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The God Edition | Technology is eroding our sense of serendipity

Online culture makes it increasingly difficult to believe in coincidence or divine intervention because of the feedback loop of curated social media algorithms

Research shows VR has significant benefits for students in higher education – with better engagement and a decrease in dropout rates – improving academic outcomes and pass rates substantially. (Photo by Li Jiaxian/China News Service via Getty Images)

Virtual reality opens exciting new pathways of learning

Research shows VR has significant benefits for students in higher education – with better engagement and a decrease in dropout rates – improving academic outcomes and pass rates…

New book explores emerging metaverse economy, AI creative revolution

An edited extract from The Future, written by Dion Chang, Bronwyn Williams and Faeeza Khan

Breaking boundaries: The evolution of new casinos and their impact on the gambling industry

Casinos, gambling and gaming are now accessible to a global audience

Empowered by VR headsets with facial recognition technology and VR haptic gloves, providers and patients will be able to interact virtually in a hyper-realistic manner, allowing them to feel like they are actually in the same room together. (Photo by Mark Rightmire/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

A healthcare revolution lurks in the metaverse

The metaverse’s democratising, inclusive and diversity-rich potential can equalise access to healthcare.

Meta’s algorithms have deprioritised news content, reducing organic reach and referral traffic for local publishers.
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The metaverse: colonial fantasies of the wild West

Whether it becomes reality or just another fad, the metaverse misadventure is another indictment of the capitalist system and American empire

A general view of Long Street, usually one of the busiest and most popular entertainment areas with bars, clubs and restaurants in the city, with a billboard reading Stay Home, in Cape Town. (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Covid-19 lockdown: Towards a capsule existence

How online media during the Coronavirus lockdown foreshadows a permanently encapsulated life

An aerial still from a virtual tour of Goodman gallery, one of the many art institutions that 3D Tours is working with (Supplied)

Covid-19 and virtual reality: The cultural cost of going online

Many companies in the arts and culture sector are offering virtual tours of their spaces in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But artists are missing the personal engagement…

On the inside: Scenes of the courtroom

Accused #2 back in the dock

A virtual reality film about the Rivonia Trial points to the loss of our historical records

Mic Mann of Mann Made will speak at the SingularityU South Africa 2019 Summit

The veracious velocity of virtual reality

The SingularityU South Africa 2019 Summit will take place on October 16 and 17 at the Kyalami International Convention Centre

It’s electric cars where many of the manufacturers are looking to make their biggest plea.

Festival of Motoring gives peak into SA’s future

The 4th annual Festival of Motoring is a window into what our vehicle landscape may look like in the near future

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Beulah Mosupye

Managing director: HBS Consulting- Hauweng Business Services

Young people seeking sexual healthcare often shy away from clinics because of nurses’ attitudes towards them. Virtual reality could help to change that. (Sydelle Willow Smith)

What do a pair of goggles, a cellphone and a set of headphones have in common?

South Africa’s public health nurses are infamous for having bad attitudes. Google goggles could help them change their ways.

Virtual Reality headsets provide simulations at the 2018 South African Innovation Summit

A lot to learn

Tech innovation has a role to play in a broad range of educational issues, and can help struggling students

Panelists Lester Kiewit, Khadija Patel, Pearl Pillay and Angelo Fick. (Photos: David Harrison)
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Pokémon Go finally available in South Africa, much of Africa

South African trainers no longer have to game the system in order to enjoy the augmented reality game.

Sony unveils Project Morpheus for virtual reality on PS4

Sony has announced the development of a new system for accessing virtual reality content on the PlayStation 4, demonstrating "the future of gaming".

Most teachers attempt to grade objectively but many students feel it is unfair. Photo: File

The virtual cloud hangs over us

Technology was supposed to make things simpler. This was the famous promise of those laughable 1960s predictions about life in the 21st century.

Immersion in virtual reality eases pain

Distracting patients by immersing them in a virtual world, sometimes by using a video game, appears to help reduce pain.

The internet is real life

The internet: A place disconnected from the gritty business of real life. But why isn’t the internet considered part of our real lives?

View the web in three dimensions

An Australian company this week launched a free tool it says offers web browsers a world-first opportunity to view the internet in three dimensions.