When the metaverse first emerged as the next big thing, corporations eagerly jumped in, visions of digital dollar signs dancing in their heads—only to immediately face the existential nightmare of accounting for assets that may or may not exist in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The corporate world’s sudden obsession with the metaverse feels like watching your grandpa try to skateboard—equal parts amusing and deeply concerning. Companies that still can’t manage to run a glitch-free Zoom call are now pouring millions into creating virtual office[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What is the ultimate escape from reality? Is it VR or the metaverse? There you can ignore your stack of unpaid bills and crumbling social skills to become a glitchy superhero in a world where gravity is optional and pants[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s nothing quite like the moment your high-tech virtual reality headset yanks you from total immersion into utter absurdity. One second you’re a fearless warrior battling dragons, the next you’re a floating pair of disembodied hands clipping through a castle[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
VR treadmills are what happens when engineers who’ve never met a human try to solve the problem of “how to walk in virtual reality without walking in real life.” The result? A bizarre contraption that makes you look like a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Blurred Reality: When Your Brain Gets Stuck in the Digital World Gamers exist in a perpetual state of dimensional drift, where the rules of virtual worlds inevitably corrupt their perception of reality. It begins innocently enough – you absentmindedly reach[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Virtual reality promises to transport you to fantastical worlds—but what it actually does is remind you that your apartment is way too small for this nonsense. No matter how carefully you set up your play area, VR has a way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A growing movement of anti-screen-time activists has taken to social media—yes, social media—to decry the dangers of digital addiction. Their posts warn about smartphones destroying attention spans, video games eroding social skills, and streaming services killing real human connection. There’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There exists a special breed of gamer so thoroughly consumed by their virtual escapades that basic life skills evaporate the moment the controller is in hand. These are the people who, mid-raid in World of Warcraft, will ignore a fire[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Parents quickly learn that no amount of brightly colored plastic toys can compete with the siren song of mundane objects – especially anything with moving parts. While adults see a grocery store conveyor belt as a simple mechanism for transporting[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…