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Google Closes The Door On Its ‘Spotlight Stories’ VR Film Studio

VRScout

Pour one out in remembrance of Google’s Oscar nominated, Emmy award-winning platform. In an official statement released yesterday by Google, the company confirmed the termination of their popular immersive film program, Google Spotlight Stories, after an impressive six years of AAA VR storytelling.

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Back To The Moon Is The First Google Doodle Available In All Realities

VRScout

Step into the world of French illusionist and film director Georges Mélíès in AR, VR, or standard video. Back to the Moon was first released in 2018 as a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Nexus Studios , Google Spotlight Stories , Google Arts & Culture , Cinématèque Française , and Google Doodles.

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Google & Red Bull Launch AR-Enhanced On-Demand Video Experience

VRScout

Google has partnered with Red Bull TV to launch a brand new AR-enhanced on-demand video experience following Canadian-born climber and paraglider pilot Will Gadd as he scales the legendary ice caps of Mount Kilimanjaro in an effort to show the devastating impact of climate change on the rapidly-changing environment.

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BRCvr to Host Day Long Film Festival of Burning Man Documentaries

ARPost

The company has announced a day-long film festival to take place on Saturday, February 5, from anywhere with internet. Introducing the BRCvr Film Festival. The BRCvr Film Festival is “a first of its kind.” The BRCvr Film Festival is “a first of its kind.” The Films and Schedule. Larry, A Burning Man Story. “We

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Google Shuts Down Internal VR Film Studio Spotlight Stories

Road to VR

Google is shutting down Spotlight Stories, the group tasked not only with pushing forward virtual reality as a storytelling medium, but creating a number of highly polished and thoughtful VR pieces in the process. Image courtesy Google. A copy of an email written by executive producer Karen Dufilho was obtained by Variety.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.05.15): Google confirms headset with Samsung, Ultraleap teases a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Top news of the week (Image by Google) Google announces important AI and XR news at Google I/O This Google I/O has seen immersive realities back to the menu. But to summarize, the most important XR-related tidbits have been: Google confirmed that is still working with Qualcomm and Samsung to build an XR headset.

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Reality Bytes: Samsung, Google & Fortnite

AR Insider

We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Samsung’s AR glasses, Google Maps’ new parking integration and film festivals in Fortnite. Google Maps integrates with a few tech companies to allow you to pay for parking within its app. See the quick summary below, followed by embedded video.

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