Virtual Reality | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/virtual-reality-1/RSS feed for Virtual RealityenFri, 24 Apr 2026 18:20:25 +0000Why Do We Love Movies? This New 'Smart' Movie Theater Tracks Viewers' Brain Waves and Heart Rates to Find Outhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-smart-movie-theatre-is-tracking-audiences-brain-waves-and-heart-rates-to-create-more-engaging-films-180988614/Researchers at the University of Bristol are studying the appeal of the cinema-watching experience by turning one theater into a biometric laboratoryFri, 24 Apr 2026 18:20:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-new-smart-movie-theatre-is-tracking-audiences-brain-waves-and-heart-rates-to-create-more-engaging-films-180988614/See Ramses II's Intricately Decorated Coffin and Rare Treasures From His Reign at This New Immersive Exhibitionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-ramses-iis-intricately-decorated-coffin-and-rare-treasures-from-his-reign-at-this-new-immersive-exhibition-180988306/Now on display in London, "Ramses and the Pharaohs' Gold" features 3,000-year-old artifacts alongside virtual reality experiences that transport museumgoers to the 13th century B.C.E.Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:28:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-ramses-iis-intricately-decorated-coffin-and-rare-treasures-from-his-reign-at-this-new-immersive-exhibition-180988306/Medical Students Are Learning Anatomy From Digital Cadavers. Can Technology Ever Replace Real Human Bodies?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medical-students-are-learning-anatomy-from-digital-cadavers-can-technology-ever-replace-real-human-bodies-180987731/From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classroomsFri, 21 Nov 2025 16:33:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/medical-students-are-learning-anatomy-from-digital-cadavers-can-technology-ever-replace-real-human-bodies-180987731/The World's First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects Wants Its Collection to Shrink, Not Growhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-wants-its-collection-to-shrink-not-grow-180987448/Visitors can explore 3D renderings of stolen artworks, historical artifacts, rare books and more in UNESCO's new digital museumFri, 03 Oct 2025 20:00:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-first-virtual-museum-of-stolen-cultural-objects-wants-its-collection-to-shrink-not-grow-180987448/Musée d'Orsay Breaks Attendance Records With Interactive Vincent van Gogh Exhibitionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/musee-dorsay-breaks-attendance-records-with-immersive-ai-van-gogh-show-180983789/The show exploring the artist's final works featured an interactive recreation of the painter trained on hundreds of his lettersThu, 15 Feb 2024 21:40:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/musee-dorsay-breaks-attendance-records-with-immersive-ai-van-gogh-show-180983789/Scientists Are Trying to Figure Out How Animals Follow a Scent to Its Sourcehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-are-trying-to-figure-out-how-animals-follow-a-scent-to-its-source-180981771/Uncovering the varied strategies that animals employ could help engineers develop robots that accomplish similar tasksThu, 09 Mar 2023 20:03:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/scientists-are-trying-to-figure-out-how-animals-follow-a-scent-to-its-source-180981771/Five Stolen Paintings Go on Display in Virtual Realityhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virtual-reality-stolen-artwork-180980389/The exhibition displays artworks that were taken from museums around the worldWed, 13 Jul 2022 14:18:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/virtual-reality-stolen-artwork-180980389/This Liquid Metal Could Transform Soft Electronicshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-liquid-metal-could-transform-soft-electronics-180980043/Bend it. Stretch it. Use it to conduct electricity. Researchers are exploring a range of applications that harness gallium's unusual propertiesFri, 06 May 2022 17:01:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-liquid-metal-could-transform-soft-electronics-180980043/Why Archaeologists Virtually Reconstructed an Ancient House in Pompeiihttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-archaeologists-virtually-reconstructed-an-ancient-house-in-pompeii-180979857/The team hopes to simulate how visitors would have experienced the space and gain a stronger understanding of the motivation behind Roman designsFri, 01 Apr 2022 18:51:56 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-archaeologists-virtually-reconstructed-an-ancient-house-in-pompeii-180979857/An Immersive Celebration of Ramses II Transports Visitors to Ancient Egypthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-immersive-celebration-of-ramses-ii-transports-visitors-to-ancient-egypt-180979444/Historic artifacts meet 21st-century technology in a blockbuster touring exhibition centered on the 19th-Dynasty pharaohThu, 27 Jan 2022 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/an-immersive-celebration-of-ramses-ii-transports-visitors-to-ancient-egypt-180979444/