VRScout

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

During the first-day of the Unite 2016 conference in Los Angeles Tuesday, Unity Technologies unveiled a number of new updates and features to help support VR and AR creators around the world developing interactive 3D, VR and AR experiences. The post Unity Reveals New VR Tools and Google Daydream Support appeared first on VRScout.

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VRWorld

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Following the Unity Training Day on Halloween, October 31st, Unity launched pretty awesome features during the opening keynote for Unite Los Angeles 2016 conference. Google also announced Unity Daydream support, confirming that a native Unity integration, currently in technical preview, will arrive in Unity version 5.6.

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

100 creators will produce horror-inspired VR videos at YouTube Spaces around the world. Following up on last year’s weekly 360° horror video series shot at YouTube Space LA, the Google-owned video platform is going even bigger this October. Google Jump Cameras For Everyone.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JUNE 22, 2017

Google’s content platform embraced VR a few years back and it’s now one of the most popular spaces to find panoramic content. But YouTube wants to do more, so it’s going to help people make new 360 videos. This will be a part of the pre-existing YouTube Spaces site in Los Angeles.

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VRScout

MARCH 11, 2020

. “After careful consultation with our member companies regarding the health and safety of everyone in our industry – our fans, our employees, our exhibitors and our longtime E3 partners – we have made the difficult decision to cancel E3 2020, scheduled for June 9-11 in Los Angeles,” states the EAS in an official release.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

During commencement ceremonies this Thursday in Los Angeles, a professional camera operator will record every second of the action in 360-degrees via an Insta360 Pro 2 camera.

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VRScout

JUNE 28, 2016

If you happen to live in the Los Angeles area or willing to travel in order to test the latest in VR capture technology, you’re in luck. Now thanks to a pilot program with Radiant Images , a Los Angeles-based digital cinema rental house, you’ll be able to check one out yourself starting in July.

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VRScout

APRIL 29, 2019

At YouTube Space Los Angeles, we worked side-by-side with a variety of big-name personalities like Los Polinesios, Partick Starr, and Titanic Sinclair; as well as major brands, such as Cirque du Soleil, BET, and Buzzfeed. Groups are welcome to participate, however, there is a maximum of three members per team.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

AUGUST 9, 2023

Microsoft has picked volumetric video company Arcturus as its primary marketing partner for its Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS) solution provider. Announced on Monday at the SIGGRAPH 2023 event , the partnership will offer content creators a trove of solutions for their volumetric video needs.

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Road to VR

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Google’s newly announced Daydream Impact program is a philanthropy project that provides organizations, nonprofits, and advocates for change with resources, tools, and training to create immersive VR content to support their cause. Harmony Labs created several anti-bullying pieces to pilot in school’s, Stand-up is presented here.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

They also produced a NAS concert for KCRW’s Sound in Focus and a couple pieces with Google Daydream including NFL Immersed and rag & bone. In addition to all of that, they’ve been working with various YouTube creators to educate and explore new capture techniques using Google Jump.

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Mashable VR

MAY 11, 2022

Google announced what felt like a million things across a two-hour keynote to begin its annual I/O developer conference. Instead of dancing around it, let's jump right into all the biggest things Google showed off. Credit: Google. Google didn't spend much time talking about Android 13's specific perks for phones, though.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Additionally over 12,000 entities have earned or been awarded the programme’s incentives, leading to the creation of nearly 165,000 jobs since the initiative’s inception in 2013, the Los Angeles Business Journal reported on Monday. In the agreement, Snap will allocate the funds for building its AR devices.

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VRScout

APRIL 26, 2017

Dubbed Alien: Covenant in Utero , the two-minute VR video experience is now available on Oculus Rift for “Alien Day,” a nod to planet LV-426 from the Alien films. Additionally, the motion capture work for the piece was done at the Technicolor Experience Center (TEC) right here in Los Angeles.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

But this is no animated video and I’m not watching this on a screen. Cheryl Bayer // Living Popups (Los Angeles, CA) – interactive content and media company bringing together IC, AR/VR and EQ. Check out this short “flattie” video showcasing the 1st WXR Pitch Showcase, held in VR.

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Upload VR

MAY 26, 2022

Niantic launched Lightship during its developer conference this week and you can see some footage in the video embedded above showing some phone-based AR apps using its new features starting from the 50:20 mark. The technology is similar to large-scale visual positioning systems in active development at Google and Snap.

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Cats and VR

MAY 4, 2016

I recently had a chance to watch the hella dope Run The Jewels 360° video in a Viewmaster headset while using a SubPac device. Here is my 360° video Demo and interview with SubPac. SubPac is based in the heart of the entertainment industry, Los Angeles and has offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, London and Toronto.

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VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2016

Welcome to Los Angeles. Los Angeles is home to more artists, writers, filmmakers, actors, dancers and musicians than any other city at any time in history. They also produced this killer wrap video. Tilt Brush by Google. VRLA co-founders Cosmo Scharf and Jonnie Ross are also founding members of Visionary.

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VRScout

MAY 24, 2018

We actually had the chance to try out the comedic adventure ourselves during this years massive VRLA convention in Los Angeles, California. 1 is available now on Hulu VR for the Oculus Go, Oculus Rift , Samsung Gear VR , Google Daydream , and PSVR. Don’t worry, it isn’t difficult to figure out where you might find him….

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 4, 2021

More info (NYE parties in VRChat) More info (Video streaming of Jean-Michel Jarre’s concert) More info (Animations around the space needle) More info (Editorial on virtual events becoming always more popular). More info (PR Statement about the new glasses) More info (Teaser video). Other relevant news. Is VR safe to be used by kids?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

JULY 1, 2017

The integration of Visa Checkout, tied to an immersive 360-video experience and offering the opportunity to explore merchandise in a virtual store, means consumers can execute a secure, frictionless payment in the VR experience without having to remove their VR headset.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

I’ve watched this happen first hand in the so-called Arts District in Los Angeles. It was interesting that Google created viewers out of cardboard, to take advantage of the ubiquitous technology of the cell phone and provide some form of XR experience to virtually anyone, anywhere. Sure, but who needs this?

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. FACEBOOK LAUNCHES LIVE 360 VIDEOS WITH NAT GEO. Available through the Google Play Store, the app allows users to navigate around the 360 degree content with their remote control.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Matthew Lewis, CEO and founder of Practical Magic, told UploadVR from the outset the goal was raising the visual quality bar for VR videos. While the Spanish Inquisition scene in the big budget film was shot on location in Malta, the VR experience was shot in Los Angeles.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

This means that for the first time ever, NBA fans will be able to personalize their NBA All-Star Weekend experience by having the ability to switch between multiple 360° courtside views of the game using a Samsung Gear VR or a Google Daydream View headset with a compatible mobile device and the NextVR app. VERIZON SLAM DUNK.

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Cats and VR

JUNE 20, 2016

The Sacramento Kings are heavily embracing Virtual Reality and recently invested in virtual reality video startup Voke. The team has also experimented with streaming action from the court to virtual-reality headsets outside the stadium as well as the recent uniform reveal via 360° video and Google Cardboard.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

The NBA All-Star Weekend begins on February 16th in Los Angeles. It’s currently available for Samsung Gear VR, Google Daydream, Oculus , and Google Play. Thursday, March 1 – Philadelphia @ Cleveland. The post The NBA and TNT Partner With Intel For Biggest VR Push Yet appeared first on VRScout.

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VRScout

AUGUST 15, 2017

Of course, other tech companies are also chasing the eyeball train (like Google and Samsung ), but what is fundamentally different about Omega Ophthalmics’s approach is they want to be a platform to host a number of different solutions (perhaps in the healthcare field, or augmented reality, etc.). INVESTMENT & FUNDING WRAPUP.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

The Los Angeles-based conference has become a go-to platform for developers looking to expose their hard work to a public audience, serving as a Comic Con of sorts for those hungry for the latest in XR. The Los Angeles conference continues to prove that the XR industry is here to stay.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. Following Parisi’s introduction, Google took to the stage to reconfirm today’s news that its Daydream platform would be launching on Nov. 10, and that native Unity support would arrive in the next iteration of the engine, 5.6.

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Mashable VR

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Two companies are attempting to make remote video conferencing more holographic, realistic, and life-size, but without the spectacle associated with Tupac's 2012 Coachella appearance or Kim Kardashian's father's resurrection. It felt like I was experiencing something like Google's Project Starline concept to create 3D video calls.

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Tech Trends VR

MARCH 25, 2020

We’re learning to collaborate over cloud-enabled platforms—like Slack , Zoom, and Google Docs —to do our work together without traveling or transporting ourselves to be “together.”. With XR, you’re no longer just a face on a video call. With XR, you’re no longer just a face on a video call.

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VRScout

JULY 4, 2017

Apple acquires computer vision company, the hidden 3D feature in iOS 11 beta, Google experiments with ads in VR, a new VC fund is focusing on VR/AR, the investment and funding wrapup, and more… 1.APPLE GOOGLE PLAYS WITH ADS IN VR. APPLE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ACQUISITION. NEW VENTURE CAPITAL FUND: ELEVEN VENTURES.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Creating social VR methods of expression and communication as well as several applications for 360 video content, the acquisition was quiet and the terms undisclosed—although sources have said the sum is $5.5M ARE YOU IN LOS ANGELES JULY 14-1TH? CALL FOR YOUTUBERS WHO LOVE 360 VIDEO: THE CREATORS LAB.

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VRScout

JANUARY 24, 2017

Recapping the top stories covered on the VRScout Report , a weekly live video show and podcast discussing the best in VR, hosted by Malia Probst. Based in Los Angeles, the venue feels more like a movie theatre combined with a high-end spa than an arcade. GOOGLE DAYDREAM ON SALE / DISAPPOINTING SALES?

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Google Earth VR also uses a lot of dynamic light changes throughout their pre-recorded animation sequences to provide a sense of progress and a feeling of a beginning, middle, and end to an individual scene. Here’s a 360 video with some the Applied VR experiences. Here’s a trailer for AppliedVR. Support Voices of VR.

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VRScout

MARCH 14, 2017

Facebook launches a dedicated 360 photo and video player , while teasing those of us in America with the prospect of live streaming our Gear VR games to Facebook. Facebook 360 is currently available on Gear VR, acting as a destination for the 1M+ 360 videos and 25M+ 360 photos that have been uploaded to the social media giant.

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