Despite Facebook’s blockbuster $3 billion Oculus acquisition in 2014, virtual and augmented reality have been too early-stage for large-scale mergers and acquisitions so far. But that’s set
Microsoft has high hopes for its mixed reality and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in manufacturing plants. The Redmond, Wash. software giant and
Google’s virtual reality sketching/painting/modeling Tilt Brush program has amassed a following amongst novice VR users as well as artists looking to explore virtual reality as a new
Fortune Capital has led a reported RMB100 million (US$14 million) series A round in Shadow Creator, a Shanghai-based visual reality headset device developer. Beijing-based
Aardman have today released their first ever Aardman character VR experience, Shaun the Sheep Movie Barn VR! The free app is available to download
Ryan Horrigan, Chief Content Officer of Felix & Paul Studios, talks about the current and future state of Virtual Reality and how it may ultimately
Standing on a city rooftop, I shuffle slowly towards the edge of the building and look nervously down. My eye is suddenly drawn to a ball
“The Walking Dead” is getting a VR experience: The show’s executive producer David Alpert told Variety on the sidelines of the VRTL Summit in Los Angeles Wednesday
Comedy Living Room started in 2012 as a way for emergent stand-ups to try out gags in the safety of a friend’s living room. Now,
For most VR is about taking yourself into space exploring alien planets or transporting yourself straight into a zombie horror apocalypse. The idea of a
Adult VR game VR Kanojo is ready to show off a new feature that lets gamers smell the character’s stockings. It was only last year when the world of gaming was forever changed
TIMESCOPE invites you to travel back to 1628 and visit the Place de Greve in the heart of Paris, shortly after the inauguration of City
I have a confession to make: I’m addicted to playing The Unspoken virtual reality game on the Oculus Rift. And I don’t mean above average interest. I’m talking
Fraunhofer IIS, the world-renowned experts in audio and media technologies, today announced that Felix & Paul Studios, the Emmy® Award-winning studio behind the world’s leading
A new virtual reality project reconstructs the city’s historic soundscape. You’re standing on the High Line. The walkways are damp, and fellow strollers have zipped on windbreakers
Oracle is hiring people for a “new startup organization” inside its North America operation that will focus on key technology trends, including cloud computing, internet
Virtual reality (VR) represents the leading edge of new consumer technology. But for companies interested in VR tech, the challenge has been to create a
New Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos kept his first public remarks extremely brief as he opened the studio’s virtual reality summit Wednesday morning.
What has 17 lenses, costs $17,000, and can make you feel like you’re anywhere in the world? The YI Halo, a new virtual reality camera
UN Development Programme Releases VR Film Ground Beneath Her, a Window into the Continuing Devastation of Nepal’s 2015 Earthquake When a deadly earthquake shook Nepal in
If you had met Nathan Egan in 2014, you would have thought he had it all. He was married to his best friend. He had
I finally had a chance to sample the VR and MR experiences offered by New York’s prescient Tribeca Film Festival, which added the immersive Arcade last
Get fully barreled with Anthony Walsh and Matahi Drollet in Tahiti as they take you deep inside Teahupo’o’s famous draining tubes using a unique 6-camera
When someone mentions “VR filmmaking,” they’re usually referring to 360-degree video, or some kind of video game environment where the story unfolds around you. One
, When the Oculus Rift first launched it was game-changing. It introduced the world to truly breathtaking (and occasionally nausea-inducing) virtual reality. But shortly after it came
Horror-themed apps are pretty freaky, especially when you’re tuned out and fully immerse in the chills around you. Take the fright up a notch with
Virtual reality is far from what anyone would call an established medium, but at events like this week’s Tribeca Film Festival, it’s a mainstay. Since
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