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VR and AR at the Sundance Film Festival

VRWorld

The bastion of cinema — the Sundance Film Festival — is bravely exploring the VR medium and trying to engage its audience into the new immersive experience this week in Park City, Utah. Prominent VR attractions include Awavena, a VR experience following the Yawanawa, an indigenous people based in the Amazon.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.03.01): Sony confirms PSVR 2, Facebook teases Quest 2 Pro, and more!

The Ghost Howls

They are standard Quests , the ones you can buy on Amazon, BUT they have a business licensing. Now instead, it directly allows you to buy consumer Quests via the Oculus For Business sales channels (so no, you can’t buy them on Amazon) and use them in your professional facilities. Learn more.

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Reveries on The Future of VR

VRScout

More recently, I had the opportunity to try the Ghostbusters experience at the VOID in Utah. As VR continues to mature, our ability to simulate virtual worlds and experiences will first approach and then likely surpass what we experience in the real world. William: “Are you real?” Angela: “Well, if you can’t tell, does it matter?”

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