Beer goggles: why your local pub could be the future of virtual reality

It’s no secret that virtual reality has an isolation problem.

The very appeal of VR experiences - immersion in simulated worlds - requires a successful detachment from your surroundings. Light must be blocked out, outside noise should be muffled, and god help anyone caught within swinging distance of your controllers. 

Despite the increasing

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A dedicated software uninstaller makes your life much easier, letting you uninstall several programs at once and remove any residual files and registry entries automatically, helping keep your PC clean and fast.

The best software uninstallers will also monitor new programs as they're uninstalled, making it easy to reverse the changes they've made

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Will watchOS 5 finally make your Apple Watch feel like your own

Personalizing your smartwatch is a huge deal, and so far I don't feel I've been able to make the Apple Watch look exactly how I want it to.

You can decide on the size, color, strap, material, the apps to download and more, but you’ve not been able to properly choose your own watch face.

Originally the Apple Watch launched with 11 faces to choose

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Tomorrow's Cities: How Barcelona shushed noise-makers with sensorsTomorrow's Cities: How Barcelona shushed noise-makers with sensors

Media captionWATCH: How to shush a noisy neighbourhood

In the heart of the bustling city of Barcelona is a square that at first sight seems like an oasis of calm. The Plaza del Sol, as the name suggests, is a suntrap and the perfect place to while away a few hours.

The problem is that the square is just

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Flaccid phone features foment ‘flagship fatigue&

Everybody panic!

Mary Meeker released her well-regarded Internet Trends Report this week. She said smartphone shipments grew by zero percent, the first time since smartphones existed that the market didn&t grow.

And IDC says the smartphone market will remain sluggish into the foreseeable future.

Some smartphone hopefuls have even had their hopes dashed in what has become a brutal and unforgiving smartphone market.

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Google's website shake-up shows it's giving up on Android tabletsGoogle's website shake-up shows it's giving up on Android tablets

Google hasn't said much about Android tablets for a while now, and as Android Police spotted, it's now taken the Tablets section off the official Android website. If you want Google's mobile OS on a tablet-sized device, you'll have to look elsewhere for now.

Even before Google pulled the Tablets section, it wasn't getting much attention – the d

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