VRScout

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Leo Tsimmer and Angelika Lee, founding members of the mixed reality space, weathered the bad news given the massive renovation they had counted on to entice new customers. She’s always felt profoundly connected to immersive technology from the start, seeing it as a tool for empathy, spirituality and storytelling.

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VRScout

JULY 28, 2016

For the NERVE premiere afterparty, Lionsgate teamed up with first-person VR studio SilVR Thread to let you feel what it’s like to embody and step in the shoes of a character from the film as you tackle some harrowing dares. The post Nerve Film Premieres With First-Person VR Experience appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

By capturing this day through immersive 360 video, it would enable people who were looking back on this day in history, to experience it on an entirely different level. As a startup founder of color, I have been interested in creating immersive content around the Black Lives Matter movement. ” Edwin Rogers: “VRVideo.TV

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Road to VR

APRIL 7, 2018

The future of VR storytelling will be immersive and interactive. The fundamental challenge of interactive narratives is how to balance the giving and receiving of making choices and taking action vs. receiving a narrative and being emotionally engaged and having an embodied experience of immersion and presence.

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MAY 19, 2017

Expos, festivals, and conventions centered on immersive technology continue to grow in number and importance. The majority of them focus on breaking new advancements in VR/AR tech or showing the new experiences on the horizon, but a few exist just to appreciate the artistic aspect of the industry.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 3, 2018

In addition to the whimsical demo I tried of the farm house, HaptX has also created hands-on demos for training firefighters and a glimpse into how automotive companies could use the gloves to showcase design in a more immersive environment. Disclosure: The HaptX launch trailer was filmed at VRScout’s mixed reality studio.

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ARPost

DECEMBER 20, 2019

A Beloved Christmas Story Becomes an Immersive Experience. It was made into films and theater plays many times. This time, the VR company IMM Interactive decided to turn it into a realistic and immersive experience for VR headsets. Until now, the audience could enjoy the location-based immersive theater experience version.

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VRScout

MAY 4, 2019

When it comes to the NYPD’s Counterterrorism Bureau—New York Cities primary local resource to guard against international and domestic terrorism—there’s no such thing as being overly prepared. “I get more scenarios in, in a much shorter time… you get really immersed. Image Credit: ABC7.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 30, 2018

Film premiering at Tribeca brings the nuclear horrors of the past to life as warnings for the future. It was the blast heard around the world: On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima, Japan, killing approximately 80,000 people and injuring another 35,000.

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VRScout

MAY 15, 2020

Years ago he had a fateful realization about the tremendous potential in bridging the gap between the highly guarded ivory tower of fine art and the mysterious, at-times overlooked industry of immersive innovation. Ardelean sees Artivive and similar products as a separate medium; a new form of art and discipline. “We

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VRScout

JANUARY 30, 2019

Penned by New York City mailman Victor Hugo Green in 1936, The Green Book was an annual guidebook that informed travelers of various services and establishments known to be welcoming to the African-American community; a potential life-saver for those living through the era of heinous Jim Crow laws. Image Credit: Oculus.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

“View a new virtual reality film developed by contemporary artist, KAWS, and the art publishing icon, Visionaire, to help celebrate our 75th anniversary!” ” Immerse yourself in the paintings of KAWS as they jump off the canvas and surround you in a unique trip in the style of this contemporary artist.

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Cats and VR

OCTOBER 9, 2017

today announced the groundbreaking VR work COLLISIONS, a Sundance Institute New Frontier | Jaunt VR Residency Program project, has won an Emmy for the Outstanding New Approaches: Documentary category at Thursday night’s 38th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York City.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

style gameplay that promises to bring the Ghostbusters Universe to life using AR as you explore your city, town or neighborhood. The only thing you’ll need to supply is a smartphone and an (optional) Ghostbusters uniform.

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Cats and VR

JULY 29, 2016

[link] Well Tai Crosby and the SilVRThread team is back again and this time partnering with Lionsgate to create a promotional VR experience for the new action crime techno-thriller survival film NERVE. The “NERVE - Do You Dare” app is an example of how film studios have the opportunity to put people right in the movie via VR.

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Peter Graham

APRIL 3, 2020

Just like most other large scale events around the world, the annual Tribeca Film Festival has had to shutter its physical operations which usually take place in New York City during April. Attack on Daddy – Tribeca Film Festival. Attack on Daddy – Tribeca Film Festival. Attack on Daddy.

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Voices of VR

AUGUST 16, 2023

Kinfolk: Black Lands is described by co-founder Idris Brewster as “an Augmented Reality Archive of Black, Brown, LGBTQ, and underrepresented history in general using the power of immersive storytelling and immersive media to uplift stories from our past and connect those with the present and the future.”

