Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Computer code appears during an immersive reality screening of the 1999 movie 'The Matrix,' held in Inglewood, Calif., on May 28, ...

Professor of cognitive science Donald Hoffman presents his theory that the world we perceive is a virtual reality. Hoffman ...

This series of Playable Futures articles considers how the design, technology, people, and theory of video games are informing and influencing the wider world. For this series' final entry, we're ...

Have you ever felt like something about reality just doesn’t add up? That strange sense of déjà vu, those impossible coincidences, or the eerie feeling that you’re being watched by unseen eyes? What ...

What if everything we know about the world is just a simulation? This thought-provoking question has been at the center of the Simulation Theory, a concept that has become increasingly popular in ...

The simulation theory is an old belief that everything we know and love is just part of a computer-run simulation. It's a belief that relies on everything we know being part of an advanced virtual ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Could you live 54 million lifetimes by spending each minute in a simulated life?