VRScout

AUGUST 10, 2018

By 2014, Nonny de la Pe ñ a had premiered Project Syria at the World Economic Forum and Palmer Luckey was a household name. After scoring a partnership with Microsoft, they’ve talked at length about relocating to San Francisco. The VR community in Austin was a bit of a late bloomer compared to other cities.

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VRScout

JANUARY 9, 2017

An award-winning creator and CEO of Emblematic Group, de la Pena is a pioneer in immersive journalism – one of her most famous projects is Project Syria, which was made for the World Economic Forum. One of the most recognizable faces in the industry, Nonny de la Pena is nicknamed the “Godmother of Virtual Reality.”

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VRScout

JULY 2, 2017

Holograms from Syria is a mixed reality experience that communicates the real-life experience of the Syrian Civil War to Western audiences. Cat videos, Trump memes, mutilated dead bodies in Syria, beautifully designed mattress ads one after the other on a newsfeed that scrolls,” said Malik. Enter: Holograms from Syria.

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VRScout

DECEMBER 13, 2016

When the first consumer version of the Oculus Rift was launched in the spring, it was disappointingly bundled with a Microsoft Xbox controller – and we’ve eagerly been awaiting the native Touch Controllers. SAMSUNG AND VICE PARTNER FOR 360 DOC RE: SYRIA. Now, the day is here, and the wait was… worth it?

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

APRIL 30, 2017

Sometimes it is about their political views, as one man thinks about President Trump bombing Syria. The Blackout project had another purpose as well, to show off DepthKit, a video solution that combines depth data from cameras like Microsoft’s Kinect with normal video, to create volumetric figures on a budget.

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