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MAY 22, 2016

Google is delivering a dedicated VR YouTube app in their newly announced Daydream platform. Along with it, the company is making sure to give users a few reasons to jump head first into the app when it launches by encouraging more established YouTubers to get into 360 video.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Virtual Reality Foundation has announced the nominees for the 2016 Proto Awards, the third annual award show created to honor individuals and teams making strides in the field of virtual reality. Some of the nominees for the 2016 Proto Awards include ( see the full list here ): Most Transportive Experience. Tilt Brush – Google.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Assuming you aren’t actually hosting Thanksgiving, undoubtedly the easiest VR systems to lug around would be the selection of mobile VR headsets currently on offer, namely Google Daydream and Gear VR. Oculus Video. Oculus Video : Load up a movie and toss your Uncle Ted in for his own private cinema. Google Earth VR.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It started with a preview of nominated VR experiences and ended with a lengthy awards ceremony where virtual reality and 360° video played a major role. A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality.

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MAY 8, 2018

One area which is evolving rapidly in the country is the immersive technologies industry, with virtual reality (VR) in particular, forecast to grow at a faster rate than any other entertainment and media industry from 2016 – 2021 in the UK, making it the fastest growing, and largest, virtual reality industry in EMEA.

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JULY 24, 2019

Amazon is also committing to bringing VR content to Prime Video VR. At today’s launch the library includes 10 “curated” 360 videos, and the company says it has plans to “continue to add new VR-specific titles.” Image courtesy Amazon.

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OCTOBER 9, 2016

The annual Proto Awards, set up to highlight and honour the best and brightest the VR industry has to offer, is over for another year, with Google’s Tilt Brush walking away as the overall winner. Pearl – Google Spotlight Studios. Tilt Brush – Google. Most Innovative: Tilt Brush – Google (Winner). The Lab – Valve.

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JULY 14, 2017

Anonymous Content ( 360 video on YouTube ). Stranger Things VR Experience – Netflix – Netflix and CBS Digital ( 360 video on YouTube ). Outstanding Original Interactive Program. and Oculus ( download here for Oculus Rift ). image courtesy Oculus.

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MAY 19, 2016

Google Jump, a 360 camera system and processing software platform announced at last year’s Google I/O, is adding IMAX and Yi Technology to its roster of camera manufacturers. The Yi-built 360 camera system will be available later this year. “Hollywood is asking us for a cinema-grade Jump camera. .”

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

SI revamps Swimsuit issue with 360° videos, a custom Snapchat Lens, and more. The immersive supplement also lets you step behind the cameras for a revealing look into the making of this year’s Swimsuit edition with several 360° behind-the-scene videos. It’s that time of year again.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

In 2016 it released a compact smartphone-tethered headset for viewing 360° videos, to terrible reviews, and in 2017 it showed off a PC-tethered SteamVR headset prototype that it never shipped. LG had a very short history in VR. So what exactly will this new headset be?

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JANUARY 20, 2017

The YouTube VR app joined a slew of other official Google apps on the platform, including VR versions of Street View, Play Movies, Google Photos and Google Arts & Culture. The post PlayStation VR Now Supports 360-Degree YouTube Videos appeared first on VRScout.

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Road to VR

APRIL 1, 2017

The content bundle represents a good smattering of genres, from the heady Esper 2 (2016) puzzler to the fast-paced space battles of End Space (2016). Oculus is boasting over 70 games on the store (with none of the ‘low-effort chaff’ you find on Google Play).

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Road to VR

MAY 18, 2016

Google may have shipped over 5 million Cardboard smartphone adapters, but it seems the company is significantly elevating their commitment to virtual reality with the announcement made today at Google I/O. “We’ve rebuilt YouTube from the ground-up for VR,” Bavor told the crowd at Google I/O 2016.

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Road to VR

JULY 6, 2017

We talked about how he sees Chinese investors could be shifting focus to AI and local Chinese companies, the market challenges for educational VR companies, and why he thinks that the lack of revenue in the 360 video could bring a reckoning moment for 360 video technology and content companies. Support Voices of VR.

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Road to VR

MAY 31, 2016

Jessica Brillhart, Principal Filmmaker for VR, Google. The post VR Documentary Filmmaking on Trial at Hot Docs 2016 appeared first on Road to VR. So I think at the beginning of an experimentation it makes sense to kind of make them quite quick things. The language and the craft start to really come through.”.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

100 creators will produce horror-inspired VR videos at YouTube Spaces around the world. Following up on last year’s weekly 360° horror video series shot at YouTube Space LA, the Google-owned video platform is going even bigger this October. Google Jump Cameras For Everyone.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2017

Also remember: we’re soon going to have a Gear VR controller (it’ll be similar to Google Daydream’s controller, which operates like a laser pointer). Brands have customized Google Cardboards for… well, as long as “marketing” and “virtual reality” have been in the same sentence (a year and a half, really).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 8, 2016

It was produced as a part of Google’s Spotlight Stories using their custom VR animation software codenamed Moxie that’s being developed within Google’s Advanced Technologies and Projects (aka ATAP). Pearl was directed by Patrick Osborne , who won an Academy Award for Disney’s animated short film Feast.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

This year’s display was no exception, and you can now grab a Google Cardboard, Daydream View, or other mobile VR headset and watch the proceedings as if you were really there. The soundtrack pays tribute to some of 2016’s fallen icons, meanwhile, including Prince and David Bowie. The future is good, isn’t it?

