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NOVEMBER 22, 2016

Exactly what is still unknown, but if we had it our way, we hope he takes a serious look at 360° video and VR storytelling. Neistat shared one of the first 360 videos shot with the Gear 360 back in March from the Oscar’s and kicked off the U.S. launch of the 360 camera at VidCon.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

The first two episodes transport you to the rarefied air of the ISS interior, however the studios today announced that they’ve begun filming episodes three and four outside of the ISS, letting you virtually experience the edge of space via 3D, 360 video.

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MARCH 13, 2017

Sony’s PlayStation VR (PSVR) has embraced 360 video with surprising readiness since launch last October with a suite of free apps and, more recently, support for YouTube 360 content. This month, though, the platform gets its first premium 360 app. Footage was shot over the course of four weeks.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2017

The nine minute 360° short film is a rollercoaster of emotions, letting you follow an aging Mexican wrestler past his prime as he struggles to support his loving family after losing one of his legs from a previous bout. “And, Which is good, because this is a 360° film that’s not to be missed. I don’t blame you.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

YouTube tells budding VR film-makers what not to do when shooting an immersive 360 in this excellent crash course in this fledgling but ever more popular form of content. YouTube is of course owned by Google, with the latter digging deep on 360 video. Go-Pro’s Odyssey – a Google ‘Jump’ Camera Rig.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

The BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, today announces LFF Expanded: the Festival’s new dedicated strand of XR and Immersive Art. BFI London Film Festival Director, Tricia Tuttle said: “Despite the challenges of the year, we are so thrilled to be able to deliver such an ambitious first LFF Expanded.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

The Fury is a two-channel video installation in combination with a 360 video that “explores sexual exploitation of female political prisoners, referencing the Islamic Republic of Iran’s brutal treatment of political prisoners.” This is a listener-supported podcast through the Voices of VR Patreon. Music: Fatality

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Nikon’s foray into 360° video continued at the ‘Nikon Innovation Forum: The 360° Video Revolution’ event in NYC last week. There the company’s recently released KeyMission 360 action camera was the centerpiece among non-360° action cameras of the same series.

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AUGUST 26, 2016

Felix & Paul Studios got together with Oculus Studios and National Geographic to shoot 360 video footage of President Barack Obama’s recent Father’s Day trip to Yosemite National Park, becoming the first official appearance by Obama in a VR presentation. You can can catch the new 12 minute video in a variety of ways.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Christine Heller is the co-founder and CEO of VR Playhouse, and she gave a talk with her co-founder Ian Forester at SVVR 2016 titled “How Fantasy Becomes Form” about the process of starting up a 360-degree video production studio. Teaser of “Surrogate,” an interactive CGI mixed with 360 video.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

The pair shared a love of movies, TV, video games and the internet, and established their YouTube channel in 2009 when they were still in junior high. “I Then, in 2012 they posted the video that would go viral and change everything for them. Then, in 2012 they posted the video that would go viral and change everything for them.

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APRIL 21, 2023

Felix & Paul, the studio known for its pioneering work in creating cinematic immersive films, is set to release the first installment in a new VR trilogy shot from the International Space Station (ISS), which is slated to offer stunning views of Earth from low orbit.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

360 videos can do a lot of things, but what makes them the most remarkable is their ability to transport you inside new locations. But today, thanks to the magic of 360 video, you can now enjoy an up close and personal look at the world’s most famous dwelling narrated by none other than the president and first lady themselves.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Today, Oculus is announcing that the groundbreaking virtual reality short film, Lost , is coming to the Samsung Gear VR. For its debut on the less-powerful Gear VR headset, the project has been repurposed as a 360 video rather than a full, PC-powered, VR experience that allows for robust features like positional tracking.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

STXsurreal, the immersive media division of STX Entertainment , is partnering up with Google’s VR team to launch a new “pay-per-experience” app on the Daydream VR platform, which will host a selection of curated live-action 360 films.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

.” In addition to shining a spotlight on the inspirations and impacts of each chef, Behind the Dish also offers an unprecedented look at various cuisines filmed in 8K 3D 360° video using a custom 3D macro camera system.

