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Samsung XR and EarthX Debut Environmentally-focused 360 Short Films

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Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Image courtesy Samsung, EarthXR.

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Inmates Use VR To Prepare For Life On The Outside

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A new early-release program in Colorado helps prisoners convicted as teenagers adjust to the world they missed 20-plus years ago. Thankfully, things are beginning to look up for these forgotten “lost boys” of sorts thanks to a new early-release program in Colorado designed to rehabilitate those convicted as juveniles.

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VR Tour App ‘MasterWorks’ Uses Photogrammetry to Bring You to 4 Fully Explorable Heritage Sites

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Mesa Verde Native American cliff dwellings of Colorado. You can check out the full video interview here. Spanning over 3000 years of human history, you’ll be able to visit: The historical city of Ayutthaya, Thailand, the second capital of the Siamese Kingdom. Chavín de Huántar, a pre-Incan temple in the Peruvian Andes.

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How Producers at 360 Labs Experiment with Virtual Reality

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About: 360 Labs is a Portland, Oregon based production company specialized in 360º videos, virtual tours, custom Google Street View, and VR experiences. When another surge of VR popularity arose, they naturally became inclined to produce more content with 360 videos. 360 Labs was officially founded in May of 2014.

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Top 37 VR Film Festivals to Attend in 2018

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Projects must be viewable via Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Samsung Gear VR, or Google Cardboard. Fictional and non-fictional, live-action cinematography and CGI are all acceptable as long as they are compatible with mobile HMD's such as Samsung Gear VR. The last date to submit your 360 video films is September 27, 2016.

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Can Vuze Become the Next GoPro?

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Red Bull and GoPro both based their marketing / business model around video content on YouTube, and the new revolution might be at the gates. Starting its way from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel – the company received venture capital backing and moved to Colorado, US. 360 – Samsung Gear 360. 60,000 – Nokia OZO.