UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 8, 2016

One of the surprising results of accessible virtual reality has been the rise of documentaries that use 360-video to transport you somewhere to experience a place and situation unlike your own. The campaign is focused on providing protective nets to the people of Africa, where mosquitoes pass Malaria to people at night.

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Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Narrated by Academy Award-winning Actress Lupita Nyong’o, My Africa takes viewers to an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, where a community is creating a place where humans and animals can once again coexist. Enter the heroic story of Tun Lin, who was kidnapped when he was 14. Valen’s Reef.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2017

Discovery TRVLR is a brand new 360° storytelling series that takes you across the globe to visit fascinating locals such as “the Guru,” “the Renegade,” “the Entertainer” and “the Explorer,” who will regale their cultures historic traditions and unique rituals.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 5, 2017

The show is hosted by Crazy Legs of the Rock Steady Crew and Africa Islam of the Universal Zulu Nation. Hopefully that’s a safe distance from any flying legs. It’s the 21st edition of the tournament, with finalists from across the globe gathering to compete. Want to watch?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 28, 2017

I Am Because of You was put together in Africa with only $10,000 and we chatted with Ben Bernstein, the director of the film, along with Impact’s VP of internal relations Emily Anderson about how they managed.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Media has always been a bridge to experiences we wouldn’t otherwise be able to see, whether via text, video, or photography. 360-degree media have given us dynamic looks into many different settings that may even be dangerous, but what of the people exploring in those dire conditions?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

VRTually There’s episode including Toughest Mudder also covers a bit of history on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade floats along with the teams needed to maneuver them, and takes viewers on a brief tour of the Out of Africa wildlife park to meet some baby bears. Tagged with: 360 video , CBS , Tough Mudder , Toughest Mudder , usa today.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

South-Africa startup Eden Labs has created an interesting design for VR headsets needed in public installations to show 360 videos. News worth a mention. Image by Eden Labs). The Eden Snacker shows an interesting design for public VR installations.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The feeling of weightlessness combined with 360 visuals of outer space gives the sensation that the user is floating effortlessly through the cosmos. According to Frilot, the project–referred to as Spaced Out –is just one example of the incredible 360 VR content still being produced.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

That’s where South Africa-based EDEN Labs wants to change things up with its enterprise-focused VR headset platform, the Eden Snacker. And let’s face it, most everyone on the planet is a VR newcomer at this point, meaning you’ll need an attendant to handhold users the entire way through.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 11, 2020

is a very trippy journey inside a frozen land : it should be a trip inside Greenland, but the 360 videos about this land are interspersed with trippy audiovisuals effects regarding ice and snow. I really wanted to see this movie, because I’ve heard about it online, but after I saw it, I was like. Image from Know Your Meme).

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Mountainfilm has partnered with our friends at RYOT to curate a program of VR films, and we hope that these stories — about endangered species, national parks and famine in Africa, among other things — will allow participants to step into another world, learn about important issues and walk away more aware, compassionate and inspired.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Looking to next year, we're going to try to take that more globally into different markets in Europe and places in Asia, Africa. Five years ago we were doing 360 videos and then we said, "OK, well, this is easy. And it turns out the 360 video stuff we were doing years ago is what people want.

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XR for Business Podcast

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Looking to next year, we're going to try to take that more globally into different markets in Europe and places in Asia, Africa. Five years ago we were doing 360 videos and then we said, "OK, well, this is easy. And it turns out the 360 video stuff we were doing years ago is what people want.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

” And I said, “listen, they are currently — if they are doing anything — that they support 360 video. I believe XR and all the other emerging tech that compliments it can be used for the United Nations and their sustainable development goals, and specifically for me, animals in Africa. So many things!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

” And I said, “listen, they are currently — if they are doing anything — that they support 360 video. I believe XR and all the other emerging tech that compliments it can be used for the United Nations and their sustainable development goals, and specifically for me, animals in Africa. So many things!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

And I said, "listen, they are currently -- if they are doing anything -- that they support 360 video. I believe XR and all the other emerging tech that compliments it can be used for the United Nations and their sustainable development goals, and specifically for me, animals in Africa. So many things!

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