VRScout

MARCH 1, 2017

First launched in 2014, the mobile VR viewer has been a simple and affordable way for everyone to dip their toes into the world of VR. Google is celebrating some new milestones this week with an announcement at Mobile World Congress that more than 10 million Cardboard viewers have shipped worldwide.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 16, 2018

” Founded in 2013, and exiting out of stealth in 2014, Jaunt cut their teeth on cinematic VR, not only producing high-quality 360 video throughout the years, but also a professional-grade 360 camera dubbed Jaunt One (formerly NEO).

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VRScout

JULY 5, 2016

As part of the wider campaign, Hammerhead also created the experience as a 360 video for YouTube and Google Cardboard, as well as 2D video formats, and renders for the Transvision and motion screens at Waterloo. Jaguar Land Rover launched their first VR experience (in partnership with IBM) back in September 2014.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Spectre is actually one of the first VR games I covered all the way back in 2014. A wonderful new 360 degree video from Cirque Du Soleil and Felix and Paul. Recommendation: We usually skip 360 videos, but this is absolutely worth it. Recommendation: One of the most solid releases for Gear in a while.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Starting with its $2B acquisition of Oculus in the spring of 2014, Facebook has continued to build out its virtual reality strategy in a big way. 360 videos were implemented into your Newsfeed over a year ago, and 360 photo functionality was instituted over the summer. Special guest VRScout’s Ryan A.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Since their purchase of Oculus in 2014, Facebook has attempted to methodically ease itself into the space, with the ultimate vision of social networking in VR. Whether you’re working on a 360 video or real-time rendered content, these tips will help you to understand best practices from the cutting edge of VR.

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VRScout

MAY 25, 2017

You’ll use your remote to pan around the 360 video on your flatscreen (which is, admittedly, nowhere near to the experience in a headset), but this will also support live 360 video– which will probably be pretty cool to watch content like live concerts or sporting events.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

Where the first Connect back in 2014 was about introducing creators to early VR design and development concepts and pre-release hardware, this year’s conference looks to have gone and grown up, indicating the move from enthusiasts nice to a rapidly evolving industry.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 8, 2019

Some of the technologies encompassed by the term XR include; 360° video, 3D Volumetric capture, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, computer vision, machine learning, and spatial audio, haptics, and even scent machines. We have been working in XR since 2014 when I first tried the Oculus Rift DK1.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2017

He founded Merge in 2014, at a time when there wasn’t an entire VR ecosystem developed for any demographic in the broad consumer market, let alone kids. Kids can also explore 360 Video s and 3D Models. A full kid-friendly VR and AR ecosystem didn’t happen overnight.

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Cats and VR

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

As VR becomes more accessible, so will the need for compelling VR broadcast content that moves beyond simple 360 video,” said Faliszek. Williams, previously the Chief Audience Officer at Maker Studios which Disney acquired in 2014, joins Faliszek on the Vreal board of directors. Vreal is currently in closed alpha testing.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 3, 2017

In 2014, vantage.tv recorded the first Coachella performance in 360. filmed and broadcast the first 360 livestream of Coachella alongside the release of the Coachella VR app and cardboard – allowing fans from all over the world to beam in virtually. Last year, Youtube and vantage.tv

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Opposable ran a Kickstarter campaign for it back in 2014, though it didn’t reach its funding goal. There’s a whole universe narrative developed behind the game, we’re experimenting with VR comics as apps and 360 videos to tell some of these stories, and we have prototypes of future games set in the Salvaged universe for high end VR.”

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 30, 2020

My last business was a viral video business that I sold in 2014. And I just had this idea when Mark Zuckerberg posted the first 360 video around about November 2015, I just had this idea for creating what I guess would be described as the Getty Images for 360 video. And it was just stunning video.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 30, 2020

My last business was a viral video business that I sold in 2014. And I just had this idea when Mark Zuckerberg posted the first 360 video around about November 2015, I just had this idea for creating what I guess would be described as the Getty Images for 360 video. And it was just stunning video.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 5, 2016

In addition to an extensive live stream campaign surrounding the 5-city tour featuring acts like Glass Animals and Gogol Bordello, a 360 video experience will be created and distributed on (yep, you guessed it) the Google Daydream content platform. ON THE SCENE OF THE CRIME WITH AUGMENTED REALITY.

