VRScout

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

What if I told you that smart devices such as your iPhone and Google Assistant aren’t just listening to you, but persuading and manipulating your actions as well? 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. Image Credit: The Othrs.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The upcoming Ryan Gosling film receives a WebAR experience that uses the actual Moon to function. Both the moon and Mission Control have links that you can tap to launch exclusive interviews with former astronauts, the director of the film, and cast, including Ryan Gosling who plays the title role of Neil Armstrong.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Meta Platforms has launched an ‘ enormous ’ v71 software update, which arrives shortly after the release of its Meta Quest 3 mixed reality headset. According to the US technology conglomerate, Meta, the new software begins rolling out this week and will soon be available on related headsets.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2018

The creative software company heats up to augmented and virtual reality. On the other hand, VR cuts you off from your visual surroundings to completely immerse you in an app or film. On the other hand, VR cuts you off from your visual surroundings to completely immerse you in an app or film. “It’s not as bulky. .

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

This is great news for the customers of the Quest 2, but it poses some doubts about the retro compatibility of the Quest ecosystem that Zuck promised at OC6: if the Quest 2 is much more powerful than the Quest 1 and the Quest 1 is discontinued, has sense for developers to keep producing software that is compatible with Quest 1? Learn more.

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ARPost

AUGUST 25, 2020

Especially with a host of low-cost VR devices such as the Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear headset, it’s already speculated that marketers will take advantage of this new messaging channel. Obsess is one of the popular virtual reality software platforms for experiential shopping. Classrooms and Training. Tradeshows and Events.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Samsung announced in February it was partnering with Google and Qualcomm to develop an XR device, something the company said at the time was “not too far away.” We’re still not sure what it will be other than hardware made by Samsung, software by Google, and chipset by Qualcomm.

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MAY 17, 2021

It’s only been a month since Oculus started rolling out v28 of the Quest software which added Air Link, 120Hz refresh rate, and keyboard & desk tracking, but the company is continuing to pump the headset full of features. V29 of the Quest software is adding a file browser to the headset to allow users to manage their own files.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 28, 2017

One-step stitching and control software, provided by Samsung, allows for 3D 360 livestreaming up to a claimed 4,096 × 2,048 at 30 FPS per eye. Samsung says the camera is ideal for what 360 film creators want, including “livestreaming major events to filming at training facilities across various industries.”

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

We spoke this week to Oculus Story Studio creative director Saschka Unseld about the differences between Quill and Google’s Tilt Brush , as well as from the Medium creation software, which is also from Oculus but has been in development for a longer period of time.

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MARCH 20, 2017

If you look at the evolution of capturing the world around us, it started with painting, then photography, then film and video. Until recently, 3D scanning has been limited to professionals willing to buy expensive hardware and software, and work through intricate workflows. Google Constructor. Example app from Google).

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Road to VR

APRIL 13, 2017

VR First , the global initiative to seed academic institutions with VR/AR hardware and software, today announced that it’s nearly doubling the number of its VR labs in universities and science parks across the globe by the end of 2017. Vancouver Film School, Canada. image courtesy VR First. University College Cork, Ireland.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

.” The experience was created in partnership with VR agency Somewhere Else , interactive producers BYO and animation studio 3Dar using 16 GoPros as well as a team of photographers and software technicians.

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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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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Direct experience Viewers can experience a character’s direct experience through VR movies, which sets them apart from traditional film. Often, the audience interacts with virtual reality using a headset , such as Google Cardboard , to experience an entire virtual realm. Photo: Andreas Kind How has VR changed film? Warner Bros.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Bennett was an entertainment industry veteran with 27 years of experience in film, television, and music. They also produced a NAS concert for KCRW’s Sound in Focus and a couple pieces with Google Daydream including NFL Immersed and rag & bone. Bushnell is an engineer, entrepreneur, and son of Atari founder, Nolan Bushnell.

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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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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2018

Thanks to a collaboration with a small community VR project called Plevr , Plex VR allows Google Daydream users to access their entire personal catalogues of television, film, music, pictures and other media all without taking off their headsets. ” You can even talk through the whole movie in real time via voice chat integration.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2022

“Creators are using Lens Studio to build new AR experiences, moving beyond mobile, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible at the intersection of innovative hardware and software.”. Partnerships With Google and LiveNation. See Also: Snap’s Lion of a March. Speaking to this was SVP of Content and Partnerships Ben Schwerin.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come. If 2018 is remembered for anything, it’ll be for the multiple high-quality animated VR films released throughout the year. FILMMAKING IN VR.

