VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Timed with the blu-ray release of the film, Passengers: Awakening is a roughly 20-minute VR experience for Rift and Vive that has you exploring the Starship Avalon and progressing through the many ship environments all based on the production design of the film. Image Credit: Sony Pictures / Todd Williamson.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Under its new studio, the collaboration with Sony will debut in the virtual world ‘Nostalgia1999,’ which features concepts from a Japanese six-tatami room from July of the same year. Fans can view the messy Otaku character with Sony’s world-renowned anime shows. ／ Let’s watch 90’s anime together on VRChat!

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GizModo VR

APRIL 26, 2022

CinemaCon, a three-day event in Las Vegas, is one of those trade conventions that inevitably turns into a pop culture press event, as big studios take the opportunity to get on center stage and share their plans for the next few years. And boy howdy, did Sony ever take advantage of the moment.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The event hosted various camera, lighting, and film production solution providers showcasing the latest audio/visual capture equipment. Virtual production solutions are emerging as a new tool for film, media, and broadcast markets. Recently, Sony opened a virtual production studio in Seine Saint Denis, north of Paris, France.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Location-based VR destination Dreamscape and Sony Pictures Virtual Reality announced they’re launching a new VR experience that puts you and five other friends in the shoes of the Men in Black: First Assignment. Image courtesy Dreamscape, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality. Image courtesy Dreamscape, Sony Pictures Virtual Reality.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Virtual reality isn’t just for gaming, and Sony wants to make that perfectly clear to potential owners of their brand new VR headset. Below is a list of the 10 titles including the official descriptions from Sony. A few of these we’ve experienced before in their earlier stages such as the short film Invasion!

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

MAY 26, 2023

Apple appears to be very close to announcing an immersive product, with the leading computing firm prompting AR/VR/MR outlets to cover the event. During the Build event, Microsoft officially launched Avatars for Teams , its immersive dial-in feature for its leading video conferencing service.

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Road to VR

AUGUST 19, 2019

Sony, MWM Immersive, and Tequila Works today announced that their upcoming VR adventure Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is set to launch next month, which includes support for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and PSVR. The game is being billed as a VR narrative adventure which is set in the world of the 1990s classic film Groundhog Day (1993).

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Mashable VR

MAY 27, 2022

With a fine wit, bold style, and a big heart, writer/director Todd Stephens's film pays dazzling tribute to a generation of gay men who were decimated by AIDS and societal indifference. This film has rightly been called some of the most impactful filmmaking in history, a perennial meditation on abuse, regret, pain, and acceptance.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Atlantic has filmed several BAFTA-winning films in XR and has gained extensive experience in creating virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) documentaries. Additionally, the documentary series comes just a month after Meta debuted its Meta Quest 3 mixed reality headset at the Connect Event in late September.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Sony Pictures has struck a deal with Nokia to create 3D 360 content using Nokia OZO , the company’s professional-quality 360 degree camera platform. Sony has said they’ll be using OZO to create both special 360 content and to livestream their own events.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 15, 2023

The situation has now changed and the sales that will happen in the next weeks will tell us if that was the case, or it is just that this console is too expensive for taking off (and in this case, Sony should consider offering a discount). People can just build worlds, but not organize events anymore. I’m speechless.

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AR Insider

AUGUST 5, 2021

Creators use virtual reality production techniques to plan and “shoot” film in VR, as if they were on set with the animals. Traditionalists expected that digital cameras would never replace traditional film, but many of them now shoot exclusively digital. The AR touchstone title Poke?mon The studio was ahead of its time.

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ARPost

MAY 27, 2020

EST with event founder Ori Inbar’s “It’s Time to Go Spatial” welcome address. SVP of Emerging Technology and Innovation Strategy Tony Driscoll, Sony SVP of VR Jake Zim, Paramount Futurist Ted Schilowitz, and Arcadium President Marcie Jastrow. Of course, an event like AWE isn’t just important because you get to listen to the experts.

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2018

Sony unleashes VR music video with projection mapping technology at SXSW. Film, television, video games, art, music, comedy, technology, politics, every influential aspect of our lives all colliding together for nine days of pure cultural ecstasy. Image Credit: Sony.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 7, 2017

Beyond the well-known gaming experiences, immersive reality impacts a collection of entertainment industries by way of ads, live event broadcasts, news shows, and more. One example of the increased exposure in New York City is VR In The Sky, a two-day event focused on the ads, brands, and media communities in the city.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Ten days ago, I revealed to you that I was going to Austin, Texas to attend the SXSW, one of the most important events about creativity and technology in the USA. Even if it is not so famous in Europe, the SXSW (South by SouthWest) has always been one of the events to be in the United States. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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Road to VR

AUGUST 1, 2023

We open-sourced the project in 2016, and the influence of OpenUSD now expands beyond film, visual effects, and animation and into other industries that increasingly rely on 3D data for media interchange. OpenUSD is based on years of research and application in Pixar filmmaking.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Last year, the AIS announced the VR Society, a division dedicated to virtual reality, at their VR on the Lot event at Paramount Studios. Filmmaker and VR Creator, Jon Favreau, was honored with the Society’s Harold Lloyd Award for innovative storytelling in films like The Jungle Book, and his exploration into VR with Gnomes & Goblins.

