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JUNE 19, 2018

To compliment the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce Distorted Reality , a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOS. We are excited for the world to see this piece.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 18, 2018

Jumanji: The VR Adventure is an official VR experience created by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality and Madison Wells Media Immersive (formerly Reality One). Bravestone (‘The Rock’) across Jumanji to dispatch various obstacles in effort to save the other stars of the film.

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JUNE 30, 2019

We were a bit disappointed when we found out that you couldn’t properly web-sling as your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man in MARVEL Powers United VR (2018) last year, but it appears Sony has heard our collective groans and done something about it in their latest VR activation for the new film Spider-Man: Far From Home.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

Best Art or Film. Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. Yamamura also presented the winner with a Sony Spatial Reality Display, a “glasses-free 3D display that will improve their workflow.” All these four awards are decided at the conference.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The IMAX VR Experience features a unique combination of premium technology and world-class content that lets users see, feel, move and play in new worlds in a powerfully immersive and realistic way, much like IMAX® theatres offer moviegoers a differentiated and best-in-class film experience. Tickets will cost between $7 and $10.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2018

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a massive, and desperately needed, hit for Sony Pictures. This is a huge win for Sony Pictures which is best known today for butchering surefire franchises like Spider-Man and bringing us one step closer to Raganorock with The Emoji Movie. Its tie-in virtual reality experience is…not.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

This year’s 70+ person judging panel included academic professors and researchers as well as representatives from Google, HTC, HP, Deloitte, NVIDIA, Apache, and others. The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. VR Film of the Year. VR Lifetime Achievement.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Groundhog Day (1993) , the iconic ’90s film starring Bill Murray, is getting its very own full-length VR game soon—well, sort of. Published by Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and produced by SPVR and MWM Immersive , Groundhog Day VR is slated to land on the PlayStation Store later this year for PSVR.

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MARCH 7, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The channel says that according to “credible sources”, Sony may launch PSVR 2 sometime in Q1 2023. Of course, take this rumor with a grain of salt: Sony could still decide to launch the new headset in 2022 to exploit the holiday season. Other relevant news. PSVR 2 may launch in Q1 2023.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

HTC is set to reveal its new VIVE Mars CamTrack solution at the SIGGRAPH 2022 in Vancouver, Canada, where it will showcase the immersive production tool with Departure Lounge and Arcturus, it was revealed on Tuesday. HTC VIVE (@htcvive) August 8, 2022. A host of filming environments in a compact, lightweight form factor.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

The Sony Pictures Entertainment experiences are coming to a headset or location near you. Hitting theaters in December, our favorite magical board game adventure film from the 90’s is coming back, this time starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan to name a few.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Escape Code is a 360-degree short film directed and animated by Josh Hassin and the San Diego, CA based studio, Look Mister that seems inspired by many of these ideas. The entire short film, embedded below, was created in Unity and is driven by a synthwave soundtrack scored by Emmy award winning composer RAD LAZER (aka Rafter Roberts).

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MARCH 9, 2017

Along with its own awards ceremonies, VR has been recognised at respected videogame and film shows over the past 12 months, and now it’s coming to one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: BAFTA. Brilliantly, Sony Japan’s excellent party game, Playroom VR , is also nominated in the Family category.

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Tech Trends VR

JUNE 26, 2018

To complement the theatrical film release of Distorted on June 22nd, Minds Eye Entertainment and SkyVR have partnered to produce “Distorted Reality,” a scripted, live-action cinematic VR distributed through OneTouchVR on Google Daydream, Oculus Go, Samsung Gear VR, Oculus Rift, and iOs. The main highlight was working with Director Rob W.

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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. I awaken from one of the film’s stasis pods and an AI gets me situated with my VR body, which moves around using point and click teleportation.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. Chairwoman/CEO of HTC Corp and creator of the HTC Vive, Cher Wang, will be honoured with the Sir Charles Wheatstone Award. Best VR Film. Best VR Animation & CGI. Best VR Documentary.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Sony and Nintendo were all set to release a collaborative game system known as the SNES-CD back in the 90s as an add-on device for the Super Nintendo. It’s been a long time coming and now Sony is finally putting all of its wacky peripherals to use in one immersive experience. Funny how that works out, isn’t it?

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APRIL 13, 2020

For over 10 years Angry Birds has delighted audiences with all sortf of family friendly content, including games, film, and TV. Image Credit: Sony PlayStation. Available on Oculus Store for Rift , Steam , and Viveport. Angry Birds VR: Isle of Pigs by Resolution Games .

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VRScout

JUNE 16, 2016

Say what you will about Michael Bay, but the man knows how to film a giant robot battle or a massive car crash. All the 360 explosions and giant robots you can handle. That’s why it’s beyond exciting to hear that the master of special effects himself will be dipping his toes into the thrilling pool that is virtual reality.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 31, 2016

Despite being part of the OZO brand, the SDK works with any VR video content, not just that filmed with Nokia’s OZO VR camera. We introduced [the OZO Player SDK] available for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR, Google Daydream, and Cardboard (iOS and Android),” Sayed told Road to VR.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

Supported Headsets: Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR, HTC Vive. Supported Headsets: HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, PlayStation VR. Supported Headsets: HTC Vive. One of E3’s biggest surprises on the VR front, Bethesda is trying to fit all of its popular 2015 RPG into the HTC Vive with position-tracked controls. Snail Games.

