virtual

Planet CNET Episode 9: Taking virtual bullets and Wiihab

Crave He and other vict.er, employees suit up in the CNET.co.uk office to test out what it feels like to get pumped full of virtual lead. Maybe next time we'll get Kara to don one for an international virtual shoot 'em up.Meanwhile, we think the Japanese...

9 July 2008, 13:00

Virtual Cable: Best sat-nav concept ever?

Crave A company called Making Virtual Solid has unveiled plans for Virtual Cable -- a heads-up display that projects your route directly on to the windscreen. This is hidden behind a mesh and embedded in a transparent panel in front of the driver, and...

Tags: virtual, cable, navigation, eyes

18 December 2007, 10:32

Amputees' phantom limbs return in virtual reality

Crave Using 3D computer graphics and a virtual reality headset, the lost limb can be 'restored'. The virtual reality system, developed at the University of Manchester, gives the illusion that a person's amputated limb is still there, in three dimensions...

Tags: virtual, person, movement, reality

14 November 2006, 14:45

Microsoft's Virtual Earth: 3D heaven

Crave Microsoft's UK release of Virtual Earth has blown us away with its high-quality imagery and ease of use. We also found Virtual Earth easier to use than Google Earth -- it's a doddle to annotate the map and we like the fact that the business search...

Tags: microsoft, google, earth, eye

2 June 2006, 12:20

Google Earth vs Virtual Earth 3D: War of the world viewers

Crave Updates for worldwide virtual mapping applications are like buses: you wait ages for one then two come along at once. We had a spare minute this morning, so we thought we'd take a look at Virtual Earth 3D, released on Monday, and the fourth version...

Tags: models, eye, virtual, earth

7 November 2006, 12:22

Iwantoneofthose does meat-space retailing in Second Life

Crave Gift and gadget etailer iwantoneofthose.com has launched a virtual presence in Second Life. Nothing unusual there, but Iwoot reckons it's the first to allow virtual shopping and real-world delivery without having to leave the virtual space.

Tags: virtual, life, space, shopping

12 July 2007, 0:01

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Poor man's Xbox 360

Crave When our editor first said we'd each be given £5,000 Virtual Crave Pounds to spend on whatever Christmas gifts took our fancy, I immediately logged on to the Autotrader Web site in search of a second-hand but still terrifyingly fast TVR Chimera.

Tags: microsoft, console, hard drive, value

2 December 2005, 17:00

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Widescreen on steroids

Crave Last time out, I blew a substantial portion of my virtual Christmas wad building a PC that was cheaper and faster than an Xbox 360. It's probably not the wisest way I could have spent my virtual cash (I already own several PCs) -- but my insatiable...

Tags: benq, monitors, cash, value

13 December 2005, 15:40

Mary's Christmas shopping: pocket fillers

Crave Three shopping days until Christmas and I still have £1,175 Virtual Crave Pounds burning a hole in my virtual pocket. Click here to find out more about Crave's virtual Christmas shopping spree. Better start filling my pockets with an insulating...

Tags: bluetooth, shopping, christmas, handheld

22 December 2005, 14:19

Mary's Christmas Shopping: Gifts for my dSLR

Crave I've been playing Crave Christmas Chicken, leaving all my shopping to the last minute -- but with less than a week to go, it's time to start spending my Virtual Crave Pounds. Click here to find out more about Crave's virtual Christmas shopping spree.

Tags: canon, hard disk, christmas, shopping

19 December 2005, 9:38

Yamaha YSP-1: Fantastic Forty

Crave We've listened to enough godawful 'Dolby Virtual Surround' TVs to know that 'Virtual Surround' usually means too much bass and a weird echo effect. When the rather heavy Yamaha YSP-1 landed in our lap, after recovering our breath we were heathily...

Tags: yamaha, virtual, speaker, surround

14 July 2005, 12:08

Crave Talk: Google Fight ends all argument

Crave That's right -- digg won fair and square in the gladiatorial battle at the virtual coliseum that is Google Fight. Okay, I'll admit that the Google Fight isn't new -- it's been around for ages -- but when it comes to settling arguments, there is no...

Tags: google, hd dvd, battles, frank

3 May 2007, 11:46

Rory's Christmas Shopping: Followit tracking

Crave I've already splashed out on a PC that is both cheaper and faster than an Xbox 360, and built the most obscene multi-monitor set-up outside of an aircraft simulator, but I've still got £1,154 burning a hole in my virtual pocket.

Tags: value, christmas, tracking, sim

20 December 2005, 14:00

Crave TV: Meet the gesture-controlled Toshiba UMPC

Crave To launch the on-screen virtual keyboard, just swipe your finger in an upwards motion against the display. To launch the virtual mouse trackpad, just swipe it from left to right. Swiping in the opposite direction causes the virtual mouse or...

17 January 2008, 9:18

Nintendogs: Welcome to the doghouse

Crave While we were shouting commands at the virtual pet in the office, passers-by cynically called Nintendogs a glorified Tamogotchi. And far from being a mere glorified virtual pet, Nintendogs is the most impressive use of the DS' touchscreen yet.

Tags: nintendo, commands, psp, virtual

17 November 2005, 10:47