GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A year later, the Chinese-born New Zealander is still young (she’ll turn 23 in December), but now she’s a best-selling author, with the highly anticipated Our Violent Ends — the sequel to her breakout YA… Read more. Just one year ago, Chloe Gong was a young writer about to release her first book, These Violent Delights.

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VRScout

MAY 5, 2020

With the COVID-19 lockdown still in effect across the globe, kids and parents are actively seeking additional ways to stay entertained together (and if you can do it without getting glue and paste on the carpet, even better). The Wiggles – Fun Time with Faces. The Wiggles – Fun Time with Faces is available on the App Store and Google Play.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 25, 2021

In a candid interview with New Zealand’s 1 News, Valve co-founder Gabe Newell sat down to talk all about his future vision for brain-computer interfaces (BCI), and how the technology is set to change everything about how we live (and play) today.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

The New Zealand-based creators making Zingoshi are doing just that with a series of games and books they hope will empower girls and all adventuresome children. There was a real lack of good, wholesome and fun quality entertainment content for young girls,” spoke Co-founder Ronel Schodt in a statement.

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VRScout

AUGUST 3, 2017

The Lord of the Rings auteur is using Apple’s ARkit to unlock new levels of storytelling immersion in augmented reality. The New Zealand native is responsible for some of the medium’s most technologically groundbreaking work, including the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 21, 2021

The New Zealand series, a spin-off of What We Do in the … Read more. If The X-Files tossed aside all the government-conspiracy stuff and just concentrated on wacky monsters —and injected everything with the driest, most deadpan humor imaginable, and a bit more bumbling—that’s kind of exactly what Wellington Paranormal looks like.

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GizModo VR

MAY 26, 2021

The answer is they’ll be starting next month in New Zealand—and it’ll premiere on HBO Max. Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell can finally stop answering the question they’ve gotten for almost 30 years: “When are you going to make Evil Dead 4 ?” Read more.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Now the New Zealand-based company has officially employed the use of Apple’s powerful ARKit platform to bring a whole new level of realistic digital figures to augmented reality.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 12, 2021

But on the heels of news that season one just wrapped principal photography in New Zealand—a country whose… Read more.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

From the gritty coming-of-age realism of French film Divines and the suspense of Oxygen to the animated family fun of the Spanish movie Klaus and the riotous comedy of New Zealand's The Breaker Upperers , here we go. — Kellen Beck, Entertainment Reporter Where to watch: Ip Man is now streaming on Netflix. Credit: Netflix.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Developers are charging forward with various entertainment and productivity applications (over 80 in the Microsoft store to date) and businesses are finding new ways to utilize the head mounted display as well. HoloLens is now available to pre-order exclusively from the Microsoft Store.

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 19, 2023

Meanwhile, XR brands worldwide are striving to establish themselves as leads in entertainment, collaboration, and wearables via events, product launches, and rebranding. The new system will combine BMW’s sensor data with Meta’s tracking systems and technologies to create a “car-locked” immersive entertainment console.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Society Awards Chair Buzz Hays spoke about the decision stating, “With the HTC VIVE, Cher Wang and her team have created a groundbreaking room-scale VR platform that has enabled the production of a dazzling number of immersive VR experiences which have pushed the boundaries of entertainment.

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CraneMorley

APRIL 12, 2022

New Tasting Experience. Digital twins are utilized for a new tasting experience. New Zealand honey makers Comvita bought users inside a beehive to learn where their m?nuka NFL game day entertainment. The Carolina Panthers and Baltimore Ravens bought a new element to in game entertainment.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Created by Peter Monga, a New Zealand-based indie dev, Morgan Lives in a Rocket House in VR is the first VR episode in the series. At only 4 minutes-long, it’s more of a proof of concept, but it gives us a peek into the future of a kid-focused genre that hasn’t seen much attention until now; preschool entertainment.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 9, 2022

Entertainment has a specific fixation with growing up pre-internet, something that can be evoked to make a meaningful impact, but can also come across as… Read more. Recapturing the magic of classic movies—or at least trying to—has been a staple of pop culture’s obsession with nostalgia , Stranger Things being one current example.

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Tech Trends VR

AUGUST 8, 2018

It seemed an exciting proposition back then, sold mainly off the back of some very cool concept videos cooked up by New Zealand-based special effects company WETA (you know, the one from all the Lord of the Rings films). I first heard about this ridiculously well-funded start-up (investment clocked so far exceeds $2.3

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XR Today - VR Headsets tag

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Further abroad, shoppers in Japan, Australia, and New Zealand can buy the device, which the company plans to expand next year. It is available to buyers across the United States and Canada. European markets include the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, and others.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The epic success of “Sleep No More” in New York represents a tipping point for Immersive Entertainment. A multi-character drama in VR or AR would be like “Sleep No More”, the smash hit environmental theater production in New York now going into the sixth year. Courtesy of The McKittrick Hotel.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Whether it be film, television, video games or any other form of entertainment, music has the ability to make or break an experience. Whether it be rock, techno, New Zealand Hakka, throat singing–no type of sound is off limits in this incredible musical journey that changes with each level you traverse.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

