Tech Trends VR

MAY 8, 2018

One area which is evolving rapidly in the country is the immersive technologies industry, with virtual reality (VR) in particular, forecast to grow at a faster rate than any other entertainment and media industry from 2016 – 2021 in the UK, making it the fastest growing, and largest, virtual reality industry in EMEA.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

STXsurreal, the immersive media division of STX Entertainment , is partnering up with Google’s VR team to launch a new “pay-per-experience” app on the Daydream VR platform, which will host a selection of curated live-action 360 films.

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ARPost

MARCH 3, 2022

What Is 360-Degree Video? 360-degree videos can feel immersive, but they lack a number of the elements that make VR feel so… real. While VR involves spatially constructed spaces and objects, 360-degree videos and images are created from a series of two-dimensional images that are “stitched” together.

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JULY 18, 2017

The manager sits you down in some store room, wheels in a TV and makes you watch a training video that’s about as immersive as watching paint dry. Check out a preview of honeygrow’s 360 training video below. The post This Restaurant is Using Google Daydream to Train Employees appeared first on Road to VR.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Google today unveiled at CES a pair of point-and-shoot stereoscopic 180 cameras from Lenovo and Chinese camera manufacturer YI Technology. The cameras, respectively called the Lenovo Mirage and the Yi Horizon, are the first consumer cameras in Google’s growing VR180 camera platform. Delivering high quality 360 video is tough.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Google and the NFL today announced season two of Immersed , the multi-episode docuseries following NFL players on and off the field. According to Google’s announcement, the second season of Immersed aims to give football fans an even greater in-depth look at some of the NFL’s most unique personalities.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Former EP at Vrse.Works, filmed 360° video for NY Times, Within, Facebook, Airbnb, Muse, Mastercard and more. I’m also a huge fan of all of the Google Jump cameras [such as the Yi Halo]. Filmed 360° video for Conan, Vogue, Jaunt, Discovery, TBS, USA, Lexus and more. Recommended 360° Cameras: Inst360 Pro?—?$3,500.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2017

Now, let’s consider the key takeaways related to AR, VR and 360 ° content and review how they will influence the mass market adoption of those immersive technologies. At last year’s F8, the key focus was on Messenger and, to a certain extent, Live video. Allowing users to actually move through 360 ° videos.

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Road to VR

MARCH 24, 2017

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.

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The Ghost Howls

APRIL 19, 2022

It was a video player for virtual reality headsets, able to play both 2D videos, 360 videos, and 360 VR videos which was quite popular back in the Gear VR days. In fact, we believe we were among the first to make a truly usable VR video player. Who else remembers Moon VR Player? You are from China.

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VRScout

APRIL 30, 2018

SNL, Vanderpump Rules, SYFY WIRE and seven other shows get the 360-degree treatment in this multi-episode collaboration. Produced using Google’s high quality Jump VR capture platform, the 360-degree series will feature original content from networks such as E! “We

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Road to VR

MAY 15, 2019

Vive Studios has released its ‘feature-length’ immersive film titled 7 Miracles. On the surface, the immersive film is a reenactment of the Gospel of John in the Bible that specifically centers around the seven miracles of Jesus Christ. You can find more information about the immersive experience at its official website.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

Back in November Google unleashed VR content on the YouTube platform, bringing Cardboard features to YouTube’s Android app. Now all you iPhone users can finally rejoice, YouTube for iOS has finally been updated today with Google Cardboard support, letting you watch all video in Cardboard mode on your iPhone.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 28, 2016

2016 has been a landmark year for VR and 360° video. In addition to the ever-increasing landscape of 360° camera options available for the consumer and professional alike, major social media outlets such as Facebook, YouTube, and WordPress have introduced 360° video hosting. The results speak for themselves.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 11, 2016

You can use your computer, phone or tablet to click and drag your way through all the displays in 2D for a slightly less-immersive tour. The post Google Debuts VR Tour of New York’s Famous Festive Store Windows appeared first on VRScout. Don’t have a headset? No worries!

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VRScout

APRIL 8, 2017

Skidmore College is giving their accepted candidates letter a huge makeover by using an immersive 360VR video as part of the congratulatory acceptance letter. ” This isn’t the first time a college or university has used 360 video to engage students.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Google Earth VR. presented Google Earth VR with the Century Award for VR in service of environmental enrichment. Google Earth VR turns much of the world into a digital playground that you can fly or teleport around in immersive 3D space. Longtime Hollywood environmental activist, Ed Begley Jr. Ghostbusters .

