VRScout

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The Oculus Quest 2 is the most exciting piece of VR hardware to hit the market since Facebook’s original standalone VR headset, offering incredible visuals, increased processing power, and a smaller, lighter design—all for a lower price than the first-generation model. The best VR headset on the market just got even better.

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VRScout

JANUARY 26, 2021

This Thursday marks the start of the 2021 Sundance International Film Festival , a seven-day celebration of independent filmmaking, emerging storytellers, and new media projects. Some rooms (Film Party) allow those with a webcam to stream video directly to their avatar, replacing the static image they selected before with a talking head.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition will cut you out from reality and drop you into the mysterious lore of the Blair Witch. Unlike other VR horror games that rely on basic jump scares to spook players, Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition features more psychological horror. Thankfully you’re not alone in Blair Witch: Oculus Quest Edition.

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VRScout

MARCH 16, 2021

Explore a whimsical recreation of the infamous Austin-based festival on your Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift, or SteamVR headset. Similar to the Sundance virtual celebration conducted this past January, SXSW Online XR allows you the chance to experience this year’s festivities from the comfort of your home using the power of VR.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Earlier this year while attending the Sundance Film Festival , I had the chance to experience Scarecrow , an immersive theater experience that combines motion capture technology with temperature effects to deliver a one-of-a-kind interactive performance unlike anything available on Broadway at the moment. Image Credit: TAHI. SCARECROW VRC.

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VRScout

JANUARY 20, 2022

Today marks the start of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, kicking off nine days of incredible films premieres, conversations, and immersive experiences. Here attendees can use their very own customizable avatars to explore three virtual worlds. Another year, another stellar lineup of ground-breaking VR and AR projects.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The team at VRrOOm developed the worlds and functionalities in VRChat , working 24/7 to ensure that every artist’s work was correctly uploaded and accessible. The virtual worlds of Venice VR Expanded became a forum for discovery of the virtual world and the people who are in them.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Embark on an epic pint-sized quest September 23rd on On Oculus, SteamVR, and Viveport. After five grueling years of development, critically-acclaimed filmmaker Jon Favreau ( Iron Man, The Mandalorian ) is finally set to launch his long-awaited dream-like VR adventure Gnomes & Goblins later this month on Oculus, SteamVR, and Viveport.

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VRScout

JULY 16, 2020

Beginning July 29th, those with PC VR headsets can sign-in to the Museum of Other Realities , available free on both Oculus and Steam, and immerse themselves in a next-gen fashion showcase. “This project will reimagine the live show experience and offer an inspirational glimpse into the virtual future of fashion.”

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ARPost

JULY 29, 2022

It can be used for any type of virtual meetings, including discussing projects with work colleagues, watching films and TV series, and playing games. It works on the following platforms and devices: Oculus Quest; Oculus Rift S; Valve Index’. Windows Mixed Reality; Vive. Then you need to try vTime XR.

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ARPost

JULY 16, 2020

Winners from the past three events include Oculus Rift and Quest, Google Tilt Brush, HTC VIVE Pro, and the Vader Immortal series. VRChat , the group bringing the VR Awards online, is a free-to-play virtual world currently in early access on Steam , Oculus , and VIVEPORT. The Oculus Rift S headset. Pimax Artisan.

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VRScout

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

The film follows the musical ambitions of a young boy named Miguel, who stumbles across a portal that transports him to the Land of the Dead, where he meets the souls of his ancestors, and explores his love for music. According to a Disney Pixar representative, “It’s a film about family and remembering our ancestors.”

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Road to VR

JUNE 24, 2021

million from HTC to expand Engage , the company’s platform which allows educators and enterprise customers to create bespoke VR experiences for both small and large format events across a variety of devices, including SteamVR headsets, Oculus Quest, Vive Focus Plus, and Pico headsets. In May 2020, VR Education secured $3.3

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AR Insider

AUGUST 30, 2021

Venice VR Expanded, the VR section of the Venice Film Festival, opens to the public online on Tuesday, September 1st, and will run through the 19th of September. The Venice VR virtual world, designed by VRrOOm within VRChat, will be the Venice VR Expanded hub—a virtual version of Venice.

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VRScout

AUGUST 31, 2020

It’s important to note, however, that Facebook finally released the Oculus for Business program on its Oculus Quest headset. Oculus for Business is an enterprise platform that introduces and streamlines virtual reality programs into the workplace, assisting in everything from training to prototyping.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 20, 2017

Gear VR owners only have to wait until tomorrow (July 21) to try the Replicant Pursuit tie in for the upcoming Blade Runner 2049 film, but we got an early sneak peak at Comic-Con in San Diego enhanced with D-BOX motion chairs. It isn’t much but it is enough to keep a visitor immersed in the virtual world through to its conclusion.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Nikk: FXG is a VR film tech company based out of Hangzhou, China. It’s a great city and we make VR film technology. I’ve been making VR films for half a decade and I filmed so many concerts. I remember first trying to go film a concert and people wouldn’t even let me film.

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The Ghost Howls

JUNE 19, 2022

The reason why I think that this news is super-important is two-sided: On one side, it means that a platform with 50M of daily users is coming into virtual reality. Some months ago, the company behind it teased it was going to launch a virtual world, dubbed Oasis, that should have become “The Linkedin of the M-word”.

