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Facebook’s Oculus VR division and Kaleidoscope announced DevLab, a new initiative to support independent VR creators as they create new virtual reality experiences.
The collaboration will bring together 28 VR artists from around the world to incubate new work, explore new ideas, and create the next wave of great virtual reality experiences, the companies said.
The initial creators were selected for the inaugural DevLab class because they represent innovative artists who have either already produced important VR experiences — such as Arnaud Colinart‘s Notes on Blindness: Into Darkness andBen Vance‘s Irrational Exuberance — or are first-time VR creators with established careers in cinema like Josephine Decker and Julio Medem.
Participants will work with advisors who have backgrounds in architecture, immersive theater, sound, and storytelling. Projects will be developed and prototyped through hands-on workshops, live performances, and round table discussions. Creators will then go off on their own to develop a working version of their project to showcase.
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Source: Venture Beat