XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

German extended reality (XR) firm has recently released a virtual reality (VR) film with tools from an industry-leading gaming engine. NORD XR debuted its top-tier VR film, Führerbunker , in late October. Nord XR is one of many VR film firms that are creating new mediums of education and artistic expression. link] – ?

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Walmart is continuing its onward journey to think outside of the big-box with the help of VR, this time bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to their megalithic parking lots across the US to let shoppers go head-first into a VR experience for DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming film, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World.

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Road to VR

MAY 8, 2017

The 360 film industry is still young and it’s maturing rapidly. With his name on more than 20 360 film projects to date, Armando Kirwin has had an inside view as to where things started, where they’re going, and why. Over the past three years, the primary customer of 360 film has been big brands. What about VR games?

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2021

Co-produced by Digital Rise and Be Revolution Pictures, the immersive visual experience will have its world premiere at two festivals – Tribeca Film Festival , from June 9 to June 20, and NewImages Festival , from June 9 to June 13. How to Experience Jailbirds: Bwa Kayiman. What Does It Mean to Be Free?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Bigscreen today announced it’s launched a new feature called Bigscreen Cinema , which brings a paid option to its free social VR platform that will let you buy a ticket to watch select 2D and 3D films each week. Find out how to download it for free here. Image courtesy Bigscreen. Image courtesy Bigscreen.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier showcase was conducted virtually this year in response to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. ” In total, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival attracted over 600,000 views ; that’s 2.7x Sundance Institute shares some impressive numbers regarding this year’s virtual showcase.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Today I’ve attended my first lecture at View Conference : the Masterclass “Artist-Driven Immersive Work” by Eloi Champagne and Martin Viau, of the National Film Board of Canada. But there are not VR video players that support HDR, so they don’t know how to distribute it properly :O. So, what about the lessons learned?

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VRScout

JULY 8, 2021

But how to access these wonderful creations, you may be asking. It’s not often you come across an interactive short film as emotionally powerful as Madrid Noir. What makes this series so interesting, apart from being the first VR film shot aboard the actual ISS, is that the crew themselves served as the cast, crew, and directors.

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Next Reality AR

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

For its latest take on augmented reality-infused playsets, Lego is giving the young, and the simply young at heart, its twist on the viral lipsync format made popular by TikTok with Lego Vidiyo. The game remixes TikTok's video creation and curation features with a music business simulation that brings your playsets into the action.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2022

The world-renowned film festival steps up its virtual offerings of experimental films and interactive experiences. Here you can customize your personal avatar and learn more about how to communicate with other visitors, snap photos in VR, and interact with the world itself.

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VRScout

JULY 13, 2020

Sort of… He’s not actually jumping through time like Dr Sam Beckett in Quantum Leap , but he has figured out how to travel through his own memories from 2019 using VR. How does that happen? Wells book The Time Machine or the film Hot Tub Time Machine. The Memory Finder. The Time Travel FX. What does that even look like?

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Jorge Torales, CEO at Torch VR, a VR park in Prague, the Czech Republic says: “I was hired by the Institute of Documentary Film to consult with several teams trying to implement game mechanics into their applications. Most notably, Spencer Hunt from Skydance Media, a company co-producing films with Paramount Pictures.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

From there, designers create a ‘smart layer’ that can embed technology such as WaveOptics waveguides, holographic films, and even an LCD screen. As part of the finishing process, the newly printed lens is then cured under UV lighting.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 2, 2019

” Players begin the experience in the village of Berk, a humble settlement shown throughout the films that’s located at the very top of the cliffs overlooking North Seas Island. In working with DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon film trilogy, we are turning the audiences into the star of their own movie adventure.

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Road to VR

APRIL 24, 2020

Bigscreen , the social VR viewing platform, introduced paid movies late last year so you could buy a ticket to join people in watching a number of 2D and 3D films at set times, working more or less like a physical movie theater. Find out how to download it for free here. Check out Bigscreen’s catalog of movies here for more.

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VRScout

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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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Klima, who has been hosting falconry workshops for the past 20 years, came up with the idea in 2007 during a nature film production for a Bavarian TV show. One of the biggest challenges Kliman faced was figuring out how to strap a 360 camera to an eagle while still allowing the animal to fly freely with little to no discomfort.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

Scott Wright, artistic director for Erth, told VRScout in an email that VR heightens observation “in a way that film can’t.” Lang, who was inspired to create the VR film after taking her children to see Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium , said care was put into designing the experience for kids. 8 until Oct.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

While busy with her upcoming Black-led extended reality film, Anouschka , she took a moment to speak to us about the hard truths of being a woman of color in tech. Shogaolu has been in the industry for over a decade, with works displayed on TV, MoMa, and Tribeca Film Festival. They showed her how to protect herself legally.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2022

Learn how to the most interesting documentary of 2022 came to be. We Met In Virtual Reality is a new feature-length documentary film that follows the stories of five individuals using VR technology to connect with each other and the world in a variety of a unique and throught-provoking ways. It was a year of filming in total.”

