Road to VR

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Samsung has partnered with EarthX to debut a dozen immersive short films on the Samsung XR video platform from environmentally-focused filmmakers. Samsung XR is Samsung’s immersive video platform, and home to more than 10,000 videos. Image courtesy Samsung, EarthXR. Valen’s Reef. Under the Canopy.

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Hypergrid Business

JUNE 28, 2016

Virtual reality is now a global phenomena and devices are slowly becoming available to more retail shops — including here, in Nairobi, Kenya, where I am based. This Saturday, I walked over to my...

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VRScout

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

HuffPost RYOT has created a new slate of VR shows, set to launch this fall on the Hulu VR app for Oculus Rift and Samsung Gear VR headsets. The first show is a VR comedy series called “Virtually Mike and Nora,” and will be written, directed and star Nora Kirk Patrick ( The Office ) and Mike O’Brien ( SNL ).

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AllThingsVR

MAY 25, 2016

Nomads shows the way Virtual reality is more than an emerging technology. Steven Spielberg may think virtual reality is dangerous for filmmaking , but others are embracing it as an immersive form of storytelling that allows them to impact an audience in ways previously unimaginable. How do you tell a story in VR?

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