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The 360° video app also features content from Beckham, Star Wars and Warner Bros. UK’s largest pay-TV broadcaster, Sky, is launching their own mobile virtual reality app to showcase some of their best 360° video from Sky VR Studios and their partners.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Google’s newly announced Daydream Impact program is a philanthropy project that provides organizations, nonprofits, and advocates for change with resources, tools, and training to create immersive VR content to support their cause.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It started with a preview of nominated VR experiences and ended with a lengthy awards ceremony where virtual reality and 360° video played a major role. A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 16, 2016

YouTube tells budding VR film-makers what not to do when shooting an immersive 360 in this excellent crash course in this fledgling but ever more popular form of content. Go-Pro’s Odyssey – a Google ‘Jump’ Camera Rig. YouTube is of course owned by Google, with the latter digging deep on 360 video.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 10, 2017

Through a partnership with Seattle-based startup Pixvana, Valve is also launching a VR video section aimed at bringing many of the benefits of distributing a 360-degree video on Facebook or Google’s YouTube to PC users consuming content through Steam. Export of configured 360 video directly to Steam.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2018

The stream could be viewed in both standard 2D format and in VR through the use of a Google Cardboard headset. Cardboard users could immerse themselves more completely in the festivities as part of Google’s new VR180 format. But Sir Elton John is always ready to go the extra mile in the name of spectacle.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

One major exception to this used to be 360 videos and images, but now that restriction is becoming a thing of the past. Last week, VLC revealed that it is now 360 enabled for both images and videos. VLC 360 was created through a partnership between VideoLan and the hardware company Giroptic.

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VRGames

OCTOBER 27, 2021

[360 video] Horror 5 Evenings at Freddy’s VR Help Desired 360° Immersive Virtual Reality Knowledge. Five Nights at Freddy’s VR Help Needed, a 360 degree … resource.

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ARPost

MAY 27, 2022

See Also: Immersive Tech for Environmental Issues: How VR Can Drive Conservation Initiatives. Many of them are 360 videos on YouTube that can be experienced on other headsets or even on 2D screens. The experience uses imagery from Google Street View to allow runners and bikers to change their scenery when working out indoors.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

On the other hand, VR cuts you off from your visual surroundings to completely immerse you in an app or film. Between 360 video, virtual reality, and augmented reality, I think augmented reality has much bigger opportunities,” Asher said. AR places 3D images in your surroundings you see through a headset or phone.

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Road to VR

MAY 19, 2017

Google’s newly announced Seurat rendering tech purportedly makes use of ‘surface light-fields’ to turn high-quality CGI film assets into detailed virtual environments that can run on mobile VR hardware. Google just announced Seurat this week, a new rendering technology which could be a graphical breakthrough for mobile VR.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Alongside the official reveal of the Google Pixel phone last month, Google announced Daydream View , a VR headset and controller combo designed for use with the company’s first Daydream-ready phone. SEE ALSO Google Daydream Review: Casual VR Closes the Gap. The list below was provided to us by Google.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 26, 2019

StreamLink is a little device that you can use to connect your Vive Focus to all your consoles (Xbox, PS, Switch) so that you are able to play your games in a semi-immersive way on a big curved screen all around you. One of the most important ones, in my opinion, has been with Insta360 , the immersive cameras’ manufacturer.

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VRScout

JANUARY 25, 2018

In darker times, the best 360° videos we had access too were grainy, nauseating clips of GoPro stunts and claustrophobic concerts. But now everywhere you look, amazing creators are creating high quality VR videos our past selves could only dream of. This is our list of the seven must-have Gear VR apps and experiences.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

YouTube has launched a new app to coincide with today’s Daydream launch, one that’s built for virtual reality headsets and designed from the ground up to work with Google’s ‘next gen’ mobile VR platform. The post New YouTube VR App is Completely Re-designed for Daydream appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

MARCH 1, 2017

Google is celebrating some new milestones this week with an announcement at Mobile World Congress that more than 10 million Cardboard viewers have shipped worldwide. This week during GDC, Google announced that Sky VR is now available for download. Google also teased a slew of new titles that were available to demo at GDC.

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Volumetric video is that which contains spatial data and allows users to physically move around inside of it, similar to real-time rendered VR games. Volumetric video is far more immersive than the 360 video footage you can readily find today, because the perspective isn’t locked into one static location.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Through our time working with Patti, five of our students explored consumer virtual reality platforms and enterprise 360 video recording and streaming technologies with the objective of providing an accessible immersive graduation experience to those who would otherwise be unable to attend.”.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Aside from new tools and features to provide enhanced graphics and performance, Unity stepped in to preview a completely new video player that will make it easier to import and play 4k video and seamlessly-rendered 360 VR videos. The post Unity Reveals New VR Tools and Google Daydream Support appeared first on VRScout.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2019

At Sandbox Immersive Festival , I have been able to try some interesting hardware solutions. Popular VR videos streaming service VeeR is planning to enter the LBVR sector with an all-in-one VR video installation. It is experimenting with a chair that will let people spend their time watching 360 videos. Veer Chair.

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