Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The EarthXR section on Samsung XR debuted this week with 12 free 360 short films which can be viewed in web browsers, on iOS or Android , or immersively through the Samsung XR app on Oculus ( Rift , Quest , Gear VR ), Windows Mixed Reality , and Daydream. The Amazon is burning. Valen’s Reef. Under the Canopy. Guardians of the Forest.

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Tech Trends VR

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The festival does a great job of making this all about the stories, and the technology takes a back seat. My Africa is a project by Conservation International to educate audiences about Reteti, a community run Elephant Sanctuary in Kenya, working to save elephants, reknitting an ancient coexistence between people and wildlife.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The festival does a great job of making the experience all about the stories, with the focus on technology taking a back seat. The binaural sound design incorporates original sounds which were recorded on site and atmospheric acoustics developed with original animal voices to create an authentic spatial sound impression of the Amazon region.

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