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JUNE 8, 2017

In a regularly growing occurrence, another film franchise is getting some VR love. Indie VR developer Starbreeze Studios is well acquainted with adapting film to a VR gaming experience having done John Wick Chronicles for Lionsgate and they’re delivering the goods with The Mummy Prodigium Strike for the StarVR headset.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 7, 2016

VR Con will feature several interesting non-VR experiences as well including two mesmerizing 360 Dome’s displaying macabre short films and The Encounter , a fully immersive experimental audio-theatrical piece currently running on Broadway. New York Comic Con is happening Oct. Amazon Studios The Man In The High Castle.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The IMAX VR Experience features a unique combination of premium technology and world-class content that lets users see, feel, move and play in new worlds in a powerfully immersive and realistic way, much like IMAX® theatres offer moviegoers a differentiated and best-in-class film experience. The LA IMAX VR location is open now.

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VRScout

JULY 22, 2016

Once reaching the end of the passage, the film-themed experiences utilizing Samsung’s latest in immersive technology began. As part of the promotion and partnership between the two companies, fans who buy a new Samsung Galaxy tablet at participating retailers between now and August 20 will get two free tickets to see Suicide Squad.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 11, 2023

After the conclusion of the Creativity Conference , many experts from across the immersive technology landscape have continued to share their insights on the future of the industrial metaverse. XR Today: What can you tell us about the role of immersive technologies in the development of the BIM industry?

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Cats and VR

MAY 9, 2016

What can I say about the anticipation for the new Ghostbusters film that director Paul Feig has not said already. The trailer for the new film has received some fairly negative feedback. I may be more excited for a Ghostbusters VR experience than the new movie.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 7, 2017

It’s that time of the year again and Sundance Film Festival has announced their 2018 lineup for the New Frontier Exhibitions. The showcase is packed with 20 VR/MR experiences, two AI projects and live performances, exhibited between three venues in Park City. Cast: Tony Stark. Hero / U.S.A. BattleScar / U.S.A., Chorus / U.S.A.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The new initiative will help independent creators incubate original VR projects. Originally started in 2015 as a traveling VR film festival spanning 10 cities in North America, Kaleidoscope has really come into its own this year. Arnaud Colinart is a Producer at AGAT Films & Cie / EX NIHILO. Arnaud Colinart.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The news comes just after Christie’s opened its Ventures enterprise in July, shortly after its fifth annual Art+Tech Summit in New York City. A limited-attendance red carpet event took place at the London Royal Albert Hall, with Meta opening its Meta Venues platform for immersive viewings of the film release.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 3, 2021

The official description of the story by its developers is as follows: BattleScar follows a year in the life of Lupe, a Puerto Rican-American living in late 1970’s New York City. BattleScar is a coming of age drama that explores the theme of identity through the use of animation and immersive environments in virtual reality.

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MAY 1, 2017

Tyler left a comfortable job at renowned video game studio Double Fine Productions to pursue a career making music videos and short films in New York City, but the grim reality of that path became abundantly clear rather quickly. “My But then I got out there, and people were like, ‘What? and see what happens.

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Road to VR

APRIL 23, 2018

From designed objects we rely on but rarely think about, to bizarre inventions, to artifacts from other cultures, “&Design” will invite us to see the world in a new way. Bro Bots (Breaking Fourth) – A scripted sci-fi comedy series in VR, set in a New York City of the future. They talk like us.

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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. Different markets are catering to these new experiences to varying degrees and New York continues to make significant efforts.

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Mashable VR

MAY 6, 2022

After scouring Netflix for the best thrillers, best action flicks, best romantic comedies, best horror movies, best family films, and more, it's finally time for us to narrow down our streaming suggestions to the best movies, period. The result is a film so soft and stirring that it will stay with you long after it ends.

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APRIL 30, 2017

The VR Arcade at the Tribeca Film Festival presented another diverse set of experiences this year. But even more impressive, were the projects that used physical objects layered with virtual reality to bring greater immersion. Sense of touch & the tactile elements in our work are crucial to establishing and maintaining immersion.

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JUNE 12, 2017

IMAX and AMC unveiled the second IMAX VR Center at AMC Kips Bay 15 in New York City – we covered the first center, which opened in LA, back in February. Like the first, this center features pods or small rooms housing state of the art technology offering immersive content. IMAX and AMC are looking to change all that.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2016

This experience was had a few weeks ago at Samsung 837 , the company’s night club/ demo space in New York City. VR mixed with performance is taking the strength of VR’s immersion and boosting it with an extra layer of sensory input: the presence of other people. #believeyoureyes pic.twitter.com/3xEAfrKKBw.

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WITHIN

JUNE 27, 2019

For those used to viewing their news on a flatscreen TV, suddenly having it come to life in VR can be absolutely breathtaking. The emotional impact of each story surges in tandem with the immersive qualities of the filmmaking. And, finally, “Smile More” follows the creation and performance of a new song by Syd and the Internet.

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VeeR VR

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Immersive media is a collective term that incorporates 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and volumetric capture (includes both CGI and 3-D scanning). Short storytelling is also better for breaking news, as AP concluded from one of its most popular 360 videos on the New York City bombings.

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VRWorld

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For more than 45 years, The IMAX Corporation was synonymous with the ultimate experience in enjoying the art of film. IMAX believes in VR and needs it to be a new rush, future of the movie theaters. The long-awaited IMAX VR Experience Center opened in Los Angeles, at the first of six Arcade locations opening around the globe.

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