Road to VR

FEBRUARY 25, 2017

It’s emerged that last year’s Star Wars: Rogue One , used existing virtual reality technology – specifically HTC Vive’s Steam VR tracking – to allow the film’s director to compose visual effects shots for the movie. Watch how it was done.

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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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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Virtual reality artistry really has exploded since the HTC Vive gave the world room scale VR and tracked motion controllers, making the VR art application Tilt Brush possible. ” The artist then got a chance to get his head and hands into VR and take that doodling urge into three dimensions via an HTC Vive.

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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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MARCH 16, 2018

Shared VR experiences seem to be the hot trend making rounds at film festivals this year. It wasn’t long ago that immersive lineups only included VR films that you had to explore by yourself. We got a chance to try the experience with friends at Sundance Film Festival. Afterall, VR is always better with friends.

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APRIL 26, 2021

Last month the annual South by Southwest Film Festival conducted its first first-ever virtual celebration , allowing festival-goers the chance to experience this years’ incredible projects from the comfort of their homes. Go behind the scenes of this multi-person interactive theater experience powered by VRChat. the list goes on. .

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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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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

We had a chance to check out this immersive experience while at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, and sufficeth to say it left us genuinely unsettled. For example, say you hop on Google at 4 in the morning and begin searching for more information on the early signs of cardiac arrest. Image Credit: The Othrs.

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OCTOBER 7, 2018

The BBC’s 1943 Berlin Blitz experience, first previewed for selected audiences at the Venice Film Festival where it was very well received, is now available for the general public to download. “We The experience is available now on the Oculus and Steam stores for Oculus Rift, and HTC Vive headsets. One can hope. Image Credit: BBC .

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Road to VR

JANUARY 16, 2018

Bebylon Battle Royale is the team’s first major VR game, described as a “vehicular melee party brawler,” and is due to release in 2018 on HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. “These projects show what is possible when you combine passion with creative technology, and stand as examples of why we do what we do.”

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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

APRIL 29, 2019

We went hands-on with The Great C when it released on PC VR headsets late last year, and it proved to be a powerful example of VR storytelling done right; the experience is a visually compelling, brings expert voice acting, motion capture, and classic movie-style pacing to impressive effect. Image courtesy Secret Locationc. The post Philip K.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2022

Made of tough carbon fiber material, the device resembles a pair of futuristic moon boots you might see in a modern science-fiction film. This includes Ekto One, a “robotic movement system” from Pittsburgh-based wearable technology company Eckto VR. Then there are games that do away with hardware altogether.

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

Worn like a traditional belt, feelbelt looks like something you might see in a sci-fi film. An explosion on your left, for example, will cause the left side of the feelbelt to rumble harder than the right side and vice-versa. Put simply, the belt allows you to “feel” sounds via detailed vibrations.

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ARPost

JUNE 27, 2019

The virtual reality toolset makes it easier than ever to create VR content from live film. Another method involves using a special camera to film events from multiple angles, which are then spliced together. This method merges the potential for imaginative computer imaging with the realism of 3D filming. How 3D Imaging Happens.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

” At the time, the platforms I trialed it on (HTC Vive and Oculus Rift with Touch) were still months from release and as a result, despite the high level of finish and polish evident in what I saw, Fox Innovation Lab (the VR-focused division at 20th century fox tasked with building the title) have waited until now to launch.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

This frontier state is radically different from modern game and film graphics. We cover a wide domain of applications, including self-driving cars, robotics, and game and film graphics. But first, to put them and our vision for future AR/VR systems in context, let’s examine how current film, game, and modern VR systems work.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 18, 2018

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 The BBC’s 1943 Berlin Blitz experience first previewed for selected audiences at the Venice Film Festival Click To Tweet.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 15, 2016

As such, VR sports titles have been a popular ‘go to’ genre for developers looking to get into the VR arena, and Racket Nx from developers One Hamsa looks to be one of the more polished examples we’ve seen so far.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The in-development solution uses just 6 points of SteamVR tracking, and has the subject in question strap HTC Vive controllers to themselves. The post Watch: IKinema’s HTC Vive Powered Full Body Motion Capture System is Impressive appeared first on Road to VR.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2017

It’s a Helsinki-based company (“varjo” is “shadow” in Finnish) that’s been in stealth until now, working to develop a 70 megapixel solution for XR (by comparison, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive run about 1.2

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JANUARY 24, 2017

The Google Spotlight Story film from Patrick Osborne, the director of Disney’s Oscar-nominated short film “Feast,” is a coming of age story about a girl growing up with her musician dad set to the song “No Wrong Way Home.”. This is the first time a VR-compatible film has been nominated for an Oscar.

