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Google Shuts Down Internal VR Film Studio Spotlight Stories

Road to VR

Google is shutting down Spotlight Stories, the group tasked not only with pushing forward virtual reality as a storytelling medium, but creating a number of highly polished and thoughtful VR pieces in the process. Spotlight Stories created a total of 13 short animated experiences over the course of its six-year existence.

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Free VR Films Heading To YouTube Courtesy Of Tribeca Film Institute

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Five immersive films centered around “The 5 Elements of Nature.”. The Tribeca Film Institute is releasing five immersive 360-degree VR films selected as part of their “5 Elements of Nature” interactive program, beginning with Dreams of Jaguar’s Daughter , available now via YouTube. Supported by Tribeca Film Institute.

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Google Launches Social Awareness VR Initiative ‘Daydream Impact’

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Google Daydream will provide organizations with VR training and equipment rentals. Whether the onslaught of VR for awareness projects we saw take over Tribeca Film Festival this year or women’s issue focused experiences that will bring you to tears, VR is an extremely powerful medium that can drive true empathy and real change.

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Spatial Beats: Oculus, Google & Snap

AR Insider

This week, we look at tech stocks, Quest 2’s continued rise, Google’s VR sunsetting, and horsing around with Snapchat See the full roundup below. What is up with Google and XR? Of course, for long term success, there has to be a source of recurring revenue, which leads us to this next story.

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Strike A Pose With Detective Pikachu In Google’s Latest AR Playmoji Release

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The legendary series has spawned multiple television shows, 18 animated films, an endless lineup of exclusive merchandise, and 122 video game releases, along with countless other immensely popular iterations. Image Credit: Google. To help celebrate this momentous occasion, Google has teamed up with Warner Bros.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.12.28): Flight Simulator VR released, a new hack lets you use Quest without Facebook, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Of course, no. Of course, there are some caveats: doing like that you lose all social features of the Quest, you lose the casting to your phone and you may have some quirks here and there. Of course, it works by being connected to the phone via USB. Google lets now everyone contribute to StreetView. News worth a mention.

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100-Year-Old Man Reacts to His First VR Experience

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Fortunately for us, Intel filmed the experience so we could see firsthand what a man who has been alive for the entire past century makes of this new technology. He soared over Florence and Wyoming in Google Earth VR. “And of course, I don’t have all that much time to wait,” said Becker. “So get going! .

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