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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 ). The post 6 VR Experiences Nominated for 2017 Emmy Awards, Oculus Receives Multiple Nominations appeared first on Road to VR.

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AUGUST 11, 2017

Native 360 Video Capture Comes to First Oculus Rift Game via @VRScout [link] [link] — allthingsvr (@allthingsvr) August 11, 2017.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Now we know that those experiences will be games, and we know which team is making them. Skydance Interactive, the team behind upcoming VR on-rails shooter Archangel has partnered with Skybound Entertainment to release multiple new games based on The Walking Dead.

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MAY 1, 2017

Superhot VR has been awarded Best Game at the Vision Awards. This is a nice feather in the cap of a game that VR users have come to adore since its release on Oculus Rift with Touch late last year. The complete list of Vision Award winners is as follows: Best Game – Superhot VR (SUPERHOT Team).

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MARCH 1, 2017

Unity Technologies presented their Special Keynote at GDC 2017 in San Francisco on February 28, announcing the release date of Unity 5.6 alongside a bulletin of other updates, including a glimpse of Unity 2017. will release within a month’s time: on March 31, 2017. Native Unity integration will launch in Unity 2017.

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MAY 19, 2018

NextVR , the VR video streaming platform the brings live events to headset users, is introducing the 2017-2018 season NBA MVP highlight reel on the NextVR app. The post NextVR Introduces NBA 2017-2018 MVP Highlight Reel in Virtual Reality appeared first on Road to VR. Check out how to download NextVR here.

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DECEMBER 18, 2016

While there were predictions that VR music videos would dominate in 2016, the industry was generally slow to adopt the technology, and great content was scarce. As 2017 approaches, however, it seems that music is finally catching up, and the next year will see much broader adoption. Making traditional music videos even better.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The VR revolution is taking place just a little behind another major leap for the games industry; streaming. At the 2017 Game Developers Conference this week the company will showcase interactive streaming of a game inside the HTC Vive. This isn’t the only avenue of VR streaming being explored right now.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Ever since Epic Games opened its Unreal Engine 4 technology to the world, new use cases have been coming in fast and furious. The latest example of just how far real-time video game engine technology has come will be on display at GDC 2017 this week. Those cars are built like we would do a video game asset,” Libreri said.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2017

for room-scale gaming. The game’s futuristic setting and great soundtrack also help give off the “woah, I’m in the future” vibe. Minecraft (2017) : Little Skippy will do and learn anything to play Minecraft in VR. Oculus Video : Load up a movie and toss your Uncle Ted in for his own private cinema.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

Samsung confirms 5+ million Gear VR headsets are now in use worldwide, announced at their CES 2017 keynote. In his opening speech at CES 2017 this week, Samsung Electronics America president Tim Baxter announced that the company now has “more than 5 million” Gear VR virtual reality headsets in use.

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MAY 18, 2017

YouTube has been thinking about immersive video and the future of viewing experiences for awhile. The video platform became one of the first major players to allow 360° video sharing in 2015. Watching 360° video with friends is one thing, but being able to interact with them takes the platform to a whole new social level.

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JULY 13, 2018

Seven pieces of VR content have made the cut, including big names such as Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality (2017), Coco VR (2017), Blade Runner 2049: Memory Lab (2017), and Spider-Man Homecoming VR Experience (2017) to name a few. Created by : Adult Swim Games, Owlchemy Labs, Other Ocean Interactive.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

HTC hopes to address this in China with a new partnership between Dalian Television and Beijing Cyber Cloud to offer a set-top, cloud-based box—meaning you don’t need a traditional VR-ready rig to run VR games. — Alvin Wang Graylin (@AGraylin) September 15, 2017.

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MAY 2, 2017

The keynote from Unity’s Vision VR/AR Summit yesterday showcased just how far Unity is reaching into non-gaming content when it comes to augmented and virtual reality. New Unity Tools Bring Interactivity and Real-time CGI to 360 Video, Now in Beta. Subscribe on iTunes. Donate to the Voices of VR Podcast Patreon.

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JUNE 14, 2017

Skybound Entertainment in partnership with Skydance Interactive have confirmed that multiple interactive VR games based on the hugely popular The Walking Dead franchise are in the works. I think that’s what people who either read the comic, watch the show, play the games,” says Murray in the IGN interview.

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MAY 16, 2016

We have all seen how virtual reality can change gaming and entertainment forever with this immersive technology. The first program, the 360 Filmmakers Challenge, partners nine San Francisco Bay Area high schools with professional filmmakers to create 3-5 minute 360° films about their communities.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Available today, headset owners can finally get to dive into a collection of immersive music videos that only previously graced museums worldwide via the Björk Digital Exhibition since late 2016, Pitchfork reports. The album features a collection of live-action 360 video and real-time rendered experiences set to the album’s tracks.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The company just announced the 2017 F8 conference is open for registration, and the official website also includes a schedule of sessions and keynotes. 2017 is going to be a crucial year for Facebook’s VR efforts, so there’s no surprise there are a number of VR centered sessions scheduled.

