Road to VR

JANUARY 30, 2023

It’s only been three months since Meta launched Quest Pro, pitching its next-gen mixed reality standalone to enterprise and prosumers with the hefty price tag of $1,500. Update (11AM ET) : Sale timing has been revealed; the price drop is in effect for one week only in the US, and two weeks in the UK (dropping to £1,300).

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation of Ernest Cline’s best-selling novel Ready Player One is hitting the big screen later this month. When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-aka the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.

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VRScout

AUGUST 22, 2017

Time to applaud for a sweet deal on the HTC Vive, Clash of Clans partners w/ Facebook to bring AR to fans, control VR with your mind, new predictions for spending & investment are out, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… 1. … well, sort of. You still have to set it up). in new development contracts.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year. Featuring an absolutely stellar voice cast including everyone from John Legend and Oprah Winfrey, to Constance Wu and Diego Luna, Crow: The Legend is arguably one of the most well-structured VR short films ever released.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Best Art or Film. Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” All these four awards are decided at the conference.

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2018

” Le Fons started his 30-day challenge shortly after the release of Steven Spielberg’s film Ready Player One (2018) , and although he’s nearing the end of his full 30 days, according to a SkarredGhost exclusive, he’s adding on another 15-30 days of multi-hour stints immersed in VR.

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Road to VR

APRIL 26, 2018

I had a chance to walk the showroom floor of VRLA 2017 with Root where he took me on a guided tour through the history of VRLA, his thoughts on AR, using VR for film production, the future of privacy in AR/VR, as well as why he is interested in seeing where eSports in VR is headed. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2020

Leading the design of these ambitious locations is Napoleon Smith III, the producer behind the 2014 film reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ; he’ll be working alongside Arizona-based real estate developer True North Studio to bring his vision to life in Phoenix later this year.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Tech Trends checked out the world’s first feature length immersive film at its London premiere. 7 Miracles – the first feature-length cinematic VR film premiered at the 26 th Raindance Film Festival in London, which is Europe’s leading independent Film Festival and the largest in the UK.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

This latest acquisition is another piece in a secretive strategy: over the past few years Snapchat has quietly acquired a couple of other potentially augmented reality-related companies as well as talent. Augmented Reality Gets Its First Smartphone-Powered Headset and a BIG Partnership Between Hollywood-Backed Giants.

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VRScout

JUNE 12, 2017

In addition to the library of music Viacom has made available, each fellow will have access to an array of media and technology services, including VR-ready computers, HTC Vives, and other VR headsets. Also in attendance will be leaders in creative coding, game design, and film and music.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 19, 2020

Virtual Reality health simulation with Arch Virtual. The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the use of virtual reality and augmented reality, experts say, especially in retail, education and health. For example, the Cannes Film Festival will focus on extended reality in its special Cannes XR virtual show this year.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 4, 2019

The HADO Kart is an augmented reality kart that you play with a pair of HoloLens on your head. Augmented reality empowers the kart experience and could really give new life to karts in amusement parks. The Cardboard is set on passthrough mode, and lets you see monoscopic augmented reality all around you.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

VR Film of the Year. Perhaps no experience shows this better than VR films. The VR experience category included everything from films to art installations to festivals with nominees including Big Rock Creative, the National Film Board of Canada, Lost Eagle Studios, and others. VR Experience of the Year.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Riding high off a 2019 Emmy nom for their work on Yemen’s Skies of Terror , Al Jazeera Contrast, the digital wing of Al Jazeera’s Media network, was in attendance at this year’s Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of their latest immersive venture, Still Here.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Greenlight Insights , the leader in virtual and augmented reality market research and analysis, will be leveraging its VR/AR market intelligence to introduce new focus-areas for the conference, including location-based virtual reality entertainment, artificial intelligence & VR, and the latest Android & iOS smartphone-based AR tech.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Along with its own awards ceremonies, VR has been recognised at respected videogame and film shows over the past 12 months, and now it’s coming to one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: BAFTA. As expected, though, it’s Pokemon GO that grabs the most nods in terms of reality-altering games.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Extended reality, in the form of AR, VR, and MR, has shown significant potential for this landscape. We’ve already begun to see galleries and museums creating their own augmented reality and virtual reality experiences, designed to educate and enlighten people anywhere.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: In this week’s VRScout Report, we discuss Oculus Story Studio’s Henry Emmy win, NASA training astronauts with virtual reality gloves, Snapchat flirting with augmented reality, HTC Vive trying to go wireless, and iPhone laying potential plans for VR/AR.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Furthermore, HTC already has a setup that works without SteamVR stations , and it is more expensive than this one, but HTC has more experience with trackers. This could be huge. But we need more hands-on impressions on them to see how much this could become feasible. Expect it to be pricey, though.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 17, 2020

