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When I tried the latest installation of The VOID earlier this year in Utah I encountered what I think is likely the pinnacle of immersion possible in 2017, with one major limit. Even the gun you hold becomes part of the immersive experience as it transforms in VR into part of your proton pack for catching ghosts.

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JUNE 26, 2017

The Magik Gallery exhibition on May 20 marked a turning point in how the general public and the art establishment will engage with immersive art. In that time, immersive art and art creation tools have found their way into many unexpected pockets of modern life, including late night talk shows. Terra Gallery via [link].

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JANUARY 14, 2019

autonomous vehicle – a retrofitted 2019 BMW X5 equipped with a large-screen TV, projectors, mobile devices, sensory and haptic feedback, and immersive audio. It also shows how autonomous cars will become a new kind of space and demonstrates the exciting potential for immersive entertainment in an autonomous driving world.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The cable, housing within it an HDMI and data/power-transmitting USB cord, is probably one of the greatest limiting factors to making the room-scale experience truly immersive. TPCast maintains their “Wireless Adapter for Oculus Rift” is slated to arrive “by the end of Q4 2017.” image courtesy TPCAST.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Nevertheless, this is part of what Microsoft is promising with its planned launch of Windows Holographic Shell which it’s promised will arrive in every Windows 10 installation via an update some time in 2017. In the case of the demonstration, floating 2D windows presented in an immersive 3D environment.

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JANUARY 25, 2017

Last week we reported that Magic Leap, Oculus, and Insomniac Games were set to talk at the 2017 edition of the D.I.C.E. Namely, we lamented the lack of a category for VR and AR games at the 2017 iteration of the show, and the small number of these games listed in general. Summit in Las Vegas.

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MAY 19, 2018

The company has provided immersive live streaming services for multiple high-profile clients, from the NFL and the International Champions Cup, to the WWE and Live Nation. The post NBA 2017-2018 VR Highlight Reel Arrives Free On NextVR appeared first on VRScout. Imaged Credit: NextVR .

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JANUARY 28, 2020

There’s a host of technology already used in music production, performance, development, and deployment that can link fantastically with immersive technology. It’s the bridge between online, digital, and solo experiences that offer audiovisual, multisensory, and social immersion that we crave in live performance. .

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Our question for you readers today is this: What will happen to VR in 2017? This year the waters of consumer electronics have begun to run red with the attractive scents of a growing immersive industry. Tagged with: 2017 , community , download , forum , future , Predictions , VR. So what about the next 10 years?

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Starting on Tuesday, media from around the world were invited to attend two days of media events at CES in Las Vegas—a new addition to 2017. Here’s what Consumer Technology Association, the organization behind CES, forecasts for VR/AR in the coming year: Sales of VR units to increase by 74% in 2017. indicates required.

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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 most recent musical release from Björk is her 2017 album Utopia , which is also the ninth studio release in her discography.

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AUGUST 13, 2017

I spoke with VR Bound co-founder, Daniel Colaianni about what he hopes the VR Awards would achieve for VR technology and he says, “The VR Awards exists to promote growth and achievement throughout the immersive industry by reinvesting in promoting strategic partnerships.” There you go, that’s the VR Bound VR Awards shortlist for 2017.

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JUNE 21, 2017

As a lifelong artist and futurist, Malicki-Sánchez has designed VRTO to be an exploration of consciousness—one that’s facilitated by our work to develop immersive technologies (XR) that include and transcend the usual suspects in VR and AR. The post VRTO 2017: Where New Giants Stand on Giant Shoulders appeared first on VRScout.

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APRIL 13, 2017

In its new Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017 , Greenlight Insights forecasts total virtual reality revenues to reach $7.2 billion globally by the end of 2017, of which, head-mounted displays (HMDs) will account for $4.7 What’s Inside the Virtual Reality Industry Report: Spring 2017. billion segment in 2021.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Dreamscape Immersive , the location-based VR startup backed by some of the biggest companies in Hollywood, today announced it will be opening four US-based locations in addition to its flagship LA venue. Until now, Dreamscape Immersive has operated pop-up venues for limited time engagements with their multiplayer VR experiences.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Now that it’s all said and done it’s easy to see that E3 2017 just wasn’t a huge showing for VR hardware. The creators of the tool have plans to add haptic sensors to the base glove in the future, so we could be witnessing an affordable and functional new step for immersive input in VR. Runner Up: Antilatency.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge. Here are just a few reasons to consider attending VRX 2017: VRX is the most senior-level VR/AR event on the planet: Meet with the top executives from working in immersive tech from across the world.

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JUNE 19, 2017

As expected Valve did not make an appearance at E3 2017 and the world is left wondering where their “killer app” is and what those three made-for-VR games could be. But nevertheless we played a lot of Vive stuff so we’ve made a list of the three best VR games we tried on the HTC Vive at E3 2017.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

A new immersive training facility and program, the Immersive Technology Institute (ITI), has been launched Luton, UK in a collaboration between Central Bedfordshire College (CBC) and AI and VR development firm AiSolve. In November 2017, ITI will begin its first pilot program for immersive skills training.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

VR Winners at the 2017 Lumiere Awards. The Void & Recognized as one of the most interactive and immersive VR installations ever made, The Void and Sony Pictures Entertainment teamed up to create a Ghostbusters experience that lets you step into an epic multiplayer adventure. Harold Lloyd Award: Jon Favreau.