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

Today, Jaunt has applications on just about every consumer VR platform including the Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR and Google Daydream. The only notable exception to Jaunt’s availability on the various hardware platforms was Sony’s PlayStation VR headset. Tagged with: jaunt , playstation , PS VR , sony.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Among the expected fare of films, games, animation, audio products and cosplay during the four-day conference, there was one obvious and unavoidable sorta newcomer to the scene — virtual reality. Most of that hardware growth will be fueled by key products from Samsung, Sony, HTC, Oculus and Google.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 16, 2016

Cathy Twigg, co-founder and Chief Production Officer of The Rogue Initiative, said: “We take a comprehensive approach in producing our IP for the entertainment landscape, specializing in film, television and interactive experiences with a focus on virtual reality. CatsAndVR.com.

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JULY 13, 2017

Instead of building and investing in headsets like Facebook of the US, Sony of Japan and HTC of Taiwan, the Chinese trio are becoming middlemen: creating platforms and content for when a dominant headset emerges. With 688 million Internet users in China alone, BAT already have a massive audience for VR content consumption.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

HTC – Vive. Sony – Playstation VR. Nominees for Interactive VR Media/Film of the Year. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience. Nominees for VR Headset of the Year. Oculus – Rift. Razer – OSVR. Starbreeze – StarVR.

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DECEMBER 24, 2016

Last December the VR community was left guessing as to when the Oculs Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR would really release, and 12 lightning-fast months later we have them all and a new headset from Google to boot. Resident Evil 7 , meanwhile, made for a great surprise at the Sony conference, and we’ve seen plenty of it since.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Meta’s Oculus team have already partnered with leading companies like Sony Music to give fans an immersive way to explore music videos and unique content. As one of the better-known companies in the virtual reality space, HTC VIVE has already proven to be a valuable partner for countless companies transitioning into the XR space.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2017

A PlayStation VR (PSVR) tie-in experience for the recently released JRPG was one of a handful of surprises Sony revealed for its headset at last year’s E3. ” Final Fantasy XV gameplay (filmed off a TV). . ” Final Fantasy XV gameplay (filmed off a TV). PlayStation #e3 pic.twitter.com/wm1gjosSn8.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

Somnium Space included various hardware considerations to power an MR headset that competes with major industry players like Meta, PICO, and HTC VIVE. HTC VIVE Announce Major Meta Quest Competitor. HTC is marketing its new product as a convertible and compact “all-in-one XR headset.”

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 3, 2023

As free promotion for hardware startups go, one would be hard pressed to point to something better than a $175 million Spielberg film. “It The move is especially interesting in light of the relatively recent shift toward enterprise customers that’s been explored by Meta, Magic Leap and HTC. It was actually Warner Bros.

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Road to VR

JUNE 13, 2016

Those Trek stalwarts were Karl Urban (Dr “Bones” McCoy from the rebooted film series), Jeri Ryan (who played Seven of Nine in Voyager ) and Levar Burton (Geordie LaForge from The Next Generation ) – all wearing Oculus Rifts and wielding Oculus Touch controllers. The fourth position was filled by Red Storm’s David Votypka.

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The Ghost Howls

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Eye Tracking Apart from sessions a few years ago using the HTC Vive Pro Eye and Microsoft Hololens, I didn’t have any experience with eye tracking. Though I’m primarily a PCVR user, I’ve used enough headsets like Quest, HTC Vive Focus, and Lenovo Mirage Solo to be familiar with the benefits of going standalone.

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AUGUST 19, 2019

The latest is a little quirkier than usual as it’s not based on a current film, rather the iconic Bill Murray flick Groundhog Day. Created in collaboration with Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) and MWM Immersive (MWMi), Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son puts you in the role of Phil Connors Jr., GBP / $29.99 USD / €29.99

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JULY 5, 2017

It was founded by Dave Ranyard, the former head of Sony London Studio. To help VR industry leaders get their projects off the ground, Pinnell created Kaleidoscope’s invitation-only marketplace, where VR leaders can get a first look at new VR films, games, and experiences that are available for pre-sales, licensing, and other partnerships.

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OCTOBER 13, 2016

Then there’s the existing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive headsets, which each require powerful PCs to operate. This isn’t a game and it’s not a review, but the free animated short film, Allumette , also released today and is absolutely worth a watch. Driveclub VR. Rez Infinite. SUPERHYPERCUBE. Wayward Sky. Here They Lie.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

It’s multimodality so that you do not need to throw away your devices, you can work continue working with them even if you buy several other devices from HTC, from whomever else. . – What is super important is what Leacttia said, interoperability. Magic Leap started to understand that these walled gardens are not their future.

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