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Google Closes The Door On Its ‘Spotlight Stories’ VR Film Studio

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Pour one out in remembrance of Google’s Oscar nominated, Emmy award-winning platform. In an official statement released yesterday by Google, the company confirmed the termination of their popular immersive film program, Google Spotlight Stories, after an impressive six years of AAA VR storytelling.

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Google Wallet is now available globally

Mashable VR

In May, during its annual Google I/O conference, Google said it would combine Google Pay with several features scattered across other apps into a brand new app: Google Wallet. Now, Google Wallet is officially live and available to download in 39 countries – though it will work a little differently in some markets.

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Amazon to Begin Selling VR Apps Through New HTC Partnership

Road to VR

The company began running its own Android app store in 2011 to capture revenue from Google’s Play app store and to reduce the company’s reliance on Google for its own ‘Fire’ tablets. Other details are thin at present, but this won’t be Amazon’s first rodeo for selling apps.

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Magic Leap Founder Rony Abovitz to Step Down as CEO

Road to VR

I have been leading Magic Leap since 2011 (starting in my garage). Since its founding in 2011, Magic Leap has amassed over $3 billion in capital from investors such as Google, Saudi Arabia’s Venture Capital Fund, Alibaba, and Axel Springer, making it one of the most well-funded startups in tech history. A new medium.

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Gorillaz Debut Latest Album with Impressive 360 Music Video, How to Watch in Any VR Headset

Road to VR

Fitting for Gorillaz, who are ‘virtual band’ consisting of four fictional characters, the group’s highly anticipated fifth studio album (and first since 2011), ‘Humanz’, saw the release of its first track (Saturnz Barz (Spirit House)) as part of an impressive 360 music video. Google Daydream: YouTube VR app.

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Twitter's telling Ukrainians how to lock down their accounts

Mashable VR

Translated from the original Ukrainian by Twitter's integrated Google translation tool, Wednesday's Twitter thread provides step-by-step instructions for anyone worried that past information shared online could put them in jeopardy. From 2011's Arab Spring to 2021's January 6 attack on the U.S. As we saw in the U.S.

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Gorillaz’ Music Video Breaks Record as Most Successful 360 Music Video Debut

Road to VR

Returning with their first full album since 2011’s The Fall, British virtual band Gorillaz continues to innovate in its production techniques. We are so grateful to the team at YouTube/Google Spotlight Stories for making that possible.” The ‘Saturnz Barz’ 360 video now has more than 6 million views.

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