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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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JUNE 1, 2017

Now virtual reality film Across the Line is giving viewers a chance to do exactly that. Created by Nonny de La Peña, Brad Lichtenstein, and Jeff Fitzsimmons, the film opens up in a stark clinic room where a patient seeking an abortion waits for her doctor. The film goes on to explore the trip to the health care clinic itself.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The project was filmed in collaboration with the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC), and directed by Flight School Studio VR technical director Ryan Hartsell. The Evolution of the Testicles available for free through Oculus Video for Rift, Go, and Gear VR. You can also watch the 360 video via traditional monitors on Facebook.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Acclaimed author Khaled Hosseini’s short story inspired by Alan Kurdi—the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015—has been illustrated using Tilt Brush for a unique 360 degree short film. SEE ALSO This Impressive Short Film Was Drawn and Animated Entirely Inside of VR.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Image courtesy Samsung, EarthXR. Valen’s Reef. Under the Canopy.

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APRIL 23, 2017

Hallelujah is a new experience by VR film studio Within that’s captured using Lytro’s latest Immerge light-field camera which captures volumetric footage that makes for a much more immersive experience than traditional 360 video. Hallelujah was that experience, and now I can talk about it.

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DECEMBER 14, 2017

Interactive VR short film Asteroids! , A 360 video ‘sneak peek’ has also been available in various forms, including the iOS and Android Baobab app. The post VR Short Film ‘Asteroids!’ the follow-up to Emmy award-winning VR short Invasion! Baobab Studios announced Asteroids!

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The mission is recon only, of course, fitting the non-interactive nature of this 360-degree visual and your vessel does a probability scan to make sure that this historic event remains intact. Tagged with: 360 , Promo , Timeless , VR.

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XR for Business Podcast

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let’s talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that’s that’s one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we’re training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let’s dive in there.

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Road to VR

JULY 27, 2017

Felix & Paul Studios, among the top VR video production companies out there, today launch their longest film to date on the Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Visually, Miyubi is among the best VR film we’ve seen to date, and it’s all shot in 360 degrees and 3D. But what of the content, and the 40 minute runtime?

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APRIL 26, 2017

The Last Goodbye was an incredibly powerful tour of a concentration camp by a Holocaust survivor that pushes innovations around best practices in volumetric storytelling using photogrammetry and stereoscopic video capture. One of the best narrative shorts was Alteration, which used AI-processing techniques on the 360 video to great effect.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Parallel with new, more powerful and higher resolution VR headsets, improvements to NextVR’s technology are bringing promising new levels of quality and volumetric capability to VR video content. Attitudes toward 360 video content among high-end VR users are generally quite bad. Live Volumetric Video.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Over the past several years, the legendary Sundance Film Festival has transformed from a high-profile celebration of independent film into a haven for bleeding-edge multimedia projects. These locations will serve as the home bases for an eclectic catalog of carefully curated film, art, and technology.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Walt Disney Animation Studios has approved another “top secret” VR short after the apparent success of Cycles (2018) , the studio’s first foray into VR short films. While this may be Disney Animation Studios’ second VR film, the company as a whole has been involved in VR for quite a while now.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Jurassic World Evolution VR 360 Gameplay 3D VR Movies & VR 360 Films [link] This channel creates and presents movies for … supply.

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APRIL 30, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg recently posted the 360 film Step to the Line on his Facebook page , which highlights the challenges of living with the criminal justice system in the US, on both sides of the prison wall. The short documentary is an emotionally powerful 360 degree video production, funded by Oculus’ VR for Good initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Let's talk about how you guys are using VR and 360 video to make better training. Lorne: Yeah, that's that's one of our bigger use cases with Toyota, where we're training about 10,000 employees currently using 360 video, in immersive training scenarios in VR. So let's dive in there. They're also testing retention rates.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

After the review of the Huawei VR glasses we did together, this time I interviewed him and FXG’s CTO Wilson Li about the incredible work they’re doing with VR videos in China. FXG has released a professional 180 VR camera able to record 12K (6K per eye) videos and is collaborating with Pico in the realization of VR concerts.

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MAY 15, 2019

Vive Studios has released its ‘feature-length’ immersive film titled 7 Miracles. On the surface, the immersive film is a reenactment of the Gospel of John in the Bible that specifically centers around the seven miracles of Jesus Christ. SEE ALSO Disney to Develop New "Top Secret" VR Short Film Following Success of 'Cycles'.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2018

11 filmmakers give us the 360° camera low down. As the founder of eevo , an interactive VR / 360º video company, I speak every day with filmmakers exploring the world of VR. They are hungry to learn more about creating interactive 360º video and spatial audio experiences. Recommended 360° Cameras: Inst360 Pro?—?$3,500.

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