ARPost

AUGUST 30, 2022

AES has been an annual event since 2015 and is produced by BrainXchange , a company promoting the “enterprise XR metaverse.” While we’re all very interested in the myriad of use cases for XR wearables, gaming and entertainment do have a way of dominating a lot of less laser-focused events. Looking Back at AES.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Now, one of the early pioneers in location-based VR entertainment appears to be making good on its comeback after it briefly slipped into the void. And our broader vision takes virtual reality into a wider spectrum of application and entertainment,” the company says. So when will The Void come back to malls near you?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Subnautica was first developed for PCs, although during its lengthy stint in Early Access on Steam its developer Unknown Worlds Entertainment added preliminary support in 2015 for the Oculus Rift DK2. Inaugurating the new Epic Games Store, the company is giving away underwater survival game Subnautica (2018) for free.

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Cats and VR

AUGUST 3, 2017

ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s Immersive Entertainment division, created this first of its kind experience, in collaboration with The VOID. ILMxLAB develops experiences for virtual reality, augmented/mixed reality, real-time cinema, theme park entertainment and narrative-based experiences for future platforms.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In 2015, the historic franchise received its first official feature length film, Goosebumps , starring Jack Black. With AR expecting to have 1 billion users by 2020 , the technology is quickly becoming a go-to tool for marketing merchandise to entertainment. Stine’s other characters will be join the fray.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Based in Los Angeles, California and Seoul, South Korea, the immersive firm has listed on its website several new rock and K-pop bands set to boost adoption of VR entertainment. AmazeVR Background Founded in 2015, AmazeVR aims to connect record labels and artists with their fans, regardless of their location or budgets.

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Upload VR

JUNE 3, 2023

ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm's immersive entertainment studio best known for Vader Immortal, has rebranded to ILM Immersive. When we launched back in 2015, we chose the name ILMxLAB to reflect the idea that this was a brand new storytelling space," says Vicki Dobbs Beck, VP of Immersive Content in a press release. "We

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

” “And we’ve learned a lot about making VR through TheBlu , location-based entertainment, and now this larger product. We firmly believe in the visual storytelling space as well as the immersive space.” VR has continued to evolve. The hardware has been progressing every year. We’re seeing a much broader range of titles.

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Tech Trends VR

JANUARY 16, 2019

As Location-Based and cinematic VR continues to expand in a number of directions, with new cutting-edge arcades popping up all over the place, we’re also seeing some of the more established players in the immersive entertainment space collaborating as they figure out how best to scale and monetize this sector.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 20, 2018

As both location-based and cinematic VR continue to expand in a number of directions, with new cutting-edge arcades popping up almost everyday, we’re also seeing some of the more established players in the immersive entertainment space collaborating with one another as they figure out how best to scale and monetize this growing sector.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 24, 2017

The Las Vegas facility opens on September 8th, offering untethered, eight-player VR entertainment across a 2,000 square-foot arena. The out-of-home VR entertainment market has expanded rapidly over the last couple of years, and Zero Latency has been at the forefront, having shown promising early prototypes of the technology back in 2013.

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ARPost

JULY 5, 2022

The significance of AR/VR is becoming more evident as the information technology, software development, business, and entertainment sectors are progressing to higher computing. Such a milestone in scaling the appreciation for XR design and development intrigued even the universities.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 10, 2018

StarVR, a joint venture between Acer and Starbreeze, and SEGA Entertainment announced a collaboration to bring the eponymous wide field of view (FOV) StarVR headset to SEGA Game Center locations across Japan. Each experience costs ¥1,200 (~$11) per ticket. Photo by Road to VR.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2019

It’ s been 10 years since the launch of what can only be described as one of the most influential video games in the history of entertainment. More information coming May 17th, Minecraft’s 10-year anniversary. Be on the lookout for any Creepers lurking around the corner. // Image Credit: Minecraft.

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VRScout

JULY 19, 2016

Thanks to a partnership announced Tuesday, DreamWorks Animation is teaming up with Digital Domain to produce virtual reality content and experiences for the family entertainment company’s most iconic and legendary characters. We are honored to be a part of bringing that great legacy to virtual reality audiences worldwide.”.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Multi-sensory, location-based VR venue The VOID is best known for providing AAA interactive experiences based on some of entertainments biggest properties. The hyper-reality provider partners with ILMxLAB to develop a new series of interactive experiences, starting with Disney’s upcoming animated film, Ralph Breaks the Internet.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

AltspaceVR, acquired by Microsoft in October 2017, has a been a beloved mainstay of the social VR space since its launch in 2015. Games like basketball and bean bag toss let you loosen up and fall into a natural conversation, while Holograms Against Reality provides a more structured but always-entertaining group activity.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Newell previously called BCI as an “extinction-level event” for every entertainment form that’s not actively looking at the technology.