. “Having performed concerts in extraordinary venues, virtual reality will now allow me to play in unimaginable spaces while remaining on a physical stage” says Jean Michel Jarre. As you can see, it is a hybrid event, a bit like the just organized HTC event that was held simultaneously in Shanghai and on ENGAGE.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

Tribeca Film Festival has awarded three VR experiences. The Tribeca Festival , which also featured a beautiful VR version on Museum Of Other Realities, has just finished. More info (VR edition of Tribeca Film Festival) More info (All the winners of Tribeca Film Festival). We are not ready to work in VR, yet.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 2, 2022

Image by HTC Vive). HTC is keeping on its strategy of releasing whatever stuff metaverse-related. A deaf person has sued HTC because not all the applications on Viveport Infinity have subtitles and this is against the American Disabilities Act. Tribeca Film Festival is back with 10 New VR experiences. Other news.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

A new BBC Virtual Reality experience takes you back to Berlin in 1943, at the height of the WW2 blitz. The BBC’s 1943 Berlin Blitz experience first previewed for selected audiences at the Venice Film Festival where it was very well received, but it is now available for the general public to download. “We One can hope.

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VRScout

MAY 1, 2017

The entire blaster uses HTC Vive tracking and a Vive controller attached to act as the trigger. Stating that it’s a bit like augmented reality that overlays digital imagery on the physical world. So i’m not really sure what to call it — and that’s why i’m calling it hyper reality.”.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 13, 2016

The companies behind the major headsets, such as the recently released PlayStation VR, the HTC Vive, and the Oculus Rift are all leading the charge for VR. Directors and animators, like Penrose Studios’ Eugene Chung, are experimenting with the visual medium to create films that make you an active participant in their worlds.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. He owned this new format and really took charge.

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Road to VR

JUNE 23, 2016

The timing for this event comes on the heels of an announcement that ILMxLab have been collaborating with Magic Leap , a company shrouded in secrecy that is promising revolutionary augmented reality technology. Where: VRChat to join live with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive or monitor. billion in funding.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 30, 2020

It is no mystery that Apple is currently the best mobile augmented reality company, and the latest update to ARKit confirms this. You can look for the world “VRrOOm art, films and fest” from tomorrow Monday, 30th afternoon on VRChat and enjoy this intriguing virtual festival! Apple ARKit 3.5 adds support for LiDAR features.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 30, 2017

The VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo just wrapped up Monday night in Toronto. Rikard Steiber, President of Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality at HTC, is constantly sharing his belief that VR “will change the world.” It’s Different in Canada.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2017

The Mummy Prodigium Strike VR – A new location-based experience by VR pioneer Starbreeze Studios, in conjunction with NBC Universal, based on the recent Universal Studios film. Mira – A mobile-first augmented reality company that makes premium AR experiences available to everyone. Friday, July 21 at 4:30 – 5:30 p.m.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Fuzzy Door Tech, the technological brainchild of Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s film production firm Fuzzy Door, launched its ViewScreen Studio and ViewScreen Scout solutions on Tuesday. With the tool, production teams can see real-time digital content across filming crew cameras at the same time.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If I remember well, some company in China was already experimenting on cloud rendering for the HTC Vive, so users could spare buying a VR-ready PC. HTC Vive Focus and Lenovo Mirage Solo are two standalone headsets produced by Chinese companies. The last paragraph of this point talks about VR videos. – Development tool software.

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VRScout

AUGUST 13, 2017

Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience. HTC – Vive. RSA VR – Alien: Covenant In Utero | A Virtual Reality Experience. Nominees for Interactive VR Media/Film of the Year. Nominees for VR Headset of the Year.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

The German auto manufacturer evaluates design features in virtual reality before building prototypes in actual reality, using the famous high-quality physics-based rendering power of Unreal for the game engine and using the HTC Vive for the VR hardware. SEPHORA UPDATES THEIR AUGMENTED REALITY BEAUTY APP.

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HoloLens

MARCH 19, 2018

A funny thing happened on the way to the release of the virtual reality epic Ready Player One — augmented reality grabbed a major piece of the spotlight. It all started last week when the film's director, Steven Spielberg, was quoted in an interview saying that the Oculus Rift had been used in the production of the film.

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XROM

JULY 18, 2021

Ambarish Mitra is the CEO and co-Founder of #Blippar one of the first billion dollar “Augmented Reality” Startup from India, being a pioneer, early mover brings its own pro’s & lots of Con’s. Chaitanya has had a multi-faceted career in the Indian Film & CreativeArtsIndustry for over 17 years. 1- Ambarish Mitra.

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