News
Virtual ‘Field Trips’ Created by Georgia College Duo
Gives students K-12 chances to virtually visit many state attractions.
VR
Video Edge
Bringing Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech to Virtual Reality
The project will be the most life-like and realistic rendering of a human performance in VR to date.
Video Edge
Explore the VR Experience “Seven Worlds, One Planet” (and See It Being Created)
BBC Earth and VR artist Rosie Summers collaborated to create this VR 360 experience
News
Law&Crime Network Offering VR View of Courtrooms
Partnership with Littlstar will offer VR experience through PlayStation4 units.
Video Edge
Panasonic Debuts HDR-Capable UHD VR “Eyeglasses”
Are VR headsets soon to be a thing of the past?
Video Edge
Virtual Reality Projects to Help Tackle Climate Change (Edgy)
Virtual reality's potential as an "empathy machine" might just be the tool to help more of the population take the threat of climate change...
Video Edge
AR, VR and MR Market Predicted to Reach $30 Billion Over Next Decade
New report was released from analysts at IDTechEx.
Consumption
New Report Predicts Augmented and Virtual Reality Will Be as Common as Smartphones in the Workplace
New data suggests that tech-savvy consumers inside the workplace, not corporate IT managers, hold the keys to accelerating enterprise adoption of major technologies like...
News
VR Helping to Train California Firefighter Recruits
Able to provide realistic training scenarios for things like wildfires.
News
Air Force Expanding Use of Virtual Reality Training
Military branch currently uses technology to train aspiring pilots.
News and Features
Intel VR, 3D Tracking Tech to Be Featured in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Looks to provide in-depth, immersive experience for fans.
Video Edge
Just Touring the Museum in VR With a Hologram David Attenborough, NBD
"'Hold the World' is an extraordinary next step in how we can communicate and educate people about experiences they wouldn't usually have access to...
Education
Big Growth in Education for AR, VR Expected by 2023
Challenges moving forward include the price of headsets.
PR Wire
Shotgun Goes to Outer Space with Immersive Content Powerhouse Felix & Paul Studios
Award-winning immersive entertainment company Felix & Paul Studios is known for breaking new ground in virtual reality—and soon, augmented reality and mixed reality—crafting original...
Production
Giant Steps Are What You Take: ‘A Moon for All Mankind’ in 4D VR
"We are working to make lunar missions accessible to the public and are excited to inspire the next generation of astronauts."
Canon ME20F-SH
Immersive Content and VR For Audio at Avid Connect 2018
Audio for video is about to get more complicated
News
CTA Announces AR/VR Standard Terminology
CTA-2069 introduces various terms defining emerging consumer technologies
News and Features
Méliès, Magic and the Moon: Making Google’s VR Doodle
"George Méliès pioneered film techniques that immersed people in unfamiliar experiences—an early precursor to today's virtual reality."
Canon ME20F-SH
NAB Show Showcases Broadcasters’ Move to IP
Annual gathering also highlighted advances in HDR, AI/ML, ATSC 3.0 and mobile video
Distribute
‘This Is Climate Change’ and the Impact of Immersive Storytelling
"Traditional storytelling is important, but we need new innovative approaches."
PR Wire
Hulu VR Series A Curious Mind with Dominic Monaghan Shot with Micro Studio Camera 4K
Fremont, CA – March 13, 2018 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Toronto-based production house CreamVR used four Micro Studio Camera 4Ks to shoot...
Canon ME20F-SH
Vocational Education Leading the Way in VR
VR a new tool for electricians, plumbers, builders
Canon ME20F-SH
Michigan State Becomes First U.S. University With 360-Degree VR Room
Facility will open Feb. 5
News
Montana Veterans Testing Groundbreaking Virtual Reality Software
New VR platform helps diagnose disorder often confused for PTSD
Canon ME20F-SH
Three Best Practices From VR Implementation Across Departments
Professors across many disciplines are embracing VR technology as an integral part of their learning tools
Canon ME20F-SH
Four AR and VR Projects That Point to the Future of Education
NYC Media Lab took a look at some projects during its Exploring Future Reality conference
News
Creating and Delivering Content in 2018: Technology Advances from AI to VR
Many recent developments revolve around streaming, which we could broadly define as sending video over networks that weren't ever really intended to carry video.
Canon ME20F-SH
VR Sends Students to Exotic Classroom
Students at the New Albany High School recently got to study abroad without having to leave their classroom courtesy of virtual reality technology.
Video Edge
‘Discovery TRVLR’: Exploring and Experiencing the Discovery/Google VR Series
Filmmaker Addison O'Dea has been traveling the world since he was a boy. With Discovery's 360° video series Discovery TRVLR, he is taking audiences...
GV Expo
GV Expo: Breaking Down Virtual Reality Barriers
Institutions and individual users are accepting more of the wide-ranging benefits of VR
GV Expo
GV Expo: Dr. Denise Krch Sees VR Possibilities for Medical Field
Virtual reality offers its users all kind of possibilities, whether it be traveling to far off places, or experiencing a sporting event in a...
Video Edge
VR Series ‘The Female Planet:’ Immersion, Empowerment
“The Female Planet,” a new VR video series from Google and Surround Vision, that captures the daily lives of female role models around the...
News and Features
Perspectives, Panoramas, Processing: Overcoming the Challenges of Managing VR/360° Content
While there are differences between VR and 360° content, both mediums deliver immersive experiences that, like "reality," are able to show events taking place...
News and Features
ESPN Goes Live with VR at X Games
Organizers of ESPN's X Games Minneapolis 2017 delivered live virtual reality streams of three X Games disciplines in addition to the standard ESPN broadcast.
News
Miami VA Treating PTSD With VR
Mental health providers at Miami’s VA Healthcare System are putting VR headsets onto some of their veteran patients in attempt to help them deal...
News and