[From The Telegraph; the article is available here] Virtual reality food could be used in therapy for eating disorders Sufferers of anorexia and bulimia could reduce their fear and anxieties around food by visiting a computer generated restaurant and pretending to dine, a study shows. By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent Published: 02 Jul 2010 Researchers believe that the technique could reverse their unhealthy relationship with food to the point where they can eventually be reintroduced to the real thing. The novel approach could be developed after scientists found that food presented in a virtual reality environment causes the same emotional responses…

[From PhysOrg.com]   Virtual reality you can reach out and touch A team of European researchers has “virtually” teleported real objects through cyberspace, touched things in virtual reality and even felt the movements of a virtual dance partner July 1, 2010 It sounds like science fiction, but advances in haptic technology and a new approach to generating virtual reality (VR) content are helping to create virtual experiences that are far more realistic and immersive than anything achieved before. Not only do users see and hear their virtual surroundings, objects and avatars, but they can touch them as well, paving the…

[From the UK Metro] Lisa Scott – 29th June, 2010 Glastonbury Festival in the future Forget the usual mud and queues, the generations to come will be enjoying a whole different type of event As we speak, thousands of people are waking up in a smelly tent in a Somerset field. They’ll wander down to the mobile loos, consider eating some form of breakfast and then head straight to a stage or tent to commence the drinking all over again. Our passion for music will never change but our interactive experiences at festivals will. In celebration of Glastonbury Festival’s 40th…