XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

German extended reality (XR) firm has recently released a virtual reality (VR) film with tools from an industry-leading gaming engine. The Hanover, Germany-based company develops virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) content using real-time 3D (RT3D) content. Users can download the film on Meta’s App Lab platform.

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Road to VR

JULY 15, 2021

A report from The Information back in May maintained that video streaming giant Netflix was getting ready to push beyond TV and film, and was actively approaching candidates to oversee its expansion into gaming. Games are said to be included in the service’s monthly price, and will supposedly be hosted alongside streaming video content.

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Road to VR

MARCH 9, 2018

The Tribeca Film Festival starts next month, an annual screening of everything from indie documentaries to family-friendly films. Coming to the festival’s Immersive program, which showcases works by artists who are pushing boundaries and using cutting-edge technology, are six Oculus-funded projects.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

This week we cover a handful of new funding rounds, new Snap AR milestones and Oculus Quest sales Inflections, among other items. This will allow these companies to work more closely together to deploy AR applications across industries in the process of digital transformation. Arden’s Wake hits the Oculus Store.

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VRScout

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. Using cinema as a jumping-off point, LFF Expanded will be an expansive space for programming, including VR, AR, Mixed Reality, and live immersive performances.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 26, 2018

If 2016 was the birth of modern VR/AR technology, than 2018 was its elementary school graduation. Major hardware releases, vast improvements to software, and various other integral advancements have quietly solidified VR & AR as viable, long-term technological platforms for years to come. FILMMAKING IN VR. LOCATION-BASED VR.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 5, 2024

It is not the first time Meta partnered with an external company for a new device and in most cases this choice paid off: both the Gear VR (Samsung) and the Oculus Go (Xiaomi) were pretty good products. This is coherent with Meta CTO’s claims that this yea r some AR glasses for internal use will be ready.

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AR Insider

JUNE 14, 2021

Let’s dive in… The Tribeca Film Festival’s always impressive immersive offering is back in hybrid form. The six VR pieces in their Storyscapes competition are presented in the physical world at the festival’s Varick St. As predicted, no word on AR or VR glasses, but the company introduce new 3D scanning technology.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Zuckerberg also stated that the Quest 2 successor is in development already and that smartglasses and AR glasses will come in the near future. The CEO said they have but one competitor, Apple, which hasn’t yet announced any XR, AR or VR, products. The product is a 3D modeling software for PC VR and Oculus Quest headsets.

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ARPost

MAY 19, 2021

Co-produced by Digital Rise and Be Revolution Pictures, the immersive visual experience will have its world premiere at two festivals – Tribeca Film Festival , from June 9 to June 20, and NewImages Festival , from June 9 to June 13. See Also: Creating 3D Characters and Animations for AR Children’s Books.

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AR Insider

APRIL 17, 2020

This article is the latest in AR Insider’s editorial contributor program. Authors’ opinions are their own. . Sony Pictures and Trigger — The Mixed Reality Agency® teamed up once again to create a WebAR experience for the feature film. rovr in the browser or finding it on the homepage of the Oculus Browser app.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Earlier this morning Adobe announced the purchase of Oculus’ 3D VR sculpting app, Oculus Medium. Adobe is one of the world’s leading creation software companies, and they’re committed to providing best-in-class 3D and immersive tools for artists, including Adobe Dimension and the Substance tools suite,” states Oculus in a blog post.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Native hand tracking, PC/standalone hybrid functionality, and new games confirmed for the Oculus platform. That’s a wrap on Oculus Connect 6. Oculus Link launches this November ; Oculus will be offering its own official USB-C cable as well. . Image Credit: Facebook.

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VRScout

JANUARY 4, 2019

Step into the role of Crow with this Facebook Karaoke AR filter. Baobab Studios, the VR animation company behind the Emmy-award winning films Invasion! have launched a new Facebook AR face filter that lets you wear the colorful feathered face of the hero from their most recent VR film, Crow: The Legend. and Asteroids!

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ARVR

MARCH 25, 2021

Augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) are giving storytellers the ultimate tool to immerse their audiences in their stories. Content creators are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and are adopting AR/VR to tell new stories in a more engaging way and with an unmistakable sense of presence. Experience it HERE

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VRScout

MAY 22, 2020

Or maybe this is an opportunity for you to try out your dry quirky take of Detective Benoit Blanc from the film, Knives Out. Planck was one of the co-founders of Oculus Story Studio and worked for Pixar for 10 years as a technical director on movies like Cars, WALL-E, and Up. This was in 2019, right before the Oculus Quest launched.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The Immersive Storytelling & Emerging Technologies concentration to include VR, AR and AI in its Film & Media Masters of Arts Program this January. VR and AR can tell and teach with a depth that is unattainable in most other creative media,” said Arora. Looking for more information on this new concentration?

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

This week we look at Zoom’s new immersive view, Looking Glass’ latest milestone, the latest AR funding rounds and the return to physical events. AR images are as flawless as a QLED. Trainees can use Oculus or Google Glasses to learn in a virtual rendering of the facility from almost anywhere around the world.

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VRScout

JANUARY 28, 2020

Leading the design of these ambitious locations is Napoleon Smith III, the producer behind the 2014 film reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ; he’ll be working alongside Arizona-based real estate developer True North Studio to bring his vision to life in Phoenix later this year. For more information check out atarihotels.com. .

