Road to VR

DECEMBER 1, 2016

San Francisco based Osterhout Design Group (aka ODG) announced today that they’ve raised a significant $58 million Series A investment to accelerate production and R&D of its smart glasses products. Participating in the investment is Shenzhen O-film Tech Co., Vanfund Urban Investment & Development Co.,

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

I was familiar with Austin, Texas because of SXSW — having attended with my previous employer, Emblematic Group. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. This was a question I asked myself several times last summer before moving.

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JULY 5, 2017

The iResearch Consulting Group says the wider advertising, marketing, branding, game programming and movie-making segment of the Chinese VR industry will surge from 5.6 Baidu, Tencent and Alibaba have opened subsidiary video services and are investing in VR film, TV, and game content. billion yuan in 2016 to 55 billion yuan by 2020.

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AllThingsVR

JULY 29, 2016

Here Are The First 23 Companies To Join HTC’s Vive X VR Accelerator The Vive X site has been updated with the first 22 groups to take advantage of the $100 million scheme. We’ve listed the companies below, each of which will be joining the accelerator through one of the Beijing, San Francisco, or Taipei locations.

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Road to VR

JANUARY 31, 2017

The experience was created in honor of the upcoming Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale (2017) film, and will be first made available in Japan and Korea starting January 31 with availability ending July 31, 2017. SEE ALSO Sorry, Internet. The 'Sword Art Online' VR MMO Isn't Real.

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VRScout

MARCH 30, 2017

Not only does the book’s action mostly take place in a virtual reality world, but Steven Spielberg has been working on a film adaptation that we should expect in spring of next year. If you haven’t yet read Ernest Cline’s futuristic thriller novel Ready Player One , get on board. A new, strategic partnership between Warner Bros.

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Mashable VR

APRIL 8, 2022

There aren't many films out there popular enough to inspire a very popular-in-its-own-right TV show , but Fargo — with its snowy North Dakota setting and offbeat black comedy style — has managed it with aplomb. In San Francisco, four women, all Chinese immigrants, form a mahjong group. Forrest Gump.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Sterolabs, a San Francisco-based 3D imaging startup, is trying to bring some of the same high quality functions of full positional tracking to the Samsung Gear VR. How do we bring positional tracking to smartphone VR?

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 15, 2019

We'll be talking about making an AR video with Will.i.am, creating art with Intel, and delivering on the promise of VR and AR with the San Francisco 49ers, San Jose Sharks, YouTube, and more. He's kind of like the Spike Lee of San Francisco, is what a lot of people say, but he works mainly in documentary.

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VeeR VR

MARCH 5, 2018

Both SVVR and the Bay Area 360 VR Filmmakers group have cultivated rich and genuine communities, passionate about all things VR. We were deeply honored to have been able to sponsor their last events and we look forward to becoming more involved with the VR community in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 9, 2022

At Lightship Summit on May 24th & 25th in San Francisco, Niantic may launch its City-Scale Visual Position System. The Cannes Film Festival will have an installation inside Fortnite, built by its sponsor partner Brut. Niantic to launch its Visual Position System. Outstanding move! Learn more.

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MAY 4, 2017

The hologram is exposed into a thin film that is adhered to a reflective backing (the reflective surface behind a credit card hologram is there to backlight it, the hologram itself is in front). Writer Christopher Grayson is an augmented reality, virtual reality and smart glasses expert market analyst represented by Gerson Lehrman Group.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

Venice Film Festival is featuring a rich VR section. Among the most important film festivals, La Biennale del Cinema di Venezia is the only one with an official VR competition. VRX is a very interesting virtual reality event that will take place in San Francisco, from 12th to 13th December. exits beta stage.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 6, 2017

There are many VR events, conferences, expos and film festivals worth attending, and we've handpicked the best ones with agenda & venue, as well as social media information attached. FIVARS is a presentation of VRTO – Toronto’s virtual reality meetup group and think tank. Give this a read and pick out your favorite ones to visit!

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APRIL 30, 2017

I was able to play a few missions with my fellow game journalists at a preview event at Ubisoft in San Francisco. GamesBeat: Sitting down with a group of four people doesn’t seem like it would be the first idea that pops into your head for VR. Even in the new films, you just get fleeting shots of what those screens are.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Where you’ve got this small, intimate group talking about the future of technology. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: Oh, cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Where you’ve got this small, intimate group talking about the future of technology. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: Oh, cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

OCTOBER 14, 2019

But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Where you’ve got this small, intimate group talking about the future of technology. But then there’s the Virtual Reality, Toronto; VRTO: That one is a small but very powerful group. Anne-Marie: Oh, cool.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So building and developing a new story that starts on the feature film side and then organically moves to interactive all the way through TV, through all the way to amusement park rides and toys. But yeah, currently, it’s also a really great marketing accompaniment to any kind of linear entertainment on the feature film side.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So building and developing a new story that starts on the feature film side and then organically moves to interactive all the way through TV, through all the way to amusement park rides and toys. But yeah, currently, it’s also a really great marketing accompaniment to any kind of linear entertainment on the feature film side.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2016

To get some insight into those numbers, I moderated a panel on investing in virtual reality and augmented reality at Greenlight Insights’ recent Virtual Reality Strategy conference in San Francisco. Toby Zhang: I’m a partner with Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM in San Francisco. It focuses on media, AR/VR, and A.I.

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XR for Business Podcast

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So building and developing a new story that starts on the feature film side and then organically moves to interactive all the way through TV, through all the way to amusement park rides and toys. But yeah, currently, it's also a really great marketing accompaniment to any kind of linear entertainment on the feature film side.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens. 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.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 5, 2019

We found a really neat solution for virtual reality, but really more of a trainer for any size of group, that goes all the way back to old 3D screens. 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.

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