XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 17, 2023

How can the right combination of hardware and software instantly transport us into a new world? What components does a “virtual reality” experience need to be truly immersive? An Introduction Virtual reality creates an end-to-end mechanism that replaces our natural “real-world” environment with an immersive simulation.

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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. The emerging solution space uses immersive technology to create realistic environments for actors to perform in, saving time and money on production. How can we work together to find a unique spot in virtual production?

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VRScout

MAY 3, 2018

Los Angeles is once again the place to be this June as the AT&T SHAPE immersive event returns to gather the latest and greatest technology, content and influential voices for yet another two days of nonstop demos, interactive exhibits and fascinating conversations with some of the brightest minds in the field of immersive entertainment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 4, 2023

Following the successes of its EOS VR system, Canon USA has joined the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023 to demo its technologies with a novel immersive movie for attendees of the conference, it was announced on Monday. Knock, knock… Coming soon to #CanonCES2023 — a @CanonUSA immersive experience based on my latest film, #KnockAtTheCabin.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Viewers also visited in immersive platforms AltspaceVR, ENGAGE, Hubs, Frame, and VR-Land. This year, WebXR showed us some immense innovations and that raised the bar for immersive experiences.”. The award went to Secret Sky , an immersive album created by Active Theory for recording artist Porter Robinson.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2017

Hallelujah is a new experience by VR film studio Within that’s captured using Lytro’s latest Immerge light-field camera which captures volumetric footage that makes for a much more immersive experience than traditional 360 video. Hallelujah was that experience, and now I can talk about it.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2021

The Academy of International Extended Reality (AIXR) has announced the finalists for the fifth International VR Awards , an international ceremony honoring incredible milestones made within the VR industry in categories such as hardware, gaming, film, social VR, marketing, and more. VR FILM OF THE YEAR. Think of it as the Oscars of VR!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

CES 2023 allows XR firms to express the benefit of enterprise-grade immersive solutions for various vertical markets like healthcare, tourism, training, and education. The CES 2023 showroom hosts many immersive firms, related prototypes, and market-ready XR devices. CES 2023: Lightweight Hardware for a New Immersive Generation.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2016

The Austin-based film festival will be premiering VR content for the first time. As with many other film festivals, including Sundance and Tribeca , virtual reality has been slowly solidifying its position into festival programs. As one of the largest genre film festivals in the U.S.,

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VRScout

APRIL 30, 2017

This year’s festival features a huge selection of immersive experiences spotlighting some of the world’s most pressing issues. So far, the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival has been a chaotic whirlwind of innovative filmmaking, groundbreaking immersive entertainment and masterful storytelling.

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ARPost

MARCH 23, 2023

Attendees from around the globe also got the chance to immerse themselves for a couple of days in the fantastical world of the SXSW XR Experience. While SXSW 2023 was primarily in-person, attendees were also engaged with the XR Experience World through VRChat and other online immersive events.

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ARVR

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Filmmakers today are exploring virtual reality technology to increase immersive viewing dramatically. Direct experience Viewers can experience a character’s direct experience through VR movies, which sets them apart from traditional film. Photo: Andreas Kind How has VR changed film? Their every move has an interactive effect.

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VRScout

APRIL 24, 2017

I arrived at a loft in Union Square for my first screening of the Tribeca Film Fest. Afterall, every immersive entertainment company hopes they’re the one to figure out the “winning formula” for virtual reality film experiences that will eventually become the industry standard. all without leaving virtual reality.

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VRScout

APRIL 19, 2022

Geenee AR’s unique software uses full-body tracking to let you wear NFT clothing and accessories. You simply drag and drop your Ready Player Me avatar directly into Geenee’s WebAR Builder platform and the software does all the work for you. The best part is no coding is required.

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ARPost

JULY 22, 2021

NUMENA GmbH for “ SSI VR ,” an immersive training application to help surgeons avoid infections that can occur at the site of operations. Untold Games for “Daily – act software,” a “gaming” application for evaluating and rehabilitating neuropsychological patients. Bhd for “ TM One XR City: Immersive Opportunities.”

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

I’m an immersive director. I’ve been working in immersive production for about seven years now. What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Besides the film and gaming industries, it is widely used today in the fields of advertising , education, and construction. However, even with advanced software, creating animations still requires complex skills and consumes a lot of time. Animators can create more complex imagery while they are immersed in virtual environments.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 20, 2022

This Tuesday, Adobe partnered with Meta to debut Substance 3D , a modelling software, on the Quest portfolio of virtual reality (VR) headsets. Adobe Substance 3D is a suite of powerful real-time 3D (RT3D) creation tools that enable developers to design Metaverse elements and isolated immersive content.

