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EXCLUSIVE: Dreamlike VR Experience ‘The Key’ Set To Debut At Tribeca Film Fest

VRScout

Image Credit: Tribeca Film Festival. Sun Ladies made its world premiere at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and screened at SXSW, HotDocs, Cannes NEXT, Beijing Film Festival, and various other high-profile festivals. Sun Ladies won Best VR Documentary at the World VR Forum and a Lumiere Award for Best 360 Film.

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

By 2014, Nonny de la Pe ñ a had premiered Project Syria at the World Economic Forum and Palmer Luckey was a household name. The VR community in Austin was a bit of a late bloomer compared to other cities. But while others were gaining legitimacy in the space, organizers of VR Austin were struggling to find attendees for their first event.

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AT&T Shows Future of VR/AR at Developer Summit

VRScout

An award-winning creator and CEO of Emblematic Group, de la Pena is a pioneer in immersive journalism – one of her most famous projects is Project Syria, which was made for the World Economic Forum. To create non-gaming virtual and augmented reality solutions in 5 categories: Film/Content, Education, Sports, and Healthcare.

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The best documentaries on Hulu, mind-bending to jaw-dropping

Mashable VR

Whether you're craving a curious true-crime tale, a mindful memoir, a shocking hidden history, a deep dive into religious debates, a front stage pass to the greatest concert never televised, or the unconventional quest of a truly outrageous museum, we've selected a sensational non-fiction film that's sure to thrill. The Painter and the Thief.

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The people using torrents to talk to Russians about the war in Ukraine

Mashable VR

Then, instead of the film, a young man wearing a white hoodie appears on screen. "I A woman watches an investigation film by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on her laptop. You’re in Russia and want to see The Batman or the latest season of Better Call Saul. You head to a pirating site and download the torrent.

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Can Virtual Reality Be TheBold New Frontier of Journalism?

WITHIN

It was the first film ever shot in VR for the UN and it was initially created to help call attention to the need for international partnerships in support of vulnerable communities like the one shown in the film as a 12-year-old Syrian girl guides viewers through a refugee camp in Jordan. and created in partnership with?—?Within.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

We were commissioned to bring a five-minute VR experience that they had filmed, giving behind-the-scenes look at the Rangers, the Knicks, and Billy Joel live on stage in 360 VR. And that was because they were bringing film first to the Pacific Science Center. This is where the Knicks played, and so on and so forth.