual reality game

By Jayne Verhaaren
June 06, 2017 12:00 AM
Virtual reality started out as a new and different form of at-home gaming but has evolved to a social experience like playing laser tag or seeing a movie with friends. Virtual reality arcades have opened in both Provo and Orem.
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Technology

Virtual reality not just for gamers anymore

By Morgan Allred
May 22, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story pairs with a main story headlined Virtual reality as entertainment: how fast will it catch on?
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Technology

Virtual reality as an entertainment venue: how fast will it catch on?

By Morgan Allred
May 22, 2017 12:00 AM
Editor's note: This story has a sidebar headlined Virtual reality is not just for gamers any more
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Campus News

'Pokemon Go' app popular with BYU students, families

By Mariana Chrisney
July 14, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU students and Utah residents are trying to 'be the very best like no one ever was' with the new 'Pokemon Go' app.
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Technology

Storytelling steps into the future with virtual reality

By Saul Marquez
July 05, 2016 12:00 AM
BYU student Austin Rodriguez shoots a bow and arrow in virtual reality using the HTC Vive. The Vive is one of a few new virtual reality systems to come out this year. (Natalie Stoker)
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Technology

Facebook improves video streaming in virtual reality

By Whitney Hales
February 22, 2016 12:00 AM
Facebook has a new hobby: virtual reality. The social media giant began posting 360-degree videos several months ago, and it announced Sunday, Feb. 21, that it will share newly improved technology for these videos with Samsung.
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Books

Technology, human development not always on positive track

By David Pace
March 04, 2014 12:00 AM
BYU students Erik Jackson and Amanda Cherrington showcase their personal smartphones. While technological advances have simplified user lives, over-reliance on digital devices may be shortchanging the development of other essential skills among college students. (Photo by Maddi Dayton.)
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Technology

BYU students jump into virtual reality with Google Cardboard

By Saul Marquez
January 01, 1970 12:00 AM
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