VRScout

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As the characters in Jumanji are pulled into the game, we naturally had the idea to create a VR experience where fans can do the same. Grand Canal Shoppes in The Venetian and The Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nev.; Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, Calif.; The Battery Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.; Mall of America, Minneapolis, Minn.;

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AR Insider

MAY 3, 2021

The XR section of the venerated New York film festival introduced its offering on Tuesday: a mix of VR in the Museum of Other Realities, some limited in-person events at the Tribeca Hub downtown, and location-based mobile AR experiences around New York. So far, about 25% of exhibitors have committed to returning.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017

Dreamscape says it’s in talks with major studios and IP-holders; naturally the companies hope to make recognizable film franchises part of the immersive content offering, something AMC seems likely to be able to help with. “In Image courtesy Zero Latency.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The out-of-home VR destination The VOID is rolling out its next big multiplayer VR experience next week, this time transporting you into the world of Wreck-It Ralph’s latest sequel film Ralph Breaks the Internet. Check out ticketing info here. Image courtesy ILMxLab, The Void, Disney.

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VRScout

JANUARY 23, 2019

The concept behind Lyft’s VR sounds very similar to Audi’s own backseat VR entertainment system, Holoride , which debuted last month during CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Audi’s platform also revolves around utilizing real-world motions from the vehicle in-game. Image Credit: Lyft.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Disguised as ‘Netizens,’ colorful characters that inhabit the world wide web, teams of four will infiltrate the Internet to join Wreck-It Ralph and Vanellope von Schweetz in order to play in what Ralph promises is “newest, coolest video game ever.” However, when a megalomaniacle security system referred to a B.E.V. Tickets start at $29.95

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Mandalay Bay; Las Vegas, Nevada. Game Developers Conference (GDC) // February 27th – March 3rd. Tribeca Film Festival // April 19th – April 30th. Las Vegas Convention Center; Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas Convention Center; Las Vegas, Nevada. Location TBD.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Jumanji: Reverse the Curse will give fans the ability to truly enter another game, taking on the form of its heroes, Dr. Bravestone, Ruby Roundhouse, Professor Oberon and “Mouse” Finbar, to save Jumanji from a new dark and mysterious villain. Grand Canal Shoppes in The Venetian and The Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Mashable VR

MARCH 5, 2022

South by Southwest, the annual tech, music, film, and art mega-festival, is back in person this year after it was canceled in 2020 , and relegated to virtual-only status last year because of the pandemic. The Las Vegas-based creator of effervescent, experimental pop with attitude will play a set at the Empire Control Room Alex the Astronaut.

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Hypergrid Business

DECEMBER 29, 2016

The Virtual Reality Festival will be holding its Extreme Virtual Reality Challenge event in Las Vegas starting next Thursday, January 5, but you still three days to vote for your favorite virtual reality movies, video games, and ads. Nominees for Best Live Action Narrative Film. First Person ep 4: Las Vegas.

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ARVR

APRIL 5, 2021

Here’s the latest list… (Announcements happened in Q1, though some track prior-period activity) Usage Milestones - Resolution games saw a 500 percent boost in downloads for its casual games (e.g. Sundance’s Film Festival’s Virtual New Frontier Exhibition was visited almost 40,000 times. Oculus’s Android App?—?an

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It has Daniel Craig, in his first appearance as the secret agent, making it his mission to bankrupt a terrorist in a poker game. The film has a heavier focus on character instead of gadgets — and it works. In a vault beneath Las Vegas, lies more than 200 million dollars. — B.B. Triple Frontier. — A.F.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MARCH 31, 2017

It feels like just yesterday the Upload team was gathered in Las Vegas to kick the year off at CES. Playing beat-based boxing game, Sound Boxing, Stauffer was able to lose more than 50 pounds, dramatically changing his figure. It’s hard to believe that we’re already a quarter of the way through 2017.

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VRScout

JUNE 18, 2016

His comparisons with how VR gaming has not yet reached the potential of the technology reminds us of how far gaming still has to come to convince the majority of users to invest and jump over to the platform. VRScout caught up with Founder Jimmy Hess and talked with him about VRVixen’s new gaming experience, “Temptation Towers.”.

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ARPost

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

In 2017, I created a VR film called ‘Where Angels Meet’ which is partially set in a heaven-like environment.”. Watching the ocean life above me, I thought about aquariums at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas or the Long Beach Aquarium. There’s gaming, but not everyone can or wants to do that. VR Continues to Thrive.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The challenges are multitudinous of course and with such an early and developing format of film making (already split into various sub formats), but the primary problem is the same a developers working on VR games and applications – you need to be ‘in’ the experience to understand and from there build or edit it.

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VRScout

JANUARY 9, 2017

AT&T sponsored us to attend the Developer Summit in Las Vegas , and as it turned out – the force was strong in VR/AR initiatives. One of the most recognizable faces in the industry, Nonny de la Pena is nicknamed the “Godmother of Virtual Reality.” The mission?