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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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DECEMBER 8, 2017

New York Times partnered with Samsung to establish a " Daily 360 " series hosted on YouTube, which rolls out a video every day in 2017, and already houses over 300 videos up to December 8, 2017; you can also check out their video library on NYT's website. New York Times. Associated Press.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Spaces launched in April 2017 with a number of basic features, most of which Rubin Franklin lists above. The company recently opened up the platform to third-party app developers however in effort to build out its offering of activities, including its first big mini-game update courtesy Bait! Arctic Open.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Speaking at the W3C Workshop on Web & Virtual Reality last month, Megan Lindsay, WebVR Product Manager at Google stated that a beta version should launch in December 2016 followed by a stable launch in January 2017. “Timeline towards first half of 2017 for daydream, with later support for desktop.”

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MAY 16, 2016

Virtual reality has unlimited potential for gaming and entertainment, but it’s also a powerful way to drive important social change. Students will receive everything they need to create 360 videos for VR, including a Samsung Gear VR, a Galaxy S6, Ricoh Theta S 360 cameras, access to editing software, and VR film mentors.

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JANUARY 3, 2017

One figure in the Games category that many a Job Simulator [ Review: 8/10 ] fan might recognize is Alex Schwartz, CEO of Owlchemy Labs. It’s an *honor* to be selected for Forbes 30 under 30 list for games! Alex Schwartz (@gtjuggler) January 3, 2017. Here’s to another VR-filled year! Currently, Schwartz and co.

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MAY 3, 2017

PlayStation looks to an arcade rollout, Shazam goes augmented, AMD wants to go wireless, HTC Viveport’s new subscription service, the investment & funding wrapup, and more… You can enjoy the full audio recording below: IT’S NOW WAY EASIER TO COMBINE 360 VIDEO AND ANIMATION. NETFLIX LOOKS TO GET AUGMENTED. in funding.

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DECEMBER 20, 2016

From news to entertainment to gaming, these channels hit the pavement this year to produce stellar immersive content. Whether it’s video games, technology, or airsoft (IRL), the tight-knit team produces a seemingly endless stream of entertaining content. The guys over at Node are some of the hardest working people on YouTube.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

“360 Videos are not real virtual reality.” As immersive and interesting as 360 videos can be, there are those that refuse to accept them as “true” VR due to their lack of interactive elements. And they are trying to bring that same attitude to the somewhat-stagnant world of 360 video production.

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MARCH 1, 2017

I tried a Microsoft prototype VR headset at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and got the first public look at the company’s vision for mixed reality beyond Hololens. I was among a handful of journalists invited to see the internal Microsoft prototype, though I was told photos or videos for my demo would not be allowed.

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JANUARY 6, 2017

Starting in Spring 2017, you’ll be able to pay a flat monthly fee for VR games using the Viveport digital distribution platform. HTC calls itself the first ever global app store to announce a subscription service for VR content.

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APRIL 1, 2017

This year saw the opening of IMAX’s first dedicated virtual reality ‘Experience’ center , through which the firm – which made its name via super-sized cinematic experiences – intends to diversify its entertainment offering to include immersive VR gaming and cinematic experiences. Gelfond to The Drum. Warner Bros.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Facebook’s 2017 F8 developer conference has seven scheduled sessions dedicated to VR. Whether you’re working on a 360 video or real-time rendered content, these tips will help you to understand best practices from the cutting edge of VR. VR 201: Lessons from the Frontlines of VR Gaming.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Over the years there have been a lot of pieces of entertainment content, whether it be the mesmerizing tunes of Daft Punk , the dystopian world of Blade Runner , or the retro-futuristic landscapes of countless video games, that all seem to grow out of this idea of an eye-catching future that is still faced with horrible problems.

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MAY 18, 2017

Today at I/O 2017 Google introduced Seurat, a new rendering technology that’s designed to take ultra high-quality CGI assets that couldn’t be run in real-time even on the highest performance desktop hardware, and format them in a way that retains their visual fidelity while allowing them to run on mobile VR hardware.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Talking to UploadVR over email, Phillips revealed that the project was born from his love of the moody atmospheres in games and films like Alien , Silent Hill , and Shadow of the Colossus. As you can see from the trailer about and the exclusive set video below, Kingdom City Drowning is definitely big on atmosphere.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

You can use the screen exactly like you use your normal desktop monitor, with all of your own apps—be it for gaming, watching movies, browsing the web, etc. That makes anything from watching a movie or gaming alongside a friend to having a collaborative business meeting as easy as jumping into the same virtual room together.

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Curiscope, the makers of the mixed reality Virtuali-tee educational app, just launched Operation Apex (2017), an underwater exploration and adventure game developed in partnership with HTC Vive Studios. The game currently sells for £15.49 / $19.99 / €19.99.

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