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Michael Hicks

After years of freelance writing for several major tech blogs like Techradar, Wareable, and Digital Trends, I am now Senior Editor at Android Central, a Mobile Nations blog dedicated to the Android ecosystem. 

ARTICLES

At Tribeca 2018, technology is helping VR films leave traditional Hollywood behind

VR is leaving Hollywood behind

An immersive lineup that's gone from gimmicky demos to futuristic filmmaking
Tips and tricks for running in winter

How to stay fit and healthy this winter

Using wearables and common sense to stay fit and healthy in the cold months
Inside LA’s exploding VR and AR scene

LA’s exploding VR and AR scene

The VR games, AR movie apps, and hardware coming out of LA’s virtual tech hub
What it's like to spend a day at VR World, the virtual reality theme park

Spending a day at VR World

High score tournaments, youth VR workshops and rotating art exhibitions
Crowdsourced worlds, 3D Marilyn Monroe and Spidey sense at Sotheby’s Art of VR

The future of art is virtual

The trends and tech shaping the future of VR art, film and games
Here Be Dragons is defining VR docs - with help from Kathryn Bigelow & Tribeca

Tribeca: VR docs go mainstream

Plus Hillary Clinton’s surprise Tribeca VR visit
Tribeca Film Festival 2017: Our picks of the best VR films and games

VR at Tribeca: Our film picks

Sci-fi mindtrips & infant battle royales & elephant protectors & apocalyptic invasions
From Hamlet to smackdowns: the weird and wonderful ideas from VR Jubilee

The best of NYC's VR Jubilee

Wrap these around your face
Behind the scenes: Bourne director discusses new short VR series Invisible

Bourne director takes on VR

Invisible brings Hollywood action to VR
Loomia's Madison Maxey shows us the building blocks of future smart clothing

How Loomia crafts its smart fabrics

Conductive ink and textile circuits could push smart fashion into the mainstream
America's first VR cinema is a promising work in progress

First Stateside VR cinema is promising

Jump into the Light is the first VR theater you can try out in NYC
We tried the Ghostbusters VR experience and it was awesome

Ghostbusters VR with The Void

We'd do it again minus the huge headache afterwards
Tribeca Film Festival 2016: Our picks for best VR films and games

The best Tribeca VR films and games

The most immersive VR storytelling, outrageous humor, weird experiences and more
How Hollywood is starting to invade the VR film scene

How Hollywood is invading VR

We spoke with the Hollywood alumni who created Tribeca's best VR films
Moving BB-8 using the Force (of wearables)

Moving BB-8 with our brain

IBM wants to give you control of your smart home through brainwaves
Virtual reality TV still needs work, but it's closer than you think

Are you ready for virtual reality TV?

We spoke with IM360 and NextVR about how TV will transition to VR