Virtual reality headset

Seven years ago the mobile game "Pokemon Go" took the world by storm, and now its creators are aiming to infuse the same "real-world" appeal into their new basketball game.

While players of "Pokemon Go" were guided by their mobile phones to real-world locations to collect magical creatures, "NBA All-World" allows players to challenge each other to games in the street.

Inspired by the Delphi Oracle aphorism "know thyself," acclaimed theater director Susanne Kennedy and multimedia artist Markus Selg, in collaboration with interdisciplinary artist Rodrik Biersteker, present "I Am (VR)" at the Onassis Cultural Center (onassis.org), for just a few more days.

2016 was the year that virtual reality (VR) was successfully introduced to the consumer market. But industry giants Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook are already working towards creating augmented reality devices that some are touting as the “next big thing”.

Apple on Feb. 17 was awarded a patent on a headset that could let iPhones be part of augmented or virtual reality displays.
      
The patent titled "Head Mounted Display Apparatus For Retaining A Portable Electronic Device With Display" depicts a large eyeglass-style frame into which a smartphone could be seated.