XR Today - Virtual Reality

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

One of the experiments I have here is a virtual reality set I use to refresh myself to help my psyche, and it’s actually wonderful. One of the things I love about this virtual reality set, is the sound, hearing the sound of the birds chirping, hearing the sound of the wind blowing through the reeds and through the leaves. “One

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MARCH 19, 2018

Spielberg immerses his cast in a virtual set while filming certain VR scenes. It turns out VR played a more integral role in Spielberg’s upcoming Ready Player One film than we previously thought. The only way the cast had a chance to understand where they were – we all had virtual reality Oculus* goggles.

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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. Jailbirds: Bwa Kayiman is a story about escaping the dreary reality and plunging into a world of wonder.

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VRScout

MARCH 12, 2019

HTC Vive is the virtual reality partner of the fair, and the general public can experience the immersive artwork to find out more about technology’s role in contemporary art practices today. The artist, Hsin-Chien Huang, thinks that virtual reality has great potential for storytelling. La Camera Insabbiata.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Paramount’s biggest 2D & 3D films head to Bigscreen Cinema platform as part of a multi-year deal. It’s also a great platform for remote collaboration by allowing workers to connect with one another via virtual meeting rooms where they can share their computer screens and communicate on a more intimate level.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A look around the media landscape will make it clear that virtual reality has become a major player in the music industry and virtual concerts are on the rise with performances by mainstream artists in popular games and other platforms. Virtual reality music experiences are here to stay. Music and… Miniature Golf?

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 19, 2020

Virtual Reality health simulation with Arch Virtual. Image courtesy Arch Virtual. ). The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the use of virtual reality and augmented reality, experts say, especially in retail, education and health. Taylor Freeman. Retail shopping and advertising. Nathan Pettyjohn.

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JUNE 29, 2017

Even when René Pinnell launched Kaleidoscope’s virtual reality festival in 2015, his vision had always been to build a funding platform to help independent VR creators and studios raise money for their original VR projects. It takes 12 to 24 months to produce high quality VR films, games, and experiences. Now that day is here.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 24, 2021

Thanks to HTC that has kindly provided me a loaner device, I have been able to test in the last days the Vive Focus 3 Business Edition. The latest standalone headset from HTC was announced a month ago, and it generated a lot of buzz in the community for its premium features associated with a high price. Are you ready? (PS

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Today it’s a great day for virtual reality: at WCVRI conference, HTC has just announced a kit to provide 6 DOF controllers for Vive Focus and has showcased a hands-tracking technology for the Vive Pro ! The city is full of references to Virtual Reality, and so it is like a paradise for us VR enthusiasts.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The 6th international VR Awards took place this past weekend in Rotterdam, Netherlands, celebrating the best VR games, films, hardware, companies, and influencers of 2022. I want to thank our Academy members who play a fundamental role in helping AIXR make events like these happen all year round.”.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2016

You browsed the shelves of VHS tapes, drawn to various films by their cover art and movie title. One team at a Netflix’s Hack Day, created just that, with their concept of a Netflix video rental store in virtual reality. Using the HTC Vive hand controllers, you can walk over to a shelf and pick up a VHS tape.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Fox is finally releasing their long-awaited Martian VR experience for the HTC Vive and PlayStation VR, with Oculus Rift support coming soon. In partnership with RSA Films and The Virtual Reality Company, you’ll be able to download the experience for $19.99 starting November 15.

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Road to VR

MAY 17, 2018

HTC China President Alvin Wang Graylin tweeted recently that Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One (2018) is projected to have a “significantly positive impact” on VR adoption in China this year. Image courtesy HTC.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Thanks to the support of HTC, Rob is experimenting with Vive Trackers , and is very eager to tell you everything about his experiments with them, in a series of two very detailed posts. The post finishes also with the little surprise of an interview with HTC’s Shen Ye. HTC Vive Trackers (Image by Rob Cole). Introduction.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

You may never come back from this virtual ride. Virtual reality was the first thing that came to mind after seeing the mysterious trailer for HBO’s Westworld back in June. The post HBO’s Westworld Makes Virtual Reality Debut appeared first on VRScout. Whether or not the sci-fi series produced by J.J.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“Last night was an extraordinary celebration of the advances made in virtual reality across what has been a highly unusual twelve months,” said AIXR CEO Daniel Colaianni. Despite the constraints that COVID-19 has presented, it is evident that innovation and progress in delivering virtual reality to all has not been hindered.”.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 26, 2018

Virtual reality is a hot topic in the field of science and technology. It is assumed that the cost of hardware and the complexity of production are the obstructions for the massive adoption of virtual reality. Speaking of virtual reality, the first thing people think of might be watching 360 videos.

