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VIEW Conference 2018 will host amazing XR talks and workshops

The Ghost Howls

I’m very happy to talk about a very important event that will take place very soon in my city of Turin (Italy): the VIEW Conference. This is a list of some of the talks that have immediately caught my attention : Google Spotlight Stories team has always been able to create amazing short movies in VR (Image by Google Spotlight).

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Crytek-Incubated ‘VR First’ Program to Double Number of Academic VR/AR Labs in 2017

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AR headset distribution is much more dramatic, as students are mainly developing on Microsoft HoloLens (43%), with Google Glass, Vuzix AR headsets, Epson Moverio, Meta AR Dev Kits making up the rest of the pie chart. Vancouver Film School, Canada. VIGAMUS Academy, Italy. image courtesy VR First. University College Cork, Ireland.

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Holographic Waveguides: What You Need To Know To Understand The Smartglasses Market

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Google and Sony both have intellectual property around waveguide designs similar in nature. Essilor is the world’s largest lens manufacturer, and recently merged with Luxottica of Italy, the world’s largest eye-frames company. Near-eye Optics Basics. Lumus has more recently been the OEM supplier to both Daqri and Atheer.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.03.09): New Half-Life: Alyx videos and details, coronavirus makes events go virtual and much more!

The Ghost Howls

As for me, I’ve been flooded by worldwide requests asking how I am here in Italy. The coronavirus outbreak is getting worse here in Northern Italy. We have more difficulties in going to Milan, that is the economical heart of Italy, and now a red zone with all its region. and fostering the creation of Virtual ones.

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China shows its masterplan to lead Virtual Reality in 2025

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The document is divided into nine parts: I will report them here, as a small summary of mine, together with the full text translated with Google Translate (so, RIP English), if you want to read it. But I don’t have to worry, in Italy we have more or less the same pla…AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Introduction. Ok, we are f*cked up.

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‘Jesus VR’ Claims First Ever Feature-length VR Film, to Preview at Venice Film Festival

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Jesus VR: The Story of Christ , an upcoming feature-length 360 film, is getting its first public preview at this year’s Venice Film Festival. Hailed as the world’s first ever feature length VR film production, the 90-minute movie depicts the life, works, and death of Jesus of Nazareth.

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Mary Matheson speaks about storytelling in VR and the importance of 360 movies

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What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working. When you go and watch a film, often you’re there. You don’t just fly in and take some shots.

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