Built on Facebook’s 360 camera, Kandao Obsidian is ready for Hollywood
One of the cameras that is based on Facebook’s open source Surround 360 camera is now headed to early adopters. The Kandao Obsidian, a 3D panoramic camera, opened [...]
ObEN lands $5 million from Tencent and others for AI-powered avatars | VentureBeat | AI | by Blair Hanley Frank
ObEN, a startup that is building software to create personalized avatars for celebrities, has raised $5 million in a strategic investment that should help it expand its [...]
Leap Motion Announces $50 Million in Series C Funding Led by J.P. Morgan Asset Management — Leap Motion
Leap Motion, Inc., the leading creator of motion tracking technology for natural input in virtual and augmented reality, today announced $50 million in Series C funding led [...]
Mexico’s Anima Studios Leaps Into Virtual Reality with Cantinflas | Variety
Mexico’s Anima Studios leaps into virtual reality with a cartoon Cantinflas leading passengers on a ride thru Mexico’s history Latin America’s most prominent animation [...]
Disney is opening an immersive Star Wars Hotel where each guest gets a storyline – TechCrunch
AHHHHHHH. Disney just announced something that’s potentially so damned cool that I hardly need complete sentences here: Immersive. Star Wars. Hotel. Details are still super [...]
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Carne y Arena proves that great virtual reality means going beyond the headset – The Verge
The director of Birdman proves that great VR means more than just a headset When Birdman director Alejandro González Iñárritu premiered his new virtual reality [...]
Marvel is getting its own virtual reality game and it’s called Powers United VR – The Verge
The world of Marvel comes to VR Disney’s D23 Expo covers all aspects of its entertainment empire, and today the studio revealed that virtual reality is coming to the Marvel [...]
Virtual reality: Behind the scenes of long-awaited Chael Sonnen vs. Wanderlei Silva fight | MMAjunkie
Take a unique virtual-reality look at Chael Sonnen’s training camp and event night for his recent Bellator NYC headliner with Wanderlei Silva. According to legendary mixed [...]
Virtual Reality Is Medical Training’s Next Frontier
“Are you just going to let him die?” There’s a baby boy on a stretcher in a children’s hospital emergency room. His mother is standing nearby, begging [...]
‘VR Zone Shinjuku’ Shows That The Future Of Japanese Arcades Has Arrived
The new Bandai Namco virtual reality facility VR Zone Shinjuku set within the heart of Tokyo opens to the public tomorrow. However, I managed to get an early look and it is [...]
Aftershock: Why WaterAid is telling stories in virtual reality | The Memo
WaterAid film producer Catherine Feltham on the big impact of VR. WaterAid film producer Catherine Feltham on the big impact of VR. There’s dry reddish dust beneath your [...]
Emmys: Nominations Reflect Virtual Reality Growth | Hollywood Reporter
This year also marked the first nomination for a Facebook Live broadcast as well as the first original Snapchat show. This isn’t the first year that virtual reality [...]
Why The NBA, NextVR Are Confident Virtual Reality Has Staying Power
NEW YORK — NextVR Chairman Brad Allen admits there’s still quite the road ahead for virtual reality, but according to the senior executive, “what we’ve seen so far [...]
18 VR Idea That Commercially Work for Education
To make VR mainstream, we need something more relatable to our generation. So, in this post, we curated 18 VR idea that commercially work in education. Within three years, [...]
Unity Partners With Lionsgate To Create An Interactive VR Advertisement For Jigsaw – VR News, Games, And Reviews | VR & FUN
Unity partners with Lionsgate to release the first virtual reality advertisement for their upcoming movie, Jigsaw. Unity Technologies has been on the move this week [...]