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MAY 4, 2017

By the end of 2016, the company says they began shipping the first Meta 2 dev kits, and by the end of 2017 they expect to ship some 10,000 headsets. The Meta 2 uniquely features an impressive 90 degree field of view that’s a huge step up in immersion from the company’s prior Meta 1 device and other AR headsets in its class.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

VRChat announced today that it has closed a $10 million Series C investment to continue expanding its immersive social platform which is steeped in user-generated content. VRChat is an immersive social platform that allows VR and non-VR users to socialize in a connected virtual world while exploring user-generated spaces and activities.

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JUNE 19, 2017

Although 2017 didn’t have quite as large of a presence overall, there were still plenty of quality experiences that the UploadVR team got the chance to play. With that said, VR is under a microscope as gamers and possibly even developers look out for impactful competitive gameplay experiences on immersive platforms.

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MARCH 29, 2018

billion dollars raised by XR startups in 2017, only 7.7 We’re just beginning to craft the experience of VR — building worlds and defining how to interact or communicate — using an immersive medium,” said Lindsay Metcalfe, the design manager for Google VR. “As With more than $1.9 Image Credit: Kaleidoscope / Greenlight Insights.

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MAY 8, 2017

Positional audio for VR experiences—where noises sound as if they are coming from the correct direction—has long been understood as an important part of making VR immersive. But knowing which direction sounds are coming from is only one part of the immersive audio equation. Road to VR is a proud media sponsor of GTC 2017.

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JUNE 11, 2017

The virtual reality presence at E3 this year is expected to be almost double what it has been as developers and publishers move full steam ahead with immersive experiences. Tagged with: Bethesda , E3 2017 Facebook Twitter Reddit More. Bethesda also confirmed Doom VFR is coming to both the Vive and PlayStation VR.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

The Use Your Illusion: Creating Immersive Virtual Reality Worlds session The Use Your Illusion: Creating Immersive Virtual Reality Worlds session at VRDC was a collection of modern VR pioneers that are helping to create the grammar of immersive VR. It is obvious the tech not there yet.

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MARCH 16, 2017

Not only can you immerse yourself in what used to be known as a ‘music video,’ but some of the VR experiences on this year’s SXSW Interactive lineup even allow you to compose your own melodies. Here are two of my VR favorites that premiered at SXSW 2017 this week: SHOW IT 2 ME – Mark Brooks & Dylan Carter.

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JUNE 29, 2017

There was an amazing projection-mapped , immersive theater piece at Sundance this year by Heartcorps called Riders of the Storyboard. Heartcorps is proving out some of the techniques with projection mapping technology that should also work really well in the future of live performance and immersive theater designed for AR glasses.

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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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AUGUST 3, 2017

At The VOID, we combine the magic of illusions, advanced technology and virtual reality to create fully immersive social experiences that take guests to new worlds,” said Curtis Hickman, co-founder and chief creative officer at The VOID. “A Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire will plunge guests directly into the iconic Star Wars galaxy.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

CES 2017 is officially “begins” tomorrow but the behemoth conference is already revving up in Las Vegas. On this week’s episode of our VR news podcast, we discussed CES 2017 at length. An omission like that on a stage tailor-made for VR news does not bode well for big immersive updates from CES this year.

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Tribeca Virtual Arcade, 2019 (Note: Not in 2017 when the story takes place) A Journey into VR, AR, and Spatial Computing So there I was, standing in a prison cell, looking directly at a somewhat menacing bunkmate. Immersive Cinema?” I looked around the small room, the small window, the uninviting bunk bed. Virtual Arcade?

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

First up was the Immersive Reality Technical Achievement, celebrating VR design, an important aspect of development in the tech’s early stages. The more hotly contested category, though, was Immersive Reality Game of the Year. Tagged with: DICE Awards 2017 , Eagle Flight , pokemon go , SUPERHOT VR.

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DECEMBER 31, 2016

That’s a question that expands well beyond 2017, but there’s still a bunch of big questions we’re expecting to answer next year. It needs a solution that combats nausea and feels immersive. That will come as a relief to many, as the original unit is less than a year old, but it won’t be by the end of 2017.

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JULY 10, 2017

Played out through the scary stories told by a group of campers around the campfire, each story leads to what the press release dubs “an immersive ride into your darkest childhood fears.”. The post Director of ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ is Making a Live-Action VR Horror Series, Releasing Halloween 2017 appeared first on Road to VR.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Here’s our roundup of news from ‘day 4’ of E3 2017. A new partnership to develop multiple original VR titles within the extended The Walking Dead universe was announced at E3 2017. A new partnership to develop multiple original VR titles within the extended The Walking Dead universe was announced at E3 2017.

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