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ARPost

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Games, as one of the prime sources of entertainment, could be more prominent by becoming more interactive and immersive. Technologies like VR are being used widely to make games distinctive and entertaining so that both avid and casual gamers can enjoy their favorite games irrespective of time and place. billion, followed by $5.8

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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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ARVR

JULY 8, 2022

In January, 2015, amid a mounting wave of critical sentiment, Google withdrew Glass from the consumer market, with the promise of returning with a revamped product in 2017. In fact, they did release an enterprise edition in that year. This, perhaps minus the display, is very close to the specs that Focals by North delivered back in 2018.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Originally conceived for the 2015 Oculus Mobile VR Jam, Fantasynth was at first a bright, low poly world that utilized only a handful of colors, no doubt created out of the necessity to maintain a consistent frame rate on the Gear VR mobile platform for which it was designed. Clocking in at around 2.5

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Road to VR

AUGUST 9, 2019

Just a week prior to the July 25th announcement, the company announced that it had officially opened three new entertainment center locations in Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Washington D.C., The company recently announced plans to introduce 25 new locations through 2022, more than doubling its current footprint.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Triple-A games are a big business, and Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment has raised $5M to bring that caliber of gaming to virtual reality. Santa Monica-based First Contact Entertainment. The funding comes from an assortment of angels and early stage investors. Moscow-based VR/AR game developer Luden.io

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

The VRX event series launched in 2015 and focuses on strategic business and tech opportunities as virtual and augmented/mixed reality take hold in enterprise and consumer entertainment. Kathryn Bloxham. Events Director & Head of Innovation. XR Intelligence by Reuters Events. +44 44 (0)207 375 7567. kbloxham@vr-intelligence.com.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 23, 2018

Wargaming —the company behind free-to-play titles World of Tanks (2010), World of Warplanes (2013) , and World of Warships (2015) —has announced development of a new title, World of Tanks VR , under development for deployment into VR arcades.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 23, 2019

NextVR, a company specializing in live VR broadcasting of sports and entertainment content, has finally launched their app on SteamVR after several months of listing it as “coming soon.” The NextVR app launched initially way back in 2015 on Gear VR, and eventually found its way to Daydream.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Sturfee is a computer vision/AI solutions company founded in 2015 by Dr. Anil Cheriyadat and Dr. Harini Sridharan. “ We envision digital signage and navigation linked to location information, as well as advertising, entertainment, art and education.”. The future that many AR advocates imagine would require “world-scale AR.”

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 18, 2017

From my perspective of being an American, Japan is consistently willing to push the envelope when it comes to entertainment. Popular shows like American Ninja Warrior and Iron Chef America are modeled after Japanese shows and clips from Japanese entertainment go viral regularly for outlandish activities and inspire spoofs galore.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

MAY 12, 2023

trillion (in 2015 U.S. This time, T-Mobile chose nine start-ups looking to innovate in delivering entertainment for sports and entertainment broadcasting. In its “ The Potential Global Economic Impact of the Metaverse ” report, Meta also noted: If Metaverse adoption were to begin today, our estimate of a $3.01

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Cats and VR

JANUARY 26, 2018

Skydance has experienced a tremendous amount of growth since our inception in 2010, and we're excited that our next phase of expansion will be in partnership with a company that shares our vision for where entertainment is heading.” Goldman Sachs & Co. Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as legal advisor to Tencent.

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VRScout

JANUARY 27, 2017

One of the leading theater groups in the United States, Regal Entertainment Group, is giving Los Angeles movie-goers a new kind of scare before they even take their seat. The first time we saw the HTC Vive being utilized in movie theaters was back in late-2015 for Paranormal Activity.

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Cats and VR

MAY 15, 2016

The two companies aim to cooperate on the design, manufacturing, promotion, marketing and sales of the StarVR HMD to the entertainment market. Since our launch in June 2015, we have had an amazing start with StarVR. formed a partnership with Starbreeze AB to provide support for their StarVR Virtual Reality Head-Mounted Display.

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VRScout

MAY 16, 2016

The arcade project, dubbed StarCade, will all be powered by the company’s own StarVR headset, which Starbreeze has announced they will be collaborating with Acer in the development and marketing of the high-end VR headset for the entertainment market. Starbreeze first launched their StarVR headset and experience at E3 in June 2015.

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VRScout

APRIL 2, 2018

According to information provided in the patent, Apple envisions a future where autonomous cars are centered around VR entertainment. However with rumors circulating about Apple developing its own model car all the way back in 2015, it’s clear the company has its eyes set on the automobile industry. Some gold nuggets, if you will.

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VRScout

MARCH 8, 2017

Founded in May 2015 by designers René & Selena Pinnell, Kaleidoscope’s quarterly event series is run entirely by a network of local community leaders. Showcase events will also include live presentations from top VR creators. ExStatic by Quba Michalski. Expanding on Showcase Vol.1’s Chocolate by Adam Rogers and Tyler Hurd.

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