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Disney Invests in VR Arcade The VOID, Epic Games in 2017 Accelerator

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Among the 11 picked for the company’s 2017 Accelerator is location-based VR arcade The Void and Unreal Engine creator Epic Games. Companies to come out of Disney’s Accelerator include the toy company Sphero , 360 streaming platform Littlestar , 360 video production studio Jaunt and modular electronics producer littleBits.

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Apple’s Job Listings Seek ‘VR File Format Engineer’, ‘VR Pipeline Engineer’, & More

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The former listing seeks a candidate with “direct experience with implementing and/or designing media file formats,” as well as “experience with VR and 360 video.” ” The latter is looking for someone with “Direct experience with implementing and/or designing VR or 360 video playback systems.”

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‘Kingdom City Drowning’ Looks Like VR’s Very Own ‘Sin City’

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This is a new cinematic VR series built in Unreal Engine 4 from phoenixmirror. Still, when I first heard the term “cinematic virtual reality”, I assumed this would be a 360 video. I’m interested to see how light field technology will alter this in the future!”

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SXSW Reviews vol. 2: Hands-on with AmazeVR, Beatday, and The Sick Rose

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I still remember when Amaze was a distribution platform for 360 videos … I loved the high quality of its videos and I also loved the team working there. Then the startup pivoted to VR concerts when it understood that the market for 360 videos wasn’t going to explode.

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GDC 2017: Epic Games Teams With Chevrolet On New AR Car Project

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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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GDC 2017: Genvid Unveils Interactive VR Streaming

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Mixing the two together is a logical step, but Genvid Technologies is going one further. Genvid’s technology is already available in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4, but a plug-in for Unity is also being released. The VR revolution is taking place just a little behind another major leap for the games industry; streaming.

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HBO’s Westworld Makes Virtual Reality Debut

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Abrams and written by Jonathan Nolan ( The Dark Knight, Person of Interest ) and Lisa Joy ( Pushing Daisies ) will actually put VR front and center during the show, one thing’s for sure, HBO isn’t being shy about using the immersive technology to promote their ten-episode season premiering next month.