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MAY 20, 2016

IMAX is hoping to bring virtual reality into the mainstream and is partnering with Starbreeze and Google to make it happen. Following IMAX’s Google VR camera announcement , IMAX announced on Friday that they will be creating virtual reality entertainment hubs for movie theaters, shopping malls and tourists spots.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Google is entering the music festival realm this year with news that it’s sponsoring and livestreaming a series of five shows spread across five cities, in support of five different good causes. With GoodFest, Google is following in the footsteps of Apple, which has offered its own annual music festival for the last 10 years.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Hailing from 26 countries across the world, people came together in virtual reality to cheer on these top female founders in the XR industry. Cheryl Bayer // Living Popups (Los Angeles, CA) – interactive content and media company bringing together IC, AR/VR and EQ. It settles in next to another bot by the stage.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 27, 2016

But in 2014, Bennett was named Chief Content Officer and began building out a dedicated virtual reality team. 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.

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VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

Does Austin have the largest VR community outside of Los Angeles? And with SXSW making Austin the center of the universe for two weeks, it was only a matter of time before virtual reality would take off. In May 2017, Owlchemy Labs was acquired by Google. This year was a perfect example of that.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Researchers at the National University of Singapore first showed us how face electrodes can simulate food in virtual reality– and now they are bringing wind and heat to your virtual world. Birthed in New Zealand and raised in Los Angeles, CA, volumetric capture company 8i has announced a Series B round of $27M.

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AllThingsVR

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Funding Roundup: Google Acquires Eyefluence, Oblong Industries Raises $65M & InContext Raises $15.2M Google buys Eyefluence , a company that specializes in turning eye movements into virtual actions, to boost its VR hardware. The eye-tracking interface startup founded in 2013 had raised $21.6M This stuff is the future of work.”

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JANUARY 4, 2021

This proves how the attention towards virtual events is rising , and this kind of entertainment medium is becoming always more popular. Real concerts and public events are not possible anymore, so most of the singers are finding a new way to express themselves and are so experimenting with digital and virtual reality events.

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APRIL 26, 2018

John Root co-founded VRLA with Cosmo Scharf in 2014 , and it has organically grown into a thriving VR event with over 10,000 attendees at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The Biggest Immersive Tech Event of the Year Returns May 4-5, Exploring “A New Reality.”. Gary Radburn, Director, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Dell.

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VRScout

AUGUST 19, 2016

A big highlight of VRLA was Visionary’s unveiling of Mindshow , proof that virtual reality will bring our imaginations to life like nothing ever has. 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.

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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. JBL THREE-POINT CONTEST.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Felix & Paul Studios, the EMMY® award-winning creator of cinematic virtual reality experiences, and Just For Laughs, producer of the world’s largest comedy festival, today announced the launch of “The Confessional”, a seven-episode virtual reality comedy series available on Daydream, Google’s mobile VR platform, and YouTube.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 19, 2016

You can enjoy the full audio recording below: WILL JIMMY FALLON’S NEW VIRTUAL REALITY SEGMENT HELP RAISE AWARENESS OF VR? broadband households claim to know little or nothing about virtual reality …but perhaps a new virtual reality segment on The Tonight Show with Tilt Brush Pictionary will help increase awareness.

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VRScout

APRIL 13, 2018

The world’s largest VR & AR conference is back again May 4-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Special announcements from Intel, with Kumar Kaushik, GM, Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality. Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP of Virtual Reality, HTC Vive.

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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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JULY 1, 2017

Payscout has launched an application that enables easy payments inside virtual reality experiences. Upon launching the app and entering payment credentials, the user can select a merchant — such as Body Language Sportswear (an e-tail merchant based in Los Angeles).

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Google is set to debut their Daydream platform, Oculus is hosting their third annual developer conference and Sony will finally release their PlayStation VR headset. 20th Century Fox, Disney, NBC Universal and DreamWorks for a two-day conference at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles. October is going to be a busy month for VR.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 28, 2016

There’s been more than 30 years of research into the medical applications of virtual reality, but it’s not until the recent consumer VR revolution that the technology has been cost-effective enough to use. Here’s a trailer for AppliedVR. Support Voices of VR. Subscribe on iTunes. Music: Fatality & Summer Trip.

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VRScout

JUNE 19, 2016

Other huge gaming names like Capcom, Rocksteady Studios, Square Enix, and Bethesda are throwing big brands into virtual reality – Resident Evil, Batman Arkham, Final Fantasy, Fallout, and Doom all had moments of glory at the packed Los Angeles conference. Real Work to be Done: Aecom and Hololens Team Up.