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ARPost

JUNE 6, 2023

Best Art or Film Developer, entrepreneur, and consultant Antony Vitillo, perhaps better known as “ Skarred Ghost ”, presented the first Auggie Award of the night for Best Art or Film. “I She also presented the winner with a 15.6in Sony Spatial Reality Display. The Auggie was presented by XREAL founder Peng Jin.

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ARPost

JUNE 8, 2022

One of the most anticipated and hyped events at Augmented World Expo is the Auggie Awards. Best Art or Film. Sony Electronics Head of Business Development, Thaisa Yamamura, presented the Auggie Award for Best Art or Film. This year, there were 280 nominations, which narrowed down to 86 finalists. Best Use of AI.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 2, 2023

Partnerships include the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), Miramax, and others, leading to generative AI work with the film “Here” and further work with America’s Got Talent. The announcement comes amid the firm’s attendance at the Synthetic Futures event, which kicked off on Wednesday.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2019

AIXR has announced the 2019 nominees for their third annual international VR Awards , an event dedicated to celebrating outstanding achievements in the VR industry. The award ceremony recognizes multiple achievements in VR, such as hardware advancements, gaming, film, social experience, and marketing to name a few. StartVR – Awake.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 9, 2023

Not only can the right tools help creatives, developers, and talent work more effectively together in distributed landscapes, but they also have the power to enhance the way we interact with movies, events, games, and television shows. Let’s take a closer look at how immersive filmmaking is transforming the entertainment industry.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 21, 2021

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). According to a report from Bloomberg, Sony may release its much-awaited next-gen PSVR headset (which I informally call PSVR 2) during Holidays 2022. This is very interesting: it means that Sony is leaving another year to Facebook to gain market shares with the Quest. Other relevant news.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 6, 2017

Interactive VR experiences for film, virtual panels with actors and actresses, and even immersive streams for live events are growing in number. Virtual reality is an intriguing auxiliary tool for creatives, able to be used to supplement traditional media formats.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Alongside Shazam, Sony Records and the Estate for Michael Jackson worked with the creatives at Flight School to come up with an AR experience that promises to live up to the legend’s name, reflecting Michael Jackson’s innovative thinking.

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2017

Virtual reality receives new categories as it takes center stage at this years awards for creative work in film, TV & VR. In an unexpected turn of events, the society’s incredibly rare Century Award will be given to the massively successful Google Earth VR application. Best VR Film. Best VR Animation & CGI.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The event, hosted by AIXR, aims to recognize outstanding achievements in VR technology. The Sony game was nominated for four DICE Awards this year, but failed to take home any of them. VR Film of the Year. VR Film of the Year went to Wolves in the Walls: It’s All Over. What Is AIXR? This offered little surprise.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 10, 2022

A host of filming environments in a compact, lightweight form factor. The ongoing SIGGRAPH 2022 event will take place in the Canadian coastal city from 8 to 11 August, celebrating the top firms in animation, creative content, art and design, gaming, and immersive solutions worldwide. Multi-cam tracking for up to three cameras.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 9, 2017

Along with its own awards ceremonies, VR has been recognised at respected videogame and film shows over the past 12 months, and now it’s coming to one of the UK’s most prestigious institutions: BAFTA. Three PSVR games have been nominated across the event’s traditional categories.

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The Ghost Howls

AUGUST 1, 2022

Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). Sony releases some details about PSVR 2 runtime. Sony is slowly releasing details about the PSVR 2 headset to keep the attention (and the hype) high. Venice Immersive is the VR branch of the Venice Film Festival. Upload VR). Other relevant news. How much does it cost?

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Due to the response from the Hollywood and Silicon Valley communities, this year’s event will require double the sound stage capacity to hold our group and the demonstrations,” said Jim Chabin, President of the Advanced Imaging and VR Societies, in a statement. thelotstudios #filming #hollywood #studio #weho #summer.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

It is also organizing the LEAP Developer Days, a big event for ML developers, that will be held on May 19–22nd inside Magic Leap headquarters in Plantation, Florida. Both Sony and Microsoft have not given clear plans on their VR offerings for their next-gen consoles , the PS5 and the Xbox Series X, but we have some interesting hints.

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AR Insider

MARCH 29, 2021

–Sundance’s Film Festival’s Virtual New Frontier Exhibition was visited almost 40,000 times. — TouchCast raised $55 million to grow its mixed reality-based virtual event platform. — In-Game immersive ad platform Anzu raised $9 million from investors that include agency-giant WPP and Sony.

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VRScout

JUNE 15, 2020

Earlier this morning EA, Lucasfilm, and Motive Studios revealed the next entry in the Star Wars video game universe: Star Wars: Squadrons, an upcoming multiplayer dogfighter in which players engage in high-stakes space combat using an array of recognizable starfighters made famous throughout the films.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Building on the momentum set into motion by the inaugural event, Unity Technologies is hosting Vision VR/AR Summit Asia in Beijing. Unity revealed that representatives from Google, Samsung Gear VR, PTC Vuforia, Sony PlayStation VR, and Microsoft HoloLens will be on hand to discuss new developments in their individual technologies.

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