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The 2019 VR Awards Winners Recognized for Outstanding VR Tech

ARPost

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. Emblematic is involved in using MR, AR, and VR tech to create immersive experiences for education and entertainment. Thus the Out-of-Home VR Entertainment category.

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Sony Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden is Leaving PlayStation

Peter Graham

There’s a lot going on over at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) currently, with the company currently shaking up its promotional events by hosting State of Play broadcasts and not appearing at events like the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). It’s not just Shawn Layden leaving Sony.

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STRIVR Introduces VR Training On and Off the Field

Road to VR

With industries outside of entertainment expected to account for the majority of virtual reality industry revenues, the question of utility seems ever-pressing. “I think the entertainment stuff is really cool and some of the gaming experiences are incredible, but how big is that market outside of a gaming community?

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Official: Sony Sold Nearly 1 Million PlayStation VR Headsets in 4.5 Months, Despite Limited Stock

Road to VR

Speaking with the New York Times recently , Andrew House, President of Sony Computer Entertainment, confirmed the PSVR sales data. As the first company to offer such information, it means that Sony is not only happy with the figure, but likely confident that they’re well ahead of the competing Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

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A Brief History of VR

VeeR VR

After its 2007 release of google Street View, in 2010, google introduced stereoscopic 3D mode for Street View. In 2016, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Playstation VR were all released. It is also the first year, many say, that VR became accessible to consumers in their own homes for gaming and media entertainment.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

VeeR VR

Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. The SXSW Virtual Cinema provides an opportunity to launch Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality projects to its unique audiences built out of Film, Tech and Music industry leaders, as well as lovers of all things entertainment and tech.

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Pornhub Awards Show is in VR this week

Hypergrid Business

a VR web that could bring a new kind of efficiency to businesses and users in entertainment, education, commerce and charity. HoloFilm Productions is a leading-edge Virtual Reality entertainment production and post-. Founded in 2007, Pornhub is the leading free, ad-supported adult video streaming website, offering.