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ARVR

JUNE 27, 2022

There are number of really good and high quality 360 degrees productions for entertainment, art, documentary, education or training with the examples of “ Flight of Voices ” live VR concert experience by CreatorUp or “ Expedition Palau ” oceans diving movie by Meridian Treehouse. Hardware ?—?you size headset).

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

Tribeca Film Festival has awarded three VR experiences. More info (VR edition of Tribeca Film Festival) More info (All the winners of Tribeca Film Festival). Just to give an example: Alvin comments that the transparency of the blockchain is good up to a point. We are not ready to work in VR, yet.

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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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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

This week’s collection of new HTC Vive releases isn’t exceptionally lengthy, but it does provide a handful of interesting experiences. The highest profile of the bunch arrives alongside a film counterpart with fans taking on the role of an infamous assassin in John Wick Chronicles. Thunderbird: The Legend Begins, from.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Conversely, you’ll rarely see a film lover complain that something is too short and we pay the same amount to see a film whether its 80 minutes long or pushing three hours. The Martian’s VR Experience , for example, was so rushed and uninspired that its 20 minute run time essentially added insult to injury.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2019

Film and TV is another story, however. So while you should have no problem gaming for multiple hours, odds are the Quest won’t end up being your headset-of-choice in terms of TV and film. Virtual guns, for example, feel a little odd to hold in-game thanks to a majority of the weight being pushed further back on the controller.

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OCTOBER 30, 2019

For those who still haven’t seen the latest John Wick film, the climactic final battle, in which John takes on arguably two of the toughest opponents he’s ever faced, takes place in a jaw-dropping 3-story building comprised entirely of glass.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It’s the purest example of using VR to connect people.”. While there are plenty of examples of people using VR to construct creative and rather moving ways of proposing to their loved ones, Kotecki believes that this is the first time that a Social VR platform will host a full-blown wedding ceremony and reception like this.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

Already a Battle Royale [has] happened in the past five years for buying first option broadcast rights for AR content across sport, music, comics, and films. and LNG Studios , each showcasing programs that put hardware like HTC Vive or Microsoft HoloLens through their paces. Real time mapping, fart apps, and music players sold iPhones.

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JULY 31, 2020

For example, Emrich envisions digital product placement in influencer videos. “This is like the 80’s when we went from film to digital. ” See the full roundtable discussion below, including moderation by HTC’s Amy Peck. . We are now moving from digital to CGI,” said Crowder.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2016

could not have been a better example of that. Watch On: Oculus Rift • Gear VR • HTC Vive • PS VR . Watch On: PS VR • Oculus Rift • HTC Vive . This celebrated, landmark VR film takes you on a journey from one beginning, to a new beginning. HTC Vive • Oculus Rift • PlayStation VR.

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MAY 2, 2017

Holospark, creators of the gorgeous VR app The Impossible Travel Agency , have returned to the VR space with something that aims to meld the best features of gaming and film into an interactive ghost story that can only be told from within a head-mounted display. In this sense, I can’t escape her.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

For example, Fresh Out , an animation produced by Sandman Studios and selected by 2018 Venice Film Festival, has more than one ending depending on how the audiences choose in the interactive components. VR films can be the potential tool to turn those audiences to the players, said Hugh Hou. It is more about storytelling.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

We’ve even seen an entire short film created in the app. Paulo’s Wing looks like it has a charming, drawn aesthetic that could stand out as one of the first examples of a new kind of game made in VR. Angry Array is targeting February 23 as a release date for Paulo’s Wing on the HTC Vive.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Sony has a gameplan for its attempt to dominate the world of virtual reality experiences: a pocket full of priceless film franchises and an online store full of eager virtual reality users. Why can we not have antiseptic, huge shopping mall spaces, and then when you go into, say for example the bar, why can it not be a 1920s art deco bar?”

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