XR Today - Virtual Reality

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The firm gained a massive asset when it purchased Oculus in 2014. Following the acquisition, the Meta Quest, previously known as the Oculus Quest 2, emerged as a stand-out device for entertainment, work, and education. The firm also supports Horizon developers with a series of XR funds and boot camps. What is Project Cambria?

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

Then, “In 2014, I put on an Oculus for the first time and I saw the future.”. That same year, Allen became a board member of NextVR , a company that specialized in VR broadcasts of live entertainment. Fast forward a few years. Allen is still working in finance and in the web space. Six years later, the company was purchased by Apple.

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DECEMBER 16, 2019

The only difference is that you’re viewing the entertainment with audience members from all over the globe as opposed to just your local neighborhood; all without having to leave your couch. For Bigscreen, it’s part of the evolution of entertainment. “We Image Credit: Bigscreen, Paramount Pictures.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Last year, the inaugural VR On The Lot brought together major players from Hollywood, Silicon Valley, Europe, and China for a two-day exploration of the intersection between entertainment and technology. Roy Taylor , Corporate Vice President of Media & Entertainment at AMD Studios. Jerry Zucker , Director/Writer/Producer.

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Upload VR

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Earlier today, Mark Zuckerberg met with LG CEO William Cho and the president of LG's Home Entertainment division Park Hyoung-sei at LG's headquarters in Seoul to finalize the details of the partnership.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 2, 2022

Oni is led by its creator and showrunner, Dice (Daisuke) Tsutsumi, who co-directed The Dam Keeper , an 2014 Academy-Award nominated short film Read more. Netflix debuts its newest offering, “After School,” a programming push aimed at younger children, with Oni: The Thunder God’s Tale , an animated show rooted in Japanese mythology.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 27, 2017

Attendees at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles will notice that a familiar structure has faded from the show’s sweeping skyline of corporate booths. This marks the first time since 2014 that Oculus will not be hosting a booth at one of the year’s biggest international trade shows. Via Reddit.

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VRScout

MAY 23, 2017

In collaboration with Hasbro and DMG Entertainment, the simulation experiences will let you get up-close and personal with Transformers characters through a combination of “virtual and augmented reality technology.”

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Since the launch of its official Kickstarter back in 2014, Virtuix’s omnidirectional treadmill, referred to as the Virtuix Omni, has struggled to find a place in the constantly changing landscape that is the VR industry. The creators of the Omniverse treadmill target VR esports with a new multiplayer location-based arena.

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Road to VR

JULY 12, 2017

The Walt Disney Company has announced participants in its 2017 incubator Disney Accelerator , a program intended for early and venture-backed tech startups working in media and entertainment. “As a veteran of the entertainment industry, I can say that the integrity, innovation, and magic of The Walt Disney Company is unparalleled.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Don’t be fooled—there are plenty of performing companies, theater guilds and independent entertainment creators who have explored the world of immersive tech before. Founded in 2014, the Musical Theatre Factory has quickly grown in its ability to nurture musical theatre creations.

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VRScout

MAY 29, 2019

When Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014, many were curious as to why a social media company, whose track record with hardware included a phone that failed just a year prior to the Oculus purchase, would be interested in buying the plucky VR startup for over $2 billion dollars. Image Credit: Benjamin Formaker-Olivas.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 11, 2020

That’s the crux of why his company acquired Oculus back in 2014 for some $2.4 Even today—well before the devices, platforms, apps are perfected—we’re already starting to see glimpses of the technology being used to transform work and entertainment.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

After acquiring Oculus in 2014, Meta is planning to change the digital world as we know it, developing digital avatars that can connect work, communication, and entertainment. After revealing the new rebranding in 2021, Meta, formally known as Facebook is pioneering the way forward in VR-based investment.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Virtual reality entertainment provider Jaunt VR will be part of the exhibit showcasing a variety of their upcoming horror experiences such as the pilot for their new horror series The Game as well as Escape of the Living Dead , Zombie Purge and Black Mass. John Wick was released in 2014 and has been running through my head ever since.

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ARPost

JULY 31, 2019

Magic Leap has some entertainment experiences, but the price and size make them more of a tool. This was around 2014,” said Charles Sun, founder of Human Capable. The display is great, the field of view is great, but the difference is that they are built for entertainment.”. So, where do Norm AR glasses fit in? I tried Nreal.

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VRScout

AUGUST 23, 2017

It is an entertainment equipment that enables a player to understand nature by showing a picture realistically followed by the player’s hand gesture,” said a DPRK Today anchor, according to NK News — an independent journalism outlet that covers North Korea. .”