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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. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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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. 6:00 PM – Quenottes (Pearlies).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 29, 2016

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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XROM

OCTOBER 17, 2021

HTC VIVE announced VIVE Flow, a compact, lightweight immersive glasses device that transports its wearers wherever they want or need to be – anytime, anywhere. With VIVE Flow, HTC is taking technology in a new direction, focusing not on what we do, but on how we feel. Portability meets power. resolution and a smooth 75 Hz refresh rate.

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Road to VR

MAY 9, 2019

HTC is now on its fourth batch in its $100 million accelerator program, which offers education, investment and mentorship to startups doing unique and and interesting things around VR and AR. Visby builds foundational holographic imaging software that puts the ‘real’ in extended reality.

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VRScout

JANUARY 29, 2017

It looks like virtual reality can make anything entertaining. So when I tell you I couldn’t look away watching John McGregor work through complex calculus using Tilt Brush for the HTC Vive, you know it must be something special. The post Calculus Is Way More Fun With An HTC Vive & Tilt Brush appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 6, 2017

HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content. HTC hasn’t mentioned exactly what their “low monthly fee” will be, or when the service will drop, but we’ll be interested to see what the pool of apps looks like before we throw our money down.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

LONDON, November 23, 2019 – Focused on filtering through the hype around VR, AR and immersive tech, the VRX Conference & Expo 2019 speaker line-up includes senior executives from HTC Vive, ExxonMobil, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, HP, Survios, Nestlé, Bayer Pharma USA and others. 44 (0)207 375 7567. kbloxham@vr-intelligence.com.

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VRScout

APRIL 20, 2018

The HTC Vive was used to frame shots in VR. Virtual reality took center stage in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One blockbuster film when it was released March 29th. They created an avatar for me that you never get see, but my avatar had a virtual camera,” said Spielberg in the video. “I

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

for the “ Elsevier Simulation Learning System for RN with Virtual Reality (SLS with VR). ” VR Inn for “Virtual Reality training for container glass manufacturers.” The organization also maintains a virtual marketplace and produces games. Spinview , for its flagship virtual reality management platform.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2017) : While pretty thin in the gameplay department, the overall “wow” effect is big with this little Harry Potter Universe game that lets you explore the film’s world and even do a little magic too. Fruit Ninja VR. The original PlayStation VR Demo Disc | Photo by Road to VR.

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MARCH 7, 2018

Häagen-Dazs ice cream and HTC Vive are giving you a chance to fly like a bee in VR. In response, Taiwanese VR company HTC Vive provided $10 million to kick start a VR for Impact initiative that funds VR projects and solutions to help the UN reach its goals by the 2030 deadline. It consists of 6.5

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Image by HTC Vive). HTC expands its Cosmos offering and teases the future with Proton. This has been a pretty interesting week for HTC Vive. And it is nice that HTC with this new Cosmos line is satisfying the needs of a broad share of VR people : from the casual gamer that wants something cheap to the professional.

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VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2016

You are in Firebird: La Péri , a gorgeous virtual reality interactive narrative. The original release was titled La Péri: A Prelude (after the classic 1912 one-act ballet from Paul Dukas, composer of the Sorcerer’s Apprentice – central to Disney’s 1920 film Fantasia).

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Next Reality AR

MARCH 19, 2018

A funny thing happened on the way to the release of the virtual reality epic Ready Player One — augmented reality grabbed a major piece of the spotlight. It all started last week when the film's director, Steven Spielberg, was quoted in an interview saying that the Oculus Rift had been used in the production of the film.

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VRScout

JANUARY 12, 2022

In this interactive VR experience, audiences use HTC’s Vive Focus 3 VR headset to explore a historically-accurate recreation of Notre-Dame painstakingly crafted using high-res scans of the interior and older images as a reference. I feel, I believe, the same feeling as the spectators who saw the first talkie film!”

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Road to VR

JUNE 11, 2020

In a time of conscientious social distancing, virtual reality has made large-format gatherings a possibility, albeit remotely. In that spirit, this year’s fourth annual VR Awards , one of the industry’s longest-running award shows, is being hosted entirely in virtual reality via social VR platform VRChat.

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JULY 26, 2019

The 76th Venice International Festival will take place at the end of August and HTC Vive has announced that five of its original virtual reality (VR) works will be on display. 5×1 — Only the mountain remains: Directed Wei-Liang Chiang the film discusses foreign labour issues.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

By employing an AltspaceVR feature called “encore” ( which the company already uses for live events such as comedy shows ) the ceremony will actually be filmed in VR. The couple are also making a range of Samsung GearVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift headsets available to guests so that people in Cardiff can join the Spire party too.

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