Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Operation Apex is a direct sequel to ‘Great White Sharks’, an educational experience that’s featured in one of the most viewed 360 videos on YouTube at 26 million views. Curiscope created Operation Apex under the guidance of South Africa-based research and conservation organization Oceans Research.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

If you prefer smaller features check out “Traveling while Black” and “My Africa.” Narrated by Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyongo, My Africa shines a light on a wildlife conservatory and its connection with the people of Northern Kenya. Watch the 360-video below, or in your favorite VR headset. Hyphen-Labs.

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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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Tech Trends VR

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Your guide through this complex experience is BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead. Your guide through this complex experience is BBC Africa Correspondent Alastair Leithead Click To Tweet. “As

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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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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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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. NEW FRONTIER SHORTS.

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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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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. It is a VR HMD based on the Skyworth S1 that features a handle, so that users can take the handle, push the headset to the face and enjoy the 360 content without the need of completely wearing it.

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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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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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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

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. Jenna: Yeah, absolutely. Jenna: Yeah, yep. So many things!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. Jenna: Yeah, absolutely. Jenna: Yeah, yep. So many things!

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 16, 2019

She has broad experience in traditional film, TV, digital media, augmented reality, virtual reality and video games. Great guy and amazing at taking a green screen and turning it into something magical on camera, giving people the ability to be in a video game, be part of it. what, a few times? Jenna: Yeah, absolutely. So many things!

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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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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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