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ARPost

MAY 11, 2022

The system includes a Dual Fisheye Lens, the EOS R5 camera, and the EOS VR Utility software. One such project that has fully utilized Canon’s EOS VR System is the short film “ This is Bike Life.” Everyone loves a good and immersive story. See Also: Is Virtual Reality the Future of Documentary Films?

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ARPost

JANUARY 24, 2023

Canon Immersive Movie Experience and Immersive Calling Experience Canon USA has partnered with filmmaker and director M. Night Shyamalan ( The Sixth Sense, The Village, and Signs ) to create an immersive movie experience for CES 2023 attendees. Featuring M.

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VRScout

JULY 23, 2019

Available for demo July 28th – August 1st at the Immersive Pavilion, Undersea harnesses the power of the Magic Leap One, as well as Unreal Engine 4 and Vulcan 3.1 With each Magic Leap Studios project on Magic Leap One, we expand the ever-evolving potential of immersive experiences. Image Credit: Magic Leap.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 7, 2022

So when I say metaverse, what I mean is immersive technologies + blockchain-related digital assets ( NTFs and crypto). I think it will take a couple of decades at least before we can have the technology of the film. We have excellent headsets, but the maximum definition of the images is still very far from that proposed by the film.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As co-owner of a small VR company, I find myself quite often obliged to disappoint people that think the metaverse and immersive technologies are cheap. This is an annoying topic for those of us who work with and on immersive technologies. Filming (1 day). I Would Like… But I Can’t Afford It. A virtual tour costs money.

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VRScout

AUGUST 9, 2019

The new technology replaces conventional methods, such as using a greenscreen or adding special effects in post-production, with LED walls that can create immersive virtual environments on and active film set in real-time. The technology has already been used in films such as First Man and Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you. Worn like a traditional belt, feelbelt looks like something you might see in a sci-fi film. Put simply, the belt allows you to “feel” sounds via detailed vibrations.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

One of the technologies that can help excite viewers about upcoming films in virtual reality. Let’s take a look at how Hollywood is using VR filming to bring the action on the screen to life. To make the action more realistic, lions in Africa were filmed with virtual cameras, and the images were reproduced on a sound stage in the US.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

You may also recognize the concept from Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One, which was brought to life in Steven Spielberg’s 2018 film adaptation. But the software that we build, for people to work in or hang out in and build these different worlds, that’s going to go across anything.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 18, 2019

From a social media group to a non-profit organization fighting for equal rights: this is the story of Women in Immersive Technologies (WiiT). WiiT: Giving Women a Voice in the Immersive Technology World. According to WiiT, only 25% of XR film directors, and only 18% of tech founders are women. An Immersive World for All.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Two 3D lenses with 6,000×6,000 resolution each deliver a more immersive experience. The FM360 Duo looks almost like a pair of tactical binoculars you might see in some Hollywood-produced sci-fi film. Each lens has a resolution of 6000×6000, which makes the FM360 Duo suitable for high-quality VR filming.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The upcoming Ryan Gosling film receives a WebAR experience that uses the actual Moon to function. A concept that is still relatively new in the world of marketing, WebAR allows you to deliver an immersive AR experience through a smartphones mobile browser without the need for any 3rd part apps or hardware.

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ARPost

APRIL 21, 2022

Avatar Dimension was once a traditional film and video business whose founders saw an opportunity in 3D production. He believes smartphones and video editing software have hampered traditional video businesses. Video and film companies need to step up their game if they want to stand out. The Leap From 2D to 3D.

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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. See Also: Bastille Take Their Fans to 3D Immersive Experience in DoomDays.House. How 3D Imaging Happens.

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Tech Trends VR

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Chained: A Victorian Nightmare is a location-based mash-up of film, gaming, theatre and immersive technology that plunges you into a Tim Burton-esque Victorian London Click To Tweet. Chained embodies the creative drive and spirit of everyone at MWM Immersive.

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TechCrunch VR

APRIL 7, 2019

Immersive films, or games, depending on how one wants to classify the emerging field, are already available with pre-written scripts for users to pick from. To venture through rct’s immersive worlds, users wear a virtual reality headset and control their simulated self via voice. Let AI write the script. Image: rct studio.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

Since then of course, VR headset owners have been given numerous ways to enjoy films alone or with others, but for the most part those movies were self-provided, with the VR headset merely acting as an immersive viewing vessel for you (and your friends). Image courtesy: Bigscreen. Image courtesy Bigscreen.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2017

The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. Over the past year Jackson and his team at Wingnut AR, a subdivision of Wingnut Films , have been utilizing Apple’s ARkit to experiment with various types of AR experiences.

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VRScout

MAY 6, 2020

. “Pair up with fellow students to be the first to cross the finish line or purify ghosts in single player mode, then join real-world friends via online multiplayer to explore the rich environments of Little Witch Academia in immersive VR.”

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