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Road to VR

JANUARY 29, 2025

This effectively means you don’t have much freedom on how to take down bad guys, although the flipside though is Path of Fury is all about the sort of Instructed Motion you see in games like Until You Fall (2020) or Beat Saber (2019), which prioritizes making you feel like an expert badass at specific moments.

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VRScout

MARCH 28, 2022

In earning their ASU master’s degree, graduating students will walk out of NEM knowing how to become directors and producers for narrative immersive media projects. Students will also join incubators to solve real-world issues. .

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Road to VR

MAY 5, 2017

Oculus just officially announced that they’d be winding down Story Studio, the company’s internal VR film studio which produced first-party VR shorts like Lost , Henry , and Dear Angelica. ‘Lost’, the first VR short film released by Story Studio | Photo courtesy Oculus.

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ARPost

JANUARY 1, 2021

How To Enable ARCore On Any Android Device. How To Start Your Own Career In Virtual Reality. See Also: Discover How Melting Ice Is Changing Mt Kilimanjaro in an Augmented Reality Film The Last Ascent. The Benefits Of Virtual Reality In Banking. Virtual reality is a young, emerging technology. Find out where to start.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Hans Zimmer (Film score composer). I wasn’t quite sure how to manufacture it or even build a prototype as the spacer would need to be very small whilst containing 2 electrical-pin pass through and providing the “key” shape to mate with the Index’s head strap and the ear speaker itself. Pogo biscuit.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 3, 2025

Thrillseeker teaches how to use Vive Trackers First of all, HTC has released the Vive Ultimate Tracker, which has onboard cameras and does not need base stations. Object Tracking Film production using HTC Vive Trackers to track the cameras (Image by HTC) You can attach a Vive Tracker to an object, to have it reliably tracked for you in VR.

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VRScout

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. The one you have and know how to use (and how to stitch).

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

VR Film of the Year. VR Film of the Year went to Walt Disney Animation for their captivating submission Myth: A Frozen Tale. The experience beat out the Cirque du Soleil experience by Felix and Paul Studios, Tribeca VR Films Gravity VR and Lutaw , and Enrique Agudo’s The Pantheon of Queer Mythology. Myth: A Frozen Tale.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

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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VRScout

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

For context, the [Sundance] film festival had over 120,000 attendees….It’s It’s part of a bigger VR and AR scaling problem — headsets are niche, relatively rare devices that enthusiasts are still figuring out how to build a medium around,” wrote senior reporter Adi Robertson. .

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2021

People in the media and entertainment industries should think about how to apply AI, XR, and 5G to the future of entertainment. Let’s talk about how these technologies are used in the media today. mon GO has shown how augmented reality brings stories into the real world. This is not going away anytime soon. AI for Media.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The ray engine has to be paired with glass lenses, that should be covered with a very thin holographic film to allow for the holographic magic to happen when working with the rest of the system. This lens is covered with a very thin film.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

Baobab Studios, the VR animation company behind the Emmy-award winning films Invasion! have launched a new Facebook AR face filter that lets you wear the colorful feathered face of the hero from their most recent VR film, Crow: The Legend. Step into the role of Crow with this Facebook Karaoke AR filter. and Asteroids!

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VRScout

MARCH 29, 2018

The Harvey Weinstein scandal prompted a shift in tone — thousands of women and men online shared their accounts of sexual harassment in the workplace and prominent women in the film industry established the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, which raised $21 million dollars in the first 60 days. With more than $1.9

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Road to VR

APRIL 28, 2020

Now based in Berlin, Germany, the studio has a number of VR films and experiences to its name, including Tribeca 2019’s Best Immersive Media award winner The Key, and Home After War , winner of the Best Use of Immersive Arts at SXSW 2019. Founded in 2016, Realities.io

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MAY 19, 2023

Virtual production (VP) is a new technology revolutionizing the film, media, and broadcast industries. Film production teams and professionals can use this powerful tool to create stunning visuals. This allows filmmakers to see the environment they are shooting in before they start filming.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is how the movie industry uses virtual reality. Direct experience Viewers can experience a character’s direct experience through VR movies, which sets them apart from traditional film. During the ‘live-action’ remake of The Lion King , photorealistic lions in Africa were filmed using virtual cameras on an empty sound stage.

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