Girls Make VR started by using virtual reality to solve TWO social problems. - The first?  The underrepresentation of women in the tech field. - And the second: the "divide" among us, in terms of education and future opportunities. - Then,

Kindsouls is an application.  It's also a relatively-new social network with a shared goal. - But those descriptions barely do it justice. - Through an app, members operate as "a community of kindness".  They encourage one another,

"Showing (is) better than talking," says Living Popups CEO Cheryl Bayer. - And that's exactly what she and her team are doing. - Living Popups is an interactive augmented-reality platform and media company.

What if you went downtown--and saw augmented-reality information on today's meal specials appear on your favorite restaurant? - That's just one of the scenarios which AR/VR consultant, author and futurist Charlie Fink says is entirely possible. -

(Photo courtesy of MATE Center, and used with permission.) - Underwater robotics are pretty cool, anyway. - But the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, in Monterey, starts there.    Then, they use underwater robotics to teach STEM ski...

(Photo by Maya Dondonyan, and used with permission.) - Mezo towered over the show floor at VRLA 2018. - Its twenty-foot temple was the centerpiece of the exhibition. - Making its debut at VRLA, Mezo was an art installation,

  - Prosper XR CEO and Co-founder Jessie Kim is creating the media of the future. - And she and her fellow XR pioneers are offering an opportunity for others who'd like to do the same. - Jessie co-founded her Los Angeles-area startup as "Prosper...

With new immersive game TSA Frisky, virtually everyone has something to hide. - And that "virtually" is a pun, of course. - At VRLA 2018, we met Remy Bustani and Preston O'Bryan,  co-founders of Savannah-based startup Out There Entertainment.

(Photo courtesy of Samantha Razook Murphy/Curious Jane, and used with permission.) - Sparkly slime and twinkly wearables seem like cool girls' DIY projects . - But, as Curious Jane founder Samantha Razook Murphy is proving,

  - (Photograph courtesy of Autonomous Power Racing, and used with permission.) - At one point, Autonomous Power Racing Executive Director Akin Shoyoye says in his TEDxNavesink talk, he didn't even like the idea of self-driving cars. - Today,