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Google also announced Unity Daydream support, confirming that a native Unity integration, currently in technical preview, will arrive in Unity version 5.6.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

2016 rounded off with a string of major announcements for the standard, which allows VR experiences to run in web browsers and giving you instant access to them. Today, however, we’re returning to Google. Google is promising more developments for Draco, including even faster loading of meshes.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

But bringing things even closer to viewers is always the goal and that’s exactly what the NFL aims to do in its latest partnership with Google. It’s a great sign for the popularity and growth of VR as a budding new industry. h/t: The Verge ; Featured Image Credit: Dallas Cowboys.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Facebook frenzy: new 360 app + live streaming in VR + voice search, our Avegant future looks like Star Trek, ZeniMax and Oculus: the plot thickens, VR companies grew 40% in 2016, investment & funding wrapup, and more… FACEBOOK FRENZY: NEW 360 APP + LIVE STREAMING + VOICE SEARCH. Other investors were IMAX, Warner Bros.,

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2017

The Google Spotlight Story is in the running for best animated short. One of 2016’s favorite animated VR shorts is getting a big time nod Tuesday, receiving an Oscar nomination in the animated short category. This is the first time a VR-compatible film has been nominated for an Oscar.

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VRScout

JULY 5, 2016

The virtual reality experience debuted at UK Goodwood Festival of Speed and is now placed for two weeks at London Waterloo railway station as part of a Jaguar #FeelWimbledon experiential zone, running for the duration of the Wimbledon Championships 2016. Waterloo Station seems to be the hot spot for VR activations at Wimbledon.

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MAY 7, 2017

For many, the 360 ° video of his daughter’s first steps was the first 360 ° video they ever watched. With it, Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the benefits of 360 ° content and a major use case for consumers: to save and share family moments to be relived at any point in time. Google I/O : May 17-19, 2017.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

2016 has been a landmark year for VR and 360° video. In addition to the ever-increasing landscape of 360° camera options available for the consumer and professional alike, major social media outlets such as Facebook, YouTube, and WordPress have introduced 360° video hosting.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2017

A Series A funding round of $5M at the end of 2016 helped the company also expand into corporate training, announcing a customer service training program with Walmart employees at the beginning of June. SURE, EYE IMPLANTS…BECAUSE WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

I had a chance to catch up with the President of AppliedVR Josh Sackman at the Experiential Technology Conference in May 2016. Google Earth VR also uses a lot of dynamic light changes throughout their pre-recorded animation sequences to provide a sense of progress and a feeling of a beginning, middle, and end to an individual scene.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Xiaomi was listed as a future manufacturer of Daydream-compatible smartphones, announced at Google I/O 2016 earlier this year, but has yet to mention support for the platform explicitly. Youku has since integrated 360 video support for both their desktop and smartphone platform.

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360 VIDEOS WITH NAT GEO. Partnering with National Geographic to show off the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah in full 360 degree glory, Facebook took its first steps into live spherical video. Survios – $50M in two rounds in 2016. WORD PRESS BLOGS NOW HOST 360 VIDEO CONTENT.

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MAY 30, 2017

I’ve been a big fan of the cute little Samsung Gear 360 camera since its first unveiling in the spring of 2016, and always recommend it to people inquiring about the best consumer-friendly 360 cameras out there. The cost is lower than the 2016 version with a pricetag of $229 and you can record in up to 4K resolution.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The official solution to accessing the massive catalogue of 360 degree as well as 2D video content has already been available on various VR platforms like Google Daydream and PSVR since 2016, but this marks the first time the app will be available to SteamVR users.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. GOOGLE EARTH IN VR IS A RUSH. Made from high-res satellite imagery, aerial photography, and Street View data, Google Earth VR is surprisingly meditative when alone and fun when with a group.

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DECEMBER 27, 2016

In 2016 they teamed up with Samsung to simulate an in-game basketball experience for the Rio Olympics. They also produced a NAS concert for KCRW’s Sound in Focus and a couple pieces with Google Daydream including NFL Immersed and rag & bone. Two Bit Circus Chief Content Officer, Nancy Bennett.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

It’s available or in beta on most current headsets, including PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung GearVR and Google Cardboard. Greenlight Insights’ 2016 Virtual Reality Consumer Report , released this summer, polled more than 1200 people in the United States. 3 (with 67 percent.)

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