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Felix & Paul Studios Secures Multi-Million Dollar Financing for Next Location-based VR Experience

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Felix & Paul have been pioneers in the VR space since the release of early 360 films Strangers and Zarkana. The yet unnamed LBVR experience, which is set to launch in 2025, is being couched as the studio’s “most ambitious project yet.”

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The XR Week Peek (2021.08.02): Facebook creates Metaverse group and prepares to launch its smartglasses, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Facebook Reality Labs creates a group focused on working on the “metaverse”. Zuckerberg said last week that he wants in 5 years Facebook to become a “metaverse company” and this week he started taking action in this sense: he has created a group in the company focused on “building the metaverse”. (Image by Facebook).

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Felix & Paul’s Creepy VR Film ‘Gymnasia’ Set To Debut At Tribeca Film Festival

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The 2019 Tribeca Film Festival is just around the corner and with it comes Tribeca Immersive Virtual Arcade , an entire exhibit dedicated to highlighting creators who explore how storytelling and technology can come together to deliver wondrous VR and AR experience. Image Credit: Tribeca Film Festival.

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Mary Matheson speaks about storytelling in VR and the importance of 360 movies

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What was interesting about virtual reality is that instead of bringing my characters or stories from other countries back to Europe, I was able to bring my audience in Europe over to the countries where I was filming and working. When you go and watch a film, often you’re there. You don’t just fly in and take some shots.

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OBAC Opens Second Black Accelerator Cohort

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The OYA Black Arts Coalition (OBAC), a major Ontario-based organisation promoting talent from Black and minority groups, has partnered with the Canadian Film Centre’s Media Lab (CFC Media Lab) and immersive firm Dark Slope to open applications for its second cohort, it was recently revealed in August.

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‘Ralph Breaks VR’ Hyper-Reality Experience Is An All-Out Assault On Your Senses

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It’s incredible to work on an experience like Ralph Breaks VR that lets you live inside a film you’ve spent years creating,” said Pamela Ribon, Co-Writer for Ralph Breaks the Internet, writer for Ralph Breaks VR, and voice of B.E.V. The Rec Room West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Tickets start at $29.95

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8th Annual Lumiere Awards For Creative Filmmaking Expands VR Categories

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Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. For their 8th ceremony however the organizers of the non-profit group are shaking things up by generously expanding their categories for achievements in virtual reality. Best VR Film. Best VR Documentary.