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Is Virtual Reality the Future of Documentary Films?

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In the world of film, VR has become a powerful tool for tackling pressing social issues. The fully immersive experience that VR provides makes it an excellent medium for storytelling. The fully immersive experience that VR provides makes it an excellent medium for storytelling. Is virtual reality a tool for social change?

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Building The Future Of Immersive Theater Technology With The Musical Theatre Factory

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New York’s Musical Theatre Factory is teaming up with immersive tech evangelists to offer a year of programming around extended realities for the stage. 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. Image Credit: MTF.

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Discover How Melting Ice Is Changing Mt Kilimanjaro in an Augmented Reality Film The Last Ascent

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The glaciers have lost roughly 70% of their mass since Gadd’s first climb in 2014, illustrating how fast the ice is melting because of our warming climate. Using the Red Bull app, you can scan your TV screen and uncover AR content within the film itself. Only thin sheets of ice remain from the shrinking glaciers.

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Google & Red Bull Launch AR-Enhanced On-Demand Video Experience

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It was back in 2014 that Gadd first discovered the surprising rate at which the ice surrounding Kilimanjaro was melting. Available now via the Red Bull TV app, the 45-minute short film has you joining Gadd and his expedition team as they make their way across the Tanzanian mountain face while recording the dramatic environmental changes.

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‘Alien: Isolation VR’ + DLC Free For A Limited Time

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Despite having released back in 2014, Creative Assembly’s Alien: Isolation remains one of the most unsettling survival horror games currently available. Experience one of the scariest VR games currently available 100% free-of-charge courtesy of the Epic Games Store.

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VR Mountain Bike Simulator Has You Riding Cliffside Across Death-Defying Trails

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Developed by immersive content studio REWIND and Cut Media, Danny MacAskill’s VR Ride Out has participants peddling their way through two vertigo-inducing locations—Collies Ledge in the Isle of Skye, Scotland and the Landwasser Bridge in Switzerland—using a one-of-a-kind motion rig.

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Meta Buys Dev Behind VR Fitness App ‘Supernatural’, Its Sixth VR Studio Acquisition in Two Years

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The company was founded back in 2014, originally called Vrse, two years before the first consumer VR headsets hit the market. At first the company was producing 360 VR video content, including some seminal 360 short films like Evolution of Verse and Clouds Over Sidra. .” Within has had a winding path to this moment.

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