Road to VR

MARCH 12, 2017

CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform with CNN Digital. In a major new commitment to the medium, CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new journalism unit that aims to produce immersive VR content across multiple platforms and devices.

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VRScout

APRIL 23, 2019

You’ll follow Anna as she guides you through multiple worlds to face a variety of challenging moments, each path immersing you further into the experience. For the project, Tricart traveled through ISIS-held territory to meet the women soldiers at the border between Iraq and Syria and record their stories.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Make no mistake: if you have an Oculus Rift, then this is Obduction week. Finally, the VR headset is gaining access to one of this year’s most immersive and perplexing titles — a game that we called a “ cinematic VR marvel. Project Syria, from Emblematic Group. Project Syria, from Emblematic Group.

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Tech Trends VR

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

What I like about my main area of interest – immersive tech – is that it seems to be thriving with examples of female creatives finding their voice, and really exploring the boundaries of this new medium to express themselves and tell interesting, compelling, and utterly engaging stories in new ways. All of your senses are heightened.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

VRMark is a more rigorous test than the text-based option from Oculus and, even in its free version, can show you how many frames are dropped during tests. VR affords us interesting and immersive experiences like no other and The Journey is using the medium to give us an intimate virtual tour of the human body. VRMark, from Futuremark.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. They are fully immersed in the content that you want to deliver to them. Their 17,000 Oculus Go activations across every single Walmart across America. Alan: Got it. Alex: It does. Alex: Oh, yeah, absolutely.

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XR for Business Podcast

JULY 31, 2019

Alan: So does it work with the Oculus Go? We actually have a pretty good relationship with the folks at Oculus. They are fully immersed in the content that you want to deliver to them. Their 17,000 Oculus Go activations across every single Walmart across America. Alan: Got it. Alex: It does. Alex: Oh, yeah, absolutely.

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