The first time I used virtual reality (VR), I was struck by how completely it cut my senses off from my surroundings. By the time I took the headset off, I had lost track of where I was standing in ...

Like it or not, we’re operating in a world of virtual communication. Sure, we still have face-to-face conversations, but a growing percentage of our interactions are via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, ...

The Big Ideas: What Is Reality? We invest meaning into the physical world — and we can do the same in digital worlds. By David Chalmers Mr. Chalmers is a professor of philosophy. This essay is part of ...

“It’s clear to me that virtual worlds have a lot to offer,” says the philosopher David J. Chalmers. “This doesn’t make them a panacea.” By David Marchese The imminent arrival of the long-awaited ...

Because we in Silicon Valley are newness junkies, it can feel like an act of sabotage to have memories, but, for better or worse, I have them. It’s been more than forty years since I co-founded the ...