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MAY 13, 2017

Our panelists included John Hanke, CEO of Niantic Labs and co-creator of Pokémon Go; Ralph Osterhout, CEO of Osterhout Design Group, maker of augmented reality glasses; and John Underkoffler, CEO of Oblong Industries, maker of the Mezzanine collaboration software and science advisor for the film Minority Report.

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JULY 3, 2017

Set to take place in Ravensbourne, London, the show is gathering speakers from VR leaders like Google and the BBC to discuss the tech with a specific focus on art and filmmaking. You’ll also find an Exploration Zone in which you can try your hand with the latest VR hardware and software.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

AltspaceVR today announced a new version of its software — a mobile app that fully supports Google Daydream View and also provides access into AltspaceVR for compatible Android phones even without a virtual reality (VR) headset. AltspaceVR Mobile is available at no cost on Google Play or through the Google Daydream app. “We

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

Benzing then moved on to create Hilda , which “ had its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2017 and was distributed to Amazon, ” and Diptych , which “ had its world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera (2018), ” as is stated on her personal blog. I started off training in theater all over the world.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

If you remember well, HTC was already experimenting with implementing 6 DOF tracking for controllers through a software solution that, tracking the user’s hands, was able to infer the position of the controller (or controllers). We don’t know if the software solution will continue its development on a parallel road, though.

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JUNE 23, 2016

6 Reasons Why Virtual Reality Will Thrive in Film and Entertainment Mashable went to the Sundance Film Festival in January to try out the new VR film demos. They were clearly unimpressed by a couple of technical glitches so they came out with “ 10 reasons virtual reality ‘films’ are still a pretty terrible experience. ”

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The Chinese VR ecosystem is very active and it is evolving pretty fast: this summer I have been in China and I met some cool startups that are working on software (e.g. This point basically says that the supply chain of VR products should be improved , so that the hardware and the software meet the needs of the users and the content creators.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Today Kaleidoscope officially launched its invitation-only marketplace , limited to 500 members, where VR industry leaders can get a first-look at new virtual reality films, games and experiences available for pre-sales, licensing, and other partnership opportunities. Now that day is here. And this future is coming sooner than many realize.

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MAY 4, 2017

Story Studio is also the creator of Quill — a VR artistic creation platform similar to Google’s Tilt Brush. This helps us turn our internal research, development, and focus towards exciting but unsolved problems in AR and VR hardware and software.

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ARPost

APRIL 29, 2021

Instead, this article will stick to discussions of dedicated software solutions for AR remote collaboration with a focus on enterprise use cases. A headset that uses virtual screens could be an enterprise AR solution without being collaborative, as could a training software that a user employs on their own non-connected device.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Developed by Google, Tilt Brush lets you create art in an immersive three dimensional space using your own two hands. We’ve seen a lot of amazing things created in the software. We’ve even seen an entire short film created in the app. In a few days, that is going to change.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

.” This basically means THX wants to add higher quality 3D audio experiences to VR ecosystems that run on mobile, like the Samsung Gear or Google Daydream. Fiber said they also recognize a lot of people will use headsets to watch films and TV, and they want to expand into that market.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

Did Seebright just release the augmented reality equivalent of Google Cardboard? In a clear Google snub, you can view Facebook 360 photos with a Gear VR… but not with Cardboard. Augmented Reality Gets Its First Smartphone-Powered Headset and a BIG Partnership Between Hollywood-Backed Giants.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

Pearl was directed by Patrick Osborne , who won an Academy Award for Disney’s animated short film Feast. It was produced as a part of Google’s Spotlight Stories using their custom VR animation software codenamed Moxie that’s being developed within Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (aka ATAP).

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Google might not earn as much attention in the XR space as some other leading technology vendors, but it has already captured the attention of countless artists and educators with its unique virtual reality tools. Software like Google’s VR tilt brush allows users to create unique virtual art pieces in a completely limitless canvas space.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 25, 2017

The company is also building the software experiences in-house as well, at least at the outset, but the plan is to work with additional content partners as things progress. According to Nomadic, average experiences will be about 15 minutes long and will be priced below the cost of a regular film. The Nomadic team.

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Hypergrid Business

MARCH 19, 2020

Image courtesy Google Maps.). This scares many traditional film directors as they are used to controlling the view and exactly what the viewer sees.”. The company used its soon-to-be-released 16k Seize virtual reality camera for the shoot, and its own VideoStitcher software to combine the footage from the camera’s 16 lenses.

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