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First VR Film Shot Aboard ISS Available On Oculus Venues

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In honor of National Space Day, Oculus will be streaming a 24-hour loop of developer Felix & Paul’s groundbreaking VR film, Space Explorers: The ISS Experience. We had a chance to check out Episode Two of the revolutionary series, ADVANCE, during the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Image Credit: Felix & Paul Studios.

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The 2021 Venice Film Festival Invades ‘VRChat’

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The Venice Film Festival is back with yet another selection of genre-defying VR projects from some of the most exciting creators in the field. Thanks to a partnership with HTC’s Viveport and Facebook’s Oculus, attendees can also tune in remotely via a PC VR or Oculus Quest headset and enjoy this years’ selection in VR.

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LucidWeb Offering Immersive Experience Platform to VR Film Festivals

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We’re talking of course about awards season, XR gaming maximalists, and data harvesting walled gardens. This year has seen a number of VR awards and VR film festivals go online, most recently AIXR’s VR Awards and the London Film Festival. For example, LFF Expanded required an Oculus headset. Minimizing Data Collection.

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Stop What You’re Doing And Watch These 5 VR Films

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The technology offers storytellers the unique opportunity to immerse audiences in ways that would be impossible or considerably more expensive to replicate using conventional film techniques. That said, we’ve already seen a handful of incredible immersive films make their way to VR headsets over the past couple of years.

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Oculus Cinema Takeover Is How The Modern Moviegoing Experience Should Be

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This past November 700 lucky individuals gathered inside the legendary Los Angeles Theater in Los Angeles, California for a special screening of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story presented by Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Image Credit: Oculus. Feature Image Credit: Oculus.

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Every Announcement From The Oculus Gaming Showcase

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Oculus teases new games and several long-awaited updates during its first-ever VR gaming showcase. Oculus held its first-ever VR gaming showcase earlier today, revealing new games and several major updates coming to Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift headsets this year. Warhammer 40K: Battle Sister Co-op Multiplayer.

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VR Narrative Experience “Jailbirds: Bwa Kayiman” to Have Its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival and NewImages Festival

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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. Of course, such a daring new approach had its challenges. What Does It Mean to Be Free?

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