— Kristy Puchko, Deputy Entertainment Editor How to watch: The Vicious Kind is streaming on Sundance Now. — Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: Short Term 12 is streaming on Sundance Now. Credit: Transmission Films/Madman Entertainment/Kino Lorber. Rami Malek, LaKeith Stanfield, John Gallagher Jr.,

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 27, 2017

Sagar is an associate professor based at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Other potential applications range from autonomous characters for VR, education, entertainment and gaming, and as a virtual assistants or customer service agents. To see which of these two camps you fall into, watch the video below.

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The HoloLens 2 Development Edition will become available in 10 additional countries by the end of the year: Canada, Germany, France, UK, Ireland, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, and Italy. The option to “rent it” by paying $100/month is coming next year.

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Bernard Marr

MAY 23, 2022

Depending on your age, the concept of flying taxi cabs might bring to mind either The Jetsons or Futurama – two science-fiction-themed cartoon shows that created entertainment out of our seemingly outlandish ideas about the future.

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EnterpriseWear

AUGUST 1, 2018

The history of wearable technologies in the airport industry: From supporting airport ground operations with AR to in-flight VR entertainment; the airport industry has experimented with wearable technologies throughout the travel experience. Such VR entertainment could transform the cabin experience.

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Mashable VR

JULY 17, 2022

— Alison Foreman, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: The Big Flower Fight is now streaming on Netflix. — Belen Edwards, Entertainment Reporter How to watch: Old Enough is now streaming on Netflix. Turns out, Tipene Funerals, located in New Zealand, is a hotbed for drama, antics, and spectacular combinations of the two.

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ARVR

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The Super Insects Campaign [link] AR loyalty program for New Zealand supermarket brand, Countdown. In general, this was an entertaining and educational program. Another important entertainment component in the Super Insects Campaign was the Insect Race?—?an For example, there were 10 special cards in the collection.

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VRWorld

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

This experience brings people, via an Oculus Rift headset, to the birthplace of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand. First one that started such virtual tours was Brancott Estate winery, who launched a VR multisensory experience as part of its Red Shed pop-up, which is touring UK festivals last year.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

The GabeN is currently in New Zealand, enjoying a lockdown-free life (New Zealand has zero Coronavirus cases). East European startup Virtuactions is proposing location-based entertainment with the Oculus Quest. A very interesting solution for the future of LBEVR (Location Based Entertainment in VR).

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Delta Reality was also nominated in the same category for The Metaverse Park and was up for Best Enterprise Solution and Best in Location-Based Entertainment. The interactive game for a New Zealand Supermarket included social lenses, games, and recipes. “We The award went to Zappar for Countdown: Bricks Farm.

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EnterpriseWear

JUNE 26, 2018

Providing flight attendants with smart glasses to interact with passengers or offering VR headsets as in-flight entertainment are not critical use cases like the need to quickly train thousands of new pilots. Moreover, the timeline for mainstream consumer use of AR and VR is still unclear.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

A digital assets of an orc, that was destined to become the character of an animation movie and was later on abandoned, can exit the PC and enter the real world thanks to your help; Air New Zealand’s Fact or Fantasy. Or maybe with the same money, they can directly go to New Zealand (Image by Road To VR).

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Star Wars ? Indiana Jones ? The Godfather ? Back to the Future ? Stephen Colbert says screw ‘em. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring , the Late Show host decided to declare Peter Jackson’s trilogy as the best of all time. And he did it in as unique a way as… Read more.

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GizModo VR

MAY 2, 2021

Taika Waititi is jumping in front of the camera for a new role in the HBO Max Pirate comedy, Our Flag Means Death. Written by David Jenkins ( People of Earth ), Garrett Basch ( What We Do in the Shadows ), and Dan Halstead, Waititi will start alongside Rhys Darby and act as executive producer. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 21, 2022

IGN has revealed a series of photos from the new Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power , this time showing off the “new and unimproved” Orcs of this age. And for once, worse is actually better here. Read more.

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Road to VR

MARCH 18, 2018

image courtesy Entertainment Weekly. Cheery old Hobbiton, although maintained as a tourist destination today at a family run farm five miles west of Hinuera, New Zealand, isn’t a ‘real’ place either. Case in point: Hobbits don’t exist.

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GizModo VR

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

If you’re excited about Prime Video’s lavish Lord of the Rings : The Rings of Power TV series, chances are you’re also excited by Warner Bros.’ The War of the Rohirrim anime movie, announced last summer. Unfortunately, you’ll be waiting quite a while for the horse-lords of Middle-earth to come trotting onto movie… Read more.

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