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Bigscreen’s Partnership With Paramount Pictures Brings Blockbuster Films To VR

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The only difference is that you’re viewing the entertainment with audience members from all over the globe as opposed to just your local neighborhood; all without having to leave your couch. For Bigscreen, it’s part of the evolution of entertainment. “We Image Credit: Bigscreen, Paramount Pictures. Yes, that’s right.

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BFI London Film Festival Announces Showcase for Immersive Media

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This year, they will be available in virtual exhibition space, The Expanse, on Oculus devices or through a browser experience. The late 1940s marked the beginning of the “Windrush Generation,” groups of Caribbean natives who emigrated to the United Kingdom to fill a labor shortage left in the aftermath of World War II.

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New VR Exhibits On Show At The Shard In London

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The tallest building in the United Kingdom, The Shard, now offers a VR experience on its viewing platform. Developed by VR firm Happy Finish and using the Oculus Rift, visitors can experience a roller coaster-like corkscrew slide at 100 miles-per-hour that will take them around the tower and over London.

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Top 29 VR/AR Events, Expos and Conferences to Attend in 2019

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Some of the events are VR/AR/MR-focused, while others are segments of broader technology media and entertainment events. You can download VeeR VR in your Oculus , Samsung Gear VR , HTC Vive , Windows Mixed Reality , Google Daydream , Steam VR and Lenovo Mirage Solo to watch amazing VR content. Venue: ExCeL, London, United Kingdom.

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Can Virtually Live Replace Pay Per View Television?

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Tom is a serial entrepreneur who started his career as a manager in PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), before building several businesses in United Kingdom. We started development using Oculus Development Kits (DK1), and our breakthrough came when we started to show our code on DK2’s with different business leads. That I was crazy.