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Wired VR

APRIL 20, 2016

Penrose Studios' new VR film uses positional tracking and intricate design to create a virtual world you won't want to leave. The post The Stunning Allumette Is the First VR Film Masterpiece appeared first on WIRED.

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 6, 2018

Zero Days VR was based on the titular Oscar short-listed Participant Media documentary, and visualizes the story of Stuxnet in a way the traditional documentary simply couldn’t—by placing you inside a virtual world of computer viruses, which the studio says lets you experience “the high stakes of cyber warfare at a human scale.”

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VRScout

JANUARY 11, 2018

Spielberg’s upcoming Ready Player One film adaptation is shaping up to be not only one of the most highly-anticipated releases of 2018, but one of the biggest VR-focused feature films of all-time. The story takes the audience on a journey through some truly incredible virtual locations. ” Sound interesting?

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Road to VR

AUGUST 3, 2016

You can now register to attend Oculus’ 3rd ‘Connect’ conference, an event dedicated to all things Oculus from Rift to Touch and is focused primarily on developers and VR development. Photo courtesy Oculus VR, LLC. Explore the endless possibilities for VR across 360 video, film, art, and education.

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Road to VR

JULY 28, 2021

It not only refers to the monolithic online 3D environment where a part of the story takes place, but also the sum of all virtual worlds, including virtual reality, augmented reality, and the Internet as a whole. Jason Rubin, original Oculus executive and o ne-time head of AR/VR content, will lead the group’s content team.

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ARPost

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The award went to Geometry Ogilvy Japan for the Shibuya Virtual Halloween experience, which was also a nominee in the Social Impact category. VR Film of the Year. Perhaps no experience shows this better than VR films. Nominees were insightful, educational, and – of course – immersive. VR Experience of the Year.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

MAY 12, 2017

The Oculus Rift gets a long-anticipated game this week, but it’s Gear VR that’s the real star of the show. And don’t forget that UploadVR has a Steam community group complete with a curated list of recommendations so that you don’t have to waste any money finding out what’s good in the world of VR. Price: $33.99 (Rift).

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ARVR

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Although we do not yet know who will participate in the concert series, it will stream later this year on Oculus’ Venues app and Tidal. This is an innovative use of VR in entertainment since it will allow people to relive the experience of standing in a large crowd at a concert venue since Oculus headsets provide an immersive experience.

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VRScout

JUNE 4, 2020

It’s an important part of how modern VR hardware immerses you in experiences by allowing you to “feel” the virtual world around you. Worn like a traditional belt, feelbelt looks like something you might see in a sci-fi film.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

But before talking about it, let me invite you once more to visit the Venice VR Expanded virtual worlds that we did in VRChat for the Venice Film Festival. Rumors hint to Oculus discontinuing the current Quest and selling the new one at $299 and $399. Walmart seems to have leaked the price of the upcoming Oculus Quest S.

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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. Finally, AR could become truly useful since it won’t be confined to rooms, but it can expand into the whole world. I can’t wait to discover who will win.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 24, 2017

Opinions are overflowing on my Twitter feed from people who have thoughts about both the book and film, but what hooked me on the story was its believable description of the OASIS, its appeal as end point for virtual worlds, and how it operates. What happens in the real world as a result of what transpires in the OASIS?

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Peter Graham

JULY 24, 2019

Founded in 2016, LIV was created as mixed reality (MR) capture tool for both developers and other creators to film themselves in virtual reality (VR). Additionally, upcoming support for Oculus Native SDK is on its way. “I created the Oculus Rift because I wanted the ability to transport myself into virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 13, 2021

Oculus plans to introduce in-app purchases to App Lab experiences. Oculus App Lab has been introduced by Facebook to give a way to indie developers to publish their applications for Quest without the need of passing Facebook’s strong store curation. Plus, the Netflix app has been in VR since the times of Gear VR/Oculus Go.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 18, 2017

Some of the virtual worlds to visit at the enormous fan convention are likely still under wraps, but we know two major VR-related projects are likely to anchor the week. There are almost two dozen films as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, seemingly each of them blockbusters, as well as TV shows spanning Netflix and ABC.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

With the help of Oculus, Hulu is looking to change that. The streaming service just announced it is updating its support for the Gear VR headset today with integration added for Oculus Rooms. That’s not the only update to Oculus’ versions of the Hulu app. Tagged with: hulu , Oculus Rooms.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 29, 2021

Strange eyes look from high points and serve as a unifying aesthetic to the strange world. Who made this strange, virtual, world? XR is an all-encompassing term referring to include Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality and other forms of immersive media. Blake Kammerdiener: XR and Film Programmer.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

AUGUST 3, 2017

If you’ve ever attended a meetup, film festival or conference with a heavy focus on VR, you’ve probably encountered the lines; they can be awful. Attendees spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to attend these events often to find themselves standing in line to visit some of the newest and most in-demand virtual worlds.

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The Ghost Howls

MAY 16, 2022

Then, he donned an Oculus Quest 2, put a controller on the bike, and rode the bike while doing the VR game, with the real track mapped perfectly with the virtual track. The problem of moderation inside virtual worlds. Doing moderation of virtual worlds is incredibly hard because there are a lot of grey areas to consider.

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