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XR for Business Podcast

MAY 8, 2019

Some of the technologies encompassed by the term XR include; 360° video, 3D Volumetric capture, photogrammetry, 3D modelling, virtual, augmented & mixed reality, computer vision, machine learning, and spatial audio, haptics, and even scent machines. We have been working in XR since 2014 when I first tried the Oculus Rift DK1.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But in 2014, Bennett was named Chief Content Officer and began building out a dedicated virtual reality team. When we visited the studio, the team was working on a behind-the-scenes project for a major film studio combining interactive VR, 360° video, and photogrammetry. They call themselves imagineers for hire.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Selecting the nominees was done through an intensive process wherein the top rated games, experiences, and 360 videos were obtained from a public online vote posted on the Protos web site. Submission were then taken to a panel composed of VR luminaries and past Proto Awards winners. image courtesy of RonFunches.com.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 3, 2017

In 2014, vantage.tv recorded the first Coachella performance in 360. filmed and broadcast the first 360 livestream of Coachella alongside the release of the Coachella VR app and cardboard – allowing fans from all over the world to beam in virtually. Last year, Youtube and vantage.tv

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VRScout

MAY 30, 2017

Releasing a simple 360 video as a marketing ploy is old news these days, so it’s refreshing when companies embrace VR to enhance their experiential brand activations in unique ways. RIDE A VIRTUAL WATERSLIDE WITHOUT GETTING WET AT TOPSHOP.

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XR for Business Podcast

JUNE 30, 2020

My last business was a viral video business that I sold in 2014. And I just had this idea when Mark Zuckerberg posted the first 360 video around about November 2015, I just had this idea for creating what I guess would be described as the Getty Images for 360 video. And it was just stunning video.

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Infinityleap

MAY 11, 2016

The best of those photos will be collected in a section of the Oculus 360 Photos app, which you’ll be able to explore from your headset. 360 video is already supported in a similar way, but photos are dramatically easier to create, and should catch on more quickly. billion in 2014. Facebook Explores a New Dimension.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 5, 2017

Established in 2014, Shenzhen Arashi Vision Co. Tagged with: 360 , 8k , insta360 , pro , VR. “Never before has such power been put into an easy-to-use, compact system that enables users to share their VR content live with international audiences.”. is a consumer technology company that goes by the name Insta360.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

The Facebook Surround 360 Open edition (Image by Facebook). One of the most shared content types in VR is currently 360 videos. There is a debate regarding if 360 videos can be considered VR , but actually who cares: 360 videos are a popular content and VR storytelling is becoming a thing.

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VRScout

JUNE 10, 2016

In 2014, Snapchat paid $15M for Vergence Labs, a company experimenting with augmented reality and whose notable product was Epiphany Eyewear – a stylish pair of smartglasses that could possibly lay the groundwork for an eventual Snapchat augmented reality device.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 1, 2017

The Blackbird uses professional grade AR, filming a 360 video from the center of the vehicle using Red Epic cameras. Everything that’s around the vehicle is filmed as if it was a panoramic 360 photography. And a spinning LiDAR scanner is scanning the surrounding environment. “And

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JANUARY 21, 2017

In 2014, horror company Delusion produced a well-received play called Lies Within — an attempt to redefine live theater by including the play’s audience as characters within the unfolding story.

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AllThingsVR

AUGUST 6, 2016

The BBC says it’s all possible due to some trials that it held during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Up to four different camera angles will be available during each event, so you can move around the court, ring or stadium to get a better look at what’s happening. Read more here.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 17, 2017

About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. 360 Labs was officially founded in May of 2014. When another surge of VR popularity arose, they naturally became inclined to produce more content with 360 videos.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

These developers make impressive 360 videos like their Strictly Come Dancing footage, immersive experiences like the enjoyable Home , and artistic experiments like the one it created in partnership with popular singer, Björk. So how did this unexpected partnership come about?

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Road to VR

JUNE 17, 2016

Oh and, they’re changing their name, from ‘Vrse’ to ‘ Within ‘ Vrse, as was, has been responsible for some of the most impressive immersive film experiences since it was founded by Chris Milk and Aaron Koblin in 2014. “In the past year, VR headsets finally reached the hands of the general public.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

To me, modern VR started when Google released the Cardboard App in 2014 basically for free to a world that basically scratched its head and said, ‘huh?’ The dynamic has changed since 2014. People, like me, who loved the idea of new shared worlds we could make were disappointed for the next twenty-five years and many of them still are.

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VirtualiTeach

APRIL 2, 2020

YouTube There’s no denying the fact that there’s heaps of great educational 360° videos on YouTube which students can access on any device. In fact I’ve been using Quiver as far back as 2014 (when it was still called ColAR) with some old Gen.2

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VeeR VR

MAY 30, 2018

In 2014, Kunze’s first documentary “Mobilize” permired at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco winning the Best Documentary Feature award at the California Independent Film Festival. Kunze served as Director of Photography for the 2015 Singularity University “GSP Project Videos” which were featured on TechCrunch.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 1, 2019

This doesn’t surprise me: Google is working on SLAM and similar technologies since a lot of years : project Tango has been revealed in 2014 and Google is also the developer of the ARCore AR framework that can perform the positional tracking of the phone using only one RGB camera. It has for sure a great expertise in these technologies.

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Delight XR

AUGUST 7, 2022

In addition to Samsung’s own VR browser and gallery app, the Oculus Home platform can be used to access applications, games, and 360° video content. The Google Cardboard headset, which is literally made of cardboard, was released in June 2014. Oculus Home. Daydream VR. Google Play / iOS Appstore. Release date. April 2016.

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