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Hollywood Embraces its Future in VR at the 2017 Lumiere Awards

VRScout

A pioneering creative tool in VR; Google’s Tilt Brush was awarded for empowering artists from all realms to experiment, design and create all kinds of art in virtual reality. Century Award: Google Earth VR. Google Earth VR for helping the world see the world. Best VR Experience: Tilt Brush.

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STRIVR Labs Raises $5 Million And Adds Enterprise VR Training

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

A less-immersive lite version is also available on mobile and tablet. Belch said the company is looking at Google Daydream very closely and believes the controller will open up a unique way to select things in training. Last year we had 20,000 plays filmed and 45,000 play views,” Belch said.

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First look at HTC Vive Sync

Hypergrid Business

And you could look down and see your hands and feet, which helped create a feeling of realism and immersion. Yes, the sense of immersion is nice. I’ve written before about how Ford and other companies use immersive virtual reality to work on car prototypes. But what really stunned me were the facial expressions.

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Virtual Reality in Retail: Types, Use Cases and Real Business Benefits

ARVR

It is meant to be used with Google Cardboard?—?one Instead, you are fully immersed in a digital world where you can see products in much more detail and enjoy more flexibility in tinkering with them. In this case, immersive training is one of the best things you can do with the hardware. in a simulated environment.

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Christopher Lafayette: Let’s build together an inclusive XR community

The Ghost Howls

I want companies to hire people that look like me that come from cities countries like east Oakland, Baltimore, Compton, Atlanta, Brazil, Detroit, Brooklyn, Nairobi, Zimbabwe, Johannesburg, New Orleans, and more. Have you ever walked into a crowded building and no one looked like you?

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How to Use the Oculus Go for Sales & Marketing Presentations

InstaVR

It’s immersive, interactive and memorable. The publishing section of that guide talks specifically about iOS/Android/Google Cardboard. And we have extremely immersive 3D 360-degree cameras like the Insta360 Pro, used by most VR agencies and companies serious about great presentations.

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Getting the ROI out of XR, with Sector 5 Digital's Cameron Ayres

XR for Business Podcast

I feel like some products, such as Google Cardboard, and some of the lower-end pieces of hardware, have actually done more harm than good to the reputation of virtual reality. People get in it, and they see, "this as a medium-to-low-quality image or video that I'm sitting in," and there's not much interaction if it's a Google Cardboard.