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ARPost

APRIL 28, 2021

In 2014, Zero Point was released as the first 360-degree movie made for the Oculus Rift. It brings viewers directly into the story, allowing them to connect with these people. Moreover, it conveys the stories with clear and powerful emotions. Virtual Reality and the Power of Experience. VR documentaries are nothing new.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

This traces back to Facebook’s Oculus acquisition in early 2014 that kicked off the current wave of excitement… including lots of ups and downs in the intervening years. This includes entertainment, communication, and remote shopping. Speaking of which, the elephant in the room in all of the above is Covid-19.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 18, 2021

The beloved anime concluded all the way back in 2014 with the “Lost Substitute Shinigami” arc, just a few years before the manga would close things out in… Read more. Two years ago, Bleach fans lost their mind when it was revealed that the anime adaptation of Tite Kubo’s supernatural adventure manga would be making a comeback.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 20, 2022

It’s set after the events of the 2014 film and here’s the logline: Read more. The streamer just announced its ordered a streaming series centered on everyone’s favorite King of the Monsters created by Chris Black and Matt Fraction.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 7, 2021

But there’s no way of seeing the 2014 film without having the image of Jamie Foxx’s surprisingly Doctor Manhattan -like spin on Electro… Read more. Between The Amazing Spider-Man 2 's so-so plot and unwieldy embarrassment of characters, it’s surprisingly easy to find one’s self unable to recall many of the movie’s finer details.

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GizModo VR

MAY 21, 2022

The lovable, inflatable help companion AI from Disney’s 2014 hit Big Hero 6 returns in his own show, focused on his adventures in being a first responder to anyone who may need him, and the first trailer has… Read more. The streets of San Fransokyo are vulnerable—and lurking around every corner, searching for pain, is Baymax!

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

I’m Chen, General Manager and Chief Editor of VRTUOLUO , also a senior media expert who has dug and studied deeply the XR industry since 2014. This is the main reason why we separated VR from our game industry media and started to focus on VR and AR industries in 2014 and registered our brand in 2016.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

From 1991 to 2014, Dark Horse Comics churned out more than 100 different Star Wars titles. It adapted novels, helped define the Old Republic era, emblazoned much of the universe both before and after the movies, and helped define what used to be called the Expanded Universe. Now it’s going to tackle series’ canon ,… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2022

Back in 2014, she was the Marvel comics editor who collaborated with writer G. Sana Amanat has been with Ms. Marvel from the beginning. Willow Wilson, artist Adrian Alphona, and fellow editor Steve Wacker in order to help bring the teenaged superhero from Jersey City to life. When the trailer for the upcoming Disney+… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 9, 2022

If you thought that the sequel to James Cameron’s 2009 beyond-blockbuster sci-fi film Avatar was never going to come out, well, that makes sense, it’s been 13 years since the original came to movie screens, and the sequel was originally scheduled to premiere way, way back in 2014. It’s only taken eight years, but it… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 9, 2021

They tried to get things popping in 2014 with Dracula Untold , but that was a financial and critical failure. Early on, Universal had difficulty establishing their Dark Universe , consisting of films about Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Jekyll/Hyde. Unfortunately, 2017's The Mummy … Read more.

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VRScout

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Merge ecosystem is comprised of Merge VR/AR Goggles ; the Merge Miniverse , housing education and entertaining content; and the Merge Cube , which has been named the “world’s first holographic object you can hold in the palm of your hand.”. Getting Started. A full kid-friendly VR and AR ecosystem didn’t happen overnight.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 1, 2017

As noted in our initial coverage of The Mage’s Tale , the game’s developer inXile Entertainment has a track record for keeping old-school RPGs alive. The Mage’s Tale, which takes place in the same world as The Bard’s Tale, is a first-person dungeon crawler reminiscent of Elder Scrolls and Might and Magic.

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GizModo VR

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Two sequels followed, with 2014's V/H/S: Viral embracing phone… Read more. The first V/H/S movie came out in 2012, arriving at the tail end of the low-budget found-footage horror craze ( Paranormal Activity and REC came out in 2007; Cloverfield was 2008) and capturing the last moment in culture before VCRs became totally obsolete.

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GizModo VR

MAY 15, 2021

After many doubted Edge of Tomorrow and its concept, it was the surprise action hit of 2014. There’s been speculation on the sequel floating around for years. It was undoubtedly one of my favorite films of the year and is also one of my favorite action films and one of the best action characters (Emily Blunt as Rita… Read more.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

News of his involvement with the popular X-Men character began in 2014, and eventually it seemed all but certain the 21 Jump Street star would bring the Cajun to the big screen—until Disney bought Fox and the movie was cancelled. Channing Tatum was planning on playing Gambit for years. In a new interview, Tatum and… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 22, 2021

Do you remember Mark Water’s disastrous 2014 directorial adaptation of Richelle Mead’s book Vampire Academy ? The film currently sits at 16 percent on rotten tomatoes and an equally lousy audience score, labeling it a box office dud. However, Peacock TV, and executive producer Julie Plec intends to the right that wrong… Read more.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In Baymax , Disney+’s upcoming episodic followup to 2014's Big Hero 6 , Baymax stars as… Read more. Though Baymax , the gentle, Stay Puft -like wellness robot member of Big Hero 6 ended up helping save the world with his combat abilities, he was originally created to help and heal people who suffered from different kinds of injuries.

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based AR studio ARwall has expanded with the addition of senior-level talent and entertainment industry advisors well known for their expertise in design, engineering, and XR. In 2014 he traveled the world providing over 1M initial impressions with the Oculus Rift.

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AR Insider

JULY 16, 2021

That figure declined to 15 percent in 2014 and about 10 percent today. Though mobile apps trended towards ad support over time, there’s still room for premium apps that people pay for — just like we see in console gaming and entertainment today. Over time, developers learned they could reach scale through free downloads.

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