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Peter Graham

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

To help promote the new film Sony Pictures Virtual Reality (SPVR) has teamed up with location-based entertainment (LBE) specialist The VOID on an immersive experience called Jumanji: Reverse the Curse. Grand Canal Shoppes in The Venetian and The Palazzo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. For further updates keep reading VRFocus.

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Cats and VR

MARCH 8, 2018

With special live VR DJ guest performance by Tye Sheridan, who stars in “Ready Player One,” in theaters March 29, the experience will allow anyone to virtually step inside a scene inspired by The Distracted Globe zero-gravity dance club in the film.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

As virtual reality continues to rise in popularity, more film festivals, both up-and-coming ones and established ones, are opening up virtual reality competitions. Here we selected 37 film festivals dedicated to virtual reality or with VR programs for your reference. Check them out and visit some in 2018!

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 31, 2023

He discussed his experiences with developing workflows on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine , the future of immersive filmmaking, and his creative processes to create immersive media. I used to play a lot of video games, and now I play around in the place where video games are made.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JANUARY 9, 2023

CES 2023 occurred between January 5 – 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The device lets users stream gaming content as an immersive visualisation, displaying chosen media on a 120-inch virtual screen. Canon is teaming up with famed Director M Night Shyamalan to collaborate on his upcoming Knock at the Cabin film.

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VeeR VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Ty Evans is an acclaimed Skate Film director who is self-taught, and uses his commercial work to fund his personal creative projects. Andy Cochrane and John Fragomeni recently completed a project with R&R, the AOR for the City of Las Vegas called “ Alter Your Reality ”. Awavena is a VR Film premiering at Sundance.

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VeeR VR

AUGUST 13, 2018

Lei Zhengmeng is the producer of VR Animation The Dream Collector and Shennong: Taste of Illusion , which were nominated for 74th and 75th Venice international film festival. Sandman's principals have worked extensively among a diverse and prominent portfolio of experiences in animation, online game, play, special effects, and other fields.

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VeeR VR

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Ty Evans is an acclaimed Skate Film director who is self-taught, and uses his commercial work to fund his personal creative projects. Andy Cochrane and John Fragomeni recently completed a project with R&R, the AOR for the City of Las Vegas called “ Alter Your Reality ”. Awavena is a VR Film premiering at Sundance.

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Headjack

JANUARY 12, 2015

The recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas made it clear: virtual reality is taking on serious forms ! So far there are two major types of VR companies: those creating hardware, and those creating games and animated content. Cinematic VR requires radically new ways of thinking about filming.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

” And once we showed them that, like, “hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you’re actually recording,” it was a huge game-changer. And it wasn’t realistic enough.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

” And once we showed them that, like, “hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you’re actually recording,” it was a huge game-changer. And it wasn’t realistic enough.

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XR for Business Podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

And once we showed them that, like, "hey, you can actually connect your Evo through Wi-Fi to an Oculus Go headset or to an HTC Vive and you can adjust your exposure and your camera settings, live in-headset and see where you're actually recording," it was a huge game-changer. And the really great part is how you see the treatment evolving.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Now, in my personal, humble opinion, with the technology now today with 3D modeling tools and so forth, and things like facial mapping and all that that’s going on in the media industry, rendering that 3D person — much like we see in the high-end games today –is really exciting. And that game was, “what happens if?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Now, in my personal, humble opinion, with the technology now today with 3D modeling tools and so forth, and things like facial mapping and all that that’s going on in the media industry, rendering that 3D person — much like we see in the high-end games today –is really exciting. And that game was, “what happens if?”

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 28, 2019

Now, in my personal, humble opinion, with the technology now today with 3D modeling tools and so forth, and things like facial mapping and all that that's going on in the media industry, rendering that 3D person -- much like we see in the high-end games today --is really exciting. And that game was, "what happens if?" That's gaming.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

And if you repurpose it in a way that makes sense, instead of trying to add a gimmick to a commercial film, and you make it so that you can add a layer to a training simulation for a group of. But there's one that I'm particularly proud of, because I feel like it is really a game-changer in the industry. It's just the most fun.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

And if you repurpose it in a way that makes sense, instead of trying to add a gimmick to a commercial film, and you make it so that you can add a layer to a training simulation for a group of. But there's one that I'm particularly proud of, because I feel like it is really a game-changer in the industry. It's just the most fun.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

And if you repurpose it in a way that makes sense, instead of trying to add a gimmick to a commercial film, and you make it so that you can add a layer to a training simulation for a group of. But there's one that I'm particularly proud of, because I feel like it is really a game-changer in the industry. It's just the most fun.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

And if you repurpose it in a way that makes sense, instead of trying to add a gimmick to a commercial film, and you make it so that you can add a layer to a training simulation for a group of. But there's one that I'm particularly proud of, because I feel like it is really a game-changer in the industry. It's just the most fun.

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