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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This weekend catch a screening of over 38 short films presented entirely in virtual reality. VR social platform AltspaceVR has teamed up with veteran film festival organizers Cyberia to generously bring us an impressively-packed independent short film festival this weekend. 7:45 PM – Three HP Lovecraft Films.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Warner Bros and DC Entertainment are stepping up promotion for the upcoming superhero film with a few Justice League VR experiences of their own. According to Warner Bros, you’ll be able to use the HTC Vive’s controllers for an “enhanced version of the Super Hero simulations.” The Vive experience will debut at New York Comic-Con.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Former EP at Vrse.Works, filmed 360° video for NY Times, Within, Facebook, Airbnb, Muse, Mastercard and more. Filmed 360° video for Conan, Vogue, Jaunt, Discovery, TBS, USA, Lexus and more. Filmed 360° video for Casamigos, Mercedes, Youtube, RedBull, and more. Created VR for Samsung, Sony, Sky, U2, FX, Warner Bros, and more.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The paper details a ‘Haptic Chair’ that extends feedback beyond what you’ll get with position-tracked controllers like Oculus Touch and the Vive wands.

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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. Like pretty much everyone else on the planet, save film critics and the people who attended a limited early debut, I haven’t seen the film yet.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

As part of the launch for this year’s Tomb Raider film series reboot, Warner Bros has launched an interactive VR tie-in movie experience that you can download for free on Samsung Gear VR. The interactive experience makes use of either the Gear VR Touchpad or wireless controller.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Immersive video and VR film has played a significant role in mobile virtual reality content, a trend that began with Google’s blindingly successful low-cost VR initiative Cardboard, later being taken up by the Oculus engineered Samsung Gear VR.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today, Samsung has announced a full-fledged drama series coming exclusively to Samsung VR before its wide release on other platforms. Although they control a large portion of the world’s economy they exist in relative ambiguity. Invisible is available today on Samsung VR and will be available on Jaunt VR on October 27th.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today, Samsung has announced a full-fledged drama series coming exclusively to Samsung VR before its wide release on other platforms. Although they control a large portion of the world’s economy they exist in relative ambiguity. Invisible is available today on Samsung VR and will be available on Jaunt VR on October 27th.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Directed by Ethan Shaftel and available now via the Wevr Transport platform , EXTRAVAGANZA is a VR short that blends 3D animation with live action footage to deliver not only one of the more unique VR films this year, but also one of the funniest. What truly makes EXTRAVAGANZA shine however is its impressive cast of talented comedians.

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MARCH 29, 2017

Samsung’s Gear 360 camera was the company’s first real stab and a consumer-grade panoramic camera, revealed a few years ago, but it’s already back with an update. As with the original device, you can pair the new Gear 360 with a smartphone app to control it remotely. It features two 8.4

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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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VRScout

JULY 17, 2017

With every new Star Wars film comes new tie-ins, video games, merchandise and pretty much anything else you can slap a picture of R2D2 or Finn on. Developed in partnership with Lenovo, the proprietary headset requires a smart phone to use, much like other mobile VR options such as the Samsung Gear VR or the Google DayDream View.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

More info (Leaked pictures of Quest 3s shell) More info (Quest 3s passed FCC certification) Samsung MR headset is close, but the endgame may be AR glasses It’s not a secret that Samsung is working with Google and Qualcomm on a new mixed reality headset that could rival Apple Vision Pro and that should be released this year.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 28, 2018

During the talk of the National Film Board of Canada at View Conference 2018 , the speakers Eloi Champagne and Martin Viau talked about one of the experiences they have developed, called Museum of Symmetry , that was like a cartoon in virtual reality. — National Film Board (@thenfb) October 23, 2018. Not that interesting.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 28, 2020

This article looks at some of the different modifications I’ve experimented with during the past year to improve the fit of my Index headset, Index controllers and Index ear speakers, as part of what I like to call my Re-Index project. . T he Palm Boosters fundamentally changed my fit, control, comfort and material mismatch.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Attendees at next year’s Tribeca Film Festival will be the first to experience the debut 360-degree film from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow titled, The Protectors: Walk in the Ranger’s Shoes. The 8-minute short film was created through a partnership with Here Be Dragons, National Geographic Channel, and Annapurna Pictures.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 27, 2021

8th Wall also recently worked with Powster to create an AR experience for the horror film “Candyman” that was launched by a user speaking a phrase from the film into their phone. The company does work with other big-name brands including AT&T, Samsung, Chase, USAA, Pepsi, and Coke.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Bourne Identity Director Brings Supernatural TV Show To Samsung VR Today, Samsung has announced a full-fledged drama series coming exclusively to Samsung VR before its wide release on other platforms. Although they control a large portion of the world’s economy they exist in relative ambiguity.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 3, 2017

I got to give the experience a go on the new Samsung Odyssey headset. Note: At times the mirror output (filmed from a computer monitor) appears choppy in the video above, however the game remained perfectly smooth inside the headset. I reached out to grab them with the motion controllers and one snapped into each of my hands.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Armed to the teeth with tethered Vives, backpack VR and 3D printed controllers. Wait, is Freddie Prinze Jr. a fan of VR now!?

