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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. Unlike traditional films, which set a safe distance between you and the story, VR puts viewers right in the middle of it. You’ll feel empathy—not just sorrow—for the real lives represented in the film. Why Virtual Reality?

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Social VR Movie Platform Bigscreen Streaming Critically-Acclaimed Film ‘Selma’ For Free

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Paramount Pictures’ powerful film heads to VR in honor of the Black Lives Matter movement. To tell this story, Paramount Pictures produced the film Selma based on the historic events that transpired in 1965. Bigscreen is available free on Oculus Quest , Oculus Rift/Rift S , and SteamVR. Image Credit: Bigscreen Inc.

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Five Terrifying Oculus Quest 2 Games Perfect For Halloween

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Set the mood this Halloween season with the following VR horror games on Oculus Quest 2. From psychological horror experiences to gruesome first-person shooters, there’s no shortage of horror on the Oculus Quest 2. Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition. Blair Witch Project: Oculus Quest Edition is available now for $29.99.

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Bigscreen’s Partnership With Paramount Pictures Brings Blockbuster Films To VR

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Paramount’s biggest 2D & 3D films head to Bigscreen Cinema platform as part of a multi-year deal. Starting today, four blockbuster films will premiere on the Bigscreen platform every week. Movies will run for one week, at which point they will be replaced a fresh new lineup of blockbuster films. Yes, that’s right.

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‘Bigscreen’ Brings Paid Movies to Social VR Platform, Showing Select 2D & 3D Films

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Bigscreen today announced it’s launched a new feature called Bigscreen Cinema , which brings a paid option to its free social VR platform that will let you buy a ticket to watch select 2D and 3D films each week. Bigscreen supports Oculus Quest, Oculus Go, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Valve Index, and all Windows VR headsets.

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Should You Buy ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s: Help Wanted’ On Oculus Quest?

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While the 2014 original will forever remain a PC classic, Five Nights at Freddy’s point-and-click gameplay translates perfectly to the VR format, allowing players to man the security booth and fiddle with knobs, buttons, and discarded trash with their own two hands. No matter how much I try… Moving one we have “Dark Rooms.”

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

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Meta announced the acquisition of Within on the Oculus blog saying that the studio will be run under Meta Reality Labs, the company’s XR organization. The company was founded back in 2014, originally called Vrse, two years before the first consumer VR headsets hit the market. The price of the acquisition was not announced.

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