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MARCH 6, 2019

Keeping in line with their history of fascinating investments, SYFY yesterday announced Eleven Eleven , a daring new original science fiction experience built specifically for PC VR, mobile VR, and AR platforms. Eleven Eleven will feature three separate releases, each custom-tailored for tethered (PC) VR, mobile VR, and AR devices.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Facebook has started today enforcing the “Facebook login” rule , asking Oculus users to merge their Facebook and Oculus accounts. So I imagine a Quest 2 where you can avoid having a Facebook account, but you can’t use the Oculus Store, or all the most important apps and games , and so you are de facto forced to use it.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 13, 2022

Meta delays its plans for AR glasses. Meta has not officially answered this report, but Andrew Bosworth, the CTO of the company, has indirectly commented on it: “ We’re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech?—?like Other relevant news. Image by Meta). like EMG?—?to This is anyway good news.

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VRScout

JANUARY 20, 2022

Another year, another stellar lineup of ground-breaking VR and AR projects. Today marks the start of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, kicking off nine days of incredible films premieres, conversations, and immersive experiences. ” The Sundance Film Festival 2022 runs now until January 28th exclusively online.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

This Thursday marks the start of the 2021 Sundance International Film Festival , a seven-day celebration of independent filmmaking, emerging storytellers, and new media projects. Some rooms (Film Party) allow those with a webcam to stream video directly to their avatar, replacing the static image they selected before with a talking head.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Depth sensors and RGB cameras may help also in doing object detection in the future (hopefully) There are some studios making content with this headset: Meta has teased Gravity Sketch in AR, and games by Resolution Games and Schell Games. Google performs interesting AR news at I/O conference. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Image by Ars Technica). A market where Oculus has almost no earning s from the hardware sales, though, so it’s a weird situation. Kura teases second-gen AR glasses, but…. The specs are like a dream, considering that no AR headset on the market is even close to these ones. Top news of the week. Other relevant news.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 14, 2019

Here you are my recap of the most interesting XR news of the week! Apple has killed its AR glasses project… maybe. If the report were true, this would mean that Apple doesn’t believe in AR anymore and this would be terrible news for all the immersive realities ecosystem. Oculus is working on 2nd gen VR. So, don’t panic.

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OCTOBER 20, 2021

Using your Oculus Touch controller, you’ll have full control over a variety of light types, including Spray, Spiral, Starburst, and Point Cloud Stamp. Cosmic Sugar is available now on Oculus Quest and Oculus Quest 2 headsets for $9.99 via the Oculus App Lab and SteamVR for $4.99.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The VR/AR Association held its second virtual VR/AR Global Summit last week, concluding Friday afternoon. This second virtual VR/AR Global Summit attracted thousands of XR technology enthusiasts as well, according to the VR/AR Association. VR/AR Global Summit News and Announcements. A Watch Call From Lenovo.

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AR Insider

JUNE 21, 2021

This week, we look at Snap’s latest lens craze, Niantic’s next AR gaming title, new XR funding and more Facebook/Oculus acquisitions. VR and AR are still only a tiny part of that. Oculus buys it’s fifth VR content company, Downpour Interactive, maker of “Population One,” the “Fortnite” of VR.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

LONDON, November 23, 2019 – Focused on filtering through the hype around VR, AR and immersive tech, the VRX Conference & Expo 2019 speaker line-up includes senior executives from HTC Vive, ExxonMobil, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, HP, Survios, Nestlé, Bayer Pharma USA and others. Tickets are still available at www.vr-intelligence.com/vrx

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ARPost

JUNE 7, 2019

Awake Episode One is a 20-minute, 9-chapter, episodic VR film by Start VR. It was published in December 2018 on Viveport and Steam for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, and Windows Mixed Reality headsets. To watch and review, I used my Oculus Rift and stood to watch and interact with it. Eerie like something out of a horror film madhouse.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2018

While Oculus holds their own annual developer conference (coming later this year), parent company Facebook has in years past had plenty of exciting news to share at their own F8 developer conference. Image courtesy Oculus. SEE ALSO Our First Look at Oculus Go – Aiming for the Accessibility Sweet Spot. image courtesy Facebook.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 20, 2018

The Sundance Film Festival just kicked off in Park City, Utah, and Oculus announced in a blogpost they’re debuting five experiences at the New Frontier section of Sundance—all of which they helped bring to life. Sundance’s New Frontier hosts a curated selection of works realized in the mediums of VR, AR, MR and AI.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

As it is tradition of this little blog, I will write a full round-up of the Oculus Connect 5 , the very important Oculus event that has been held in San Jose on 26th and 27th of September (2018). Oculus Quest. Oculus Quest has been the rockstar of this event. Specifications. There is also a 3.5mm jack for earphones.

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OCTOBER 1, 2019

During Oculus Connect 6 in San Jose, CA, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled that the Oculus Quest would allow for hand and finger tracking without the need of any hand controllers, and of course, I couldn’t wait to try it. The moment you put on the Quest headset, your hands are instantly in front of you. ” Image Credit: Facebook.

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APRIL 21, 2021

To learn more about the collaboration as well as each festival’s unique approach, I caught up with Michael Swierczynski, Director of NewImages Festival; Guillaume Esmiol, Deputy Director of Cannes’ Marché du Film; and Loren Hammonds, Vice President of Immersive Programming of the Tribeca Festival. Image Credit: Reality Check VR.

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