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

You browsed the shelves of VHS tapes, drawn to various films by their cover art and movie title. Using the HTC Vive hand controllers, you can walk over to a shelf and pick up a VHS tape. It was a fun time of discovering movies to watch, relying not only on the studio to create compelling cover art, but also on stock available in-store.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

While VR video portals like Jaunt , Littlstar , Samsung VR , and others offer a single destination from which to stream many different 360 and VR videos, another popular way to distribute VR video has been as a standalone app, offering more complete control over the experience by the creator.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2016

“This Is Our Future” is not a live action VR film, but instead was built in Unreal, letting you trigger action within the experience, playing with your perception of space, scale and volume. MPC also took advantage of embedding moments of interactivity such as gaze control, enabling you to look at certain objects and get a reaction.

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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. VRLA is happening this year on May 4th and 5th.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Weekend Downloads is part of our weekly update to bring you the latest additions to the Samsung Gear VR , Oculus Rift , and Touch Controllers. Samsung #BeFearless Fear of Public Speaking – Personal Life (FREE – Gear VR). This VR app is designed by Samsung to help you overcome your fear of public speaking.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Among the many uses of technology are weight control, diet therapy, allergy and diabetic treatment, children’s feeding habits, alternate reality dining , and digital food tourism. Samsung VR sets take diners on virtual reality trips that complement the dish they are served.

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VRScout

JULY 12, 2016

To help do that, I coordinate engineering efforts internal to Epic as well as well as manage relationships with other companies like Oculus, Valve and Samsung to make sure that UE4 lets people maximize the potential of the engine to the fullest and that it’s easy to use. It’s cool to see their perspective on things.

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VRScout

MARCH 6, 2017

Facebook-owned Oculus has slashed Rift + Touch controller bundle prices from $800 to $600, which positions the Rift at a mere $100 more than the console-powered Playstation VR. For the recent Rogue One film, director Gareth Edwards used virtual reality to stage several several scenes. THE UPCOMING SAMSUNG GEAR VR CONTROLLER IS COOL.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

180-degree (and 360-degree) video content was a major focus for Facebook in the early Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go era of modern consumer VR, being particularly suited to those headsets because they lacked positional tracking and positionally tracked controllers.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

In mid-October we learned about an upcoming VR experience was in development to accompany the theatrical release of the Assassin’s Creed feature film starring Michael Fassbender ( X-Men: Days of Future Past, Inglourious Basterds ). Michael Fassbender as Aguilar de Nerha in the Assassin’s Creed film.

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APRIL 11, 2024

As the Dyson CleanTrace application highlights, AR service distribution on smartphones can experience an increased scale, visibility, and understanding when deployed on such a commonplace technology, where the learning curve is lower than that of headsets and controllers. XR technology is not limited to headsets or wearables.

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Cats and VR

MAY 1, 2017

Award-winning independent game studio HappyGiant and Tippett Studio today announced their ground-breaking augmented reality game HoloGrid: Monster Battle has made the transition to virtual reality , and is coming out on the next-generation Samsung Gear VR. USD (regularly $4.99

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 19, 2017

Partnering with rights holders Jim Howell and Rupert Harvey, Jaunt will develop and produce a reimagination of the film that kick started the VR conversation 25 years ago. The original movie was a film of unsurpassed imagination and creativity with its ground-breaking use of VR back in 1992,” said Jim Howell.

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MAY 7, 2017

The recently launched new Samsung Gear VR with controller was also briefly mentioned as an affordable alternative to the more cost-intensive Rift set-up. The Santa Cruz standalone VR unit that Oculus is working on was briefly mentioned but no new version of the prototype was shown. Impact on Consumers.

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JANUARY 18, 2017

Estudiofuture specializes in 3D animation, video production, and VR experiences across educational and entertainment disciplines and their new game, Fusion Wars , is aiming to bring a white-knuckled arena shooter to the Samsung Gear (with an eventual Rift release also planned).

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

Or maybe a section of the floor itself serves as the treadmill, raised up as a platform that controls pitch, yaw, roll, and speed. For those who want to push immersion further, optional climate controls mirror environmental conditions (within a safe temperature range). Control options. Neural plugins: The Matrix (film).

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