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CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

Road to VR

CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform with CNN Digital. Capturing major news events in 360 video, the global team will produce weekly virtual reality experiences and live streams.

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Making Diversity Fly

Tech Trends VR

360 virtual reality video is transformative. Nour herself had to flee the war in Syria, moving to Canada in 2017, where she joined a flight school in Quebec, and after earning her license in September 2018 she’s working towards becoming a pilot for Air Canada. It is wholly immersive and completely engaging.

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The VRScout Report – The Week in VR Review

VRScout

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. HTC Vive is helping the big issue of the state of virtual reality today: lack of content.

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Beds, Trains, and Trees: VR Gets Physical at Tribeca

UploadVR Between Realities podcast

With the release of Oculus Touch and Vive Trackers, the number of VR experiences that utilized motion controls went up since the last festival. But even more impressive, were the projects that used physical objects layered with virtual reality to bring greater immersion. ” Trees. 25% of those afflicted are bedridden.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. But the reality is, is that we’re not there right now for the industry; there’s still a lot of handholding to be done and there’s still no consensus amongst which headset is kind of the iPod or iPhone right now.

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Getting -- and Keeping -- Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. But the reality is, is that we're not there right now for the industry; there's still a lot of handholding to be done and there's still no consensus amongst which headset is kind of the iPod or iPhone right now. Alan: Got it.

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Getting — and Keeping — Your Attention in XR, with LumiereVR COO Alexander Haque

XR for Business Podcast

Our mission was, as you said at the beginning, was to bring VR analytics and data to virtual reality. But the reality is, is that we’re not there right now for the industry; there’s still a lot of handholding to be done and there’s still no consensus amongst which headset is kind of the iPod or iPhone right now.