article thumbnail

HTC Vive and Viveport are bringing some of my favorite VR experiences to Sundance.

Cats and VR

HTC Vive and Viveport is heading to Park City, Utah during the 2017 Sundance Film Festival to exhibit at “VR on the Mountain,” a virtual reality hub for festival attendees taking place January 20-22. HTC Vive and Viveport are bringing a lineup of apps including two of my favorites of 2016, Mindshow and The Price Of Freedom.

HTC 100
article thumbnail

‘The Lawnmower Man’ is Coming Back in VR

VRScout

As the Sundance Film Festival kicks off today in Park City, Utah, Jaunt has revealed the development of five new original scripted VR series — one of which is based on the 1992 cult classic feature, The Lawnmower Man. We are very excited to be working with Jaunt to create a VR realization of the film.”.

Filming 150
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Oculus Story Studio’s ‘Dear Angelica’ To Ship ‘So Soon’

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

The 2017 Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow in Utah and, after skipping out CES, it marks the first big event of the year for Oculus. Facebook’s VR company has traditionally made a big splash at the prestigious event, which celebrates independent film making. In our opinion, you have to try it out.

Oculus 100
article thumbnail

The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

The German auto manufacturer evaluates design features in virtual reality before building prototypes in actual reality, using the famous high-quality physics-based rendering power of Unreal for the game engine and using the HTC Vive for the VR hardware. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS IN UTAH USE VR FOR TRAINING. …and just a few more.

article thumbnail

We Survived The Void’s Ghostbusters Experience

VRScout

But would this temporary New York City version be just a cheesy-knockoff of the real facility in Utah? The technology of the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift are incredible, but the ability to traverse a physical space, receive haptic feedback from NPC’s and interact with a physical environment is just too mind-blowing to compete with.