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Road to VR

JUNE 5, 2016

​The Virtual Reality Foundation announced the 2016 Proto Awards submissions will be open from July 10th through July 24th. The Proto Awards , presented by graphics giant AMD’s Radeon Technologies Group for the second consecutive year, will be held in the fall in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

Google’s Tilt Brush app has been the cornerstone of virtual reality (VR) artistic expression since its launch in 2016, allowing artists both amateur and professional to paint in three dimensions.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The Virtual Reality Foundation has announced the nominees for the 2016 Proto Awards, the third annual award show created to honor individuals and teams making strides in the field of virtual reality. The Virtual Reality Foundation, a non-profit organization, also produces the semi-annual VRLA expos in Los Angeles, CA. “It

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Road to VR

JULY 13, 2016

VRLA is Los Angeles’ leading virtual reality community and expo, bringing together a wealth of the VR and AR industry and community twice annually during its Summer and Winter Expos. discount code should be automatically applied to Pro Pass ticket). A full list of exhibitors can be seen here.

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The Ghost Howls

JULY 1, 2022

I’m also a professor of practice for Arizona State University , which is opening a new center in downtown Los Angeles actually. I moved over from regular filmmaking into making virtual reality documentaries. YI HALO Camera (Image by Google). I teach a master. What is it about? The Insta Pro 2 is great.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The event is organized by The Virtual Reality Foundation, which is composed of many of the same people behind the Virtual Reality Los Angeles conference and startup Mindshow.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Unity closed out its Unite 2016 Keynote in Los Angeles today with a huge focus on VR. Parisi is considered by many to be one of the early pioneers of VR thanks to his work on Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), a tool for creating 3D environments on the internet, with Mark Pesce back in 1994. .”

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AllThingsVR

JANUARY 26, 2017

Two Bit Circus’ latest fund will be used specifically to build micro-amusement parks comprising more than 30,000 square feet of entertainment, including VR and mixed reality, as well as social games, fire, lasers, robots, and more. The first such entertainment park will open in Los Angeles, with a date yet to be announced.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

It sounds like IMAX’s plans for launching its location-based virtual reality experiences have shifted a little since we last heard about them. IMAX itself is giving directors 360-degree cameras that it’s created in partnership with Google.

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VRScout

JUNE 21, 2017

Intel had a bright presence at E3, showing off their wireless solution for the HTC Vive for the first time in public as well as announcing a virtual reality eSports league. Teaming up with Oculus and ESL, Intel declared the world’s first virtual reality eSports league — with a prize pool of $200K.

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Cats and VR

DECEMBER 18, 2017

To deliver a truly immersive experience, it is vital to stream virtual reality content in a stereo layout, and at UHD resolutions,” said Sourabh Khire, Software Engineer at Jaunt. About Jaunt Jaunt is the global partner of choice for producing and distributing immersive virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality content.

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VRScout

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Following this 2016 World Tour , Kaleidoscope also organized a Summer Showcase, hitting six cities, one of which we hosted with Kaleidoscope here in Los Angeles. Balthazar started to experiment with virtual reality headsets at art school, exploring how to achieve a new kind of immersive storytelling experience.

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MARCH 12, 2024

The once LBVRE (Location-Based VR Entertainment) company has closed its venues in Los Angeles to focus on its VR educative program built together with Arizona State University. More info Dreamscape becomes Dreamscape Immersive Dreamscape has pivoted. To underline the pivot it has also changed its name to Dreamscape Immersive.

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VRScout

AUGUST 1, 2016

Already supporting the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, HTC Vive, and PSVR – Unity will now support Google Daydream. Google Omnitone Surround Sound Support. 3D audio, otherwise known as spatial audio, is a major key to truly immersive virtual reality experiences. in funding to add to their virtual reality development.

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VRScout

JUNE 26, 2016

Samsung solidified its commitment to the virtual reality space with some big announcements that essentially add up to an end-to-end consumer VR solution. Samsung VR is now somewhat similar to the App Store or Google Play store in that it’s where you can find the latest content for virtual reality products.

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VRScout

JULY 21, 2016

You can take a virtual trip to Stonehenge and snap a selfie in the process. When it comes to virtual reality content, quite a bit of emphasis has been placed on gaming. Bretz is one of those new breed of VR creators.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

The group has intellectual property for virtual and augmented reality training programs for hospitals, nursing schools and universities, according to a statement. If there’s one place where emerging technology can be embraced, it’s in businesses where there’s an actual use case for the tech.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The world’s largest movie theater company, AMC, is investing in virtual reality. These locations are in addition to Dreamscape Immersive’s flagship location, which is scheduled to open at the Westfield Century City Mall in Los Angeles during early 2018. over the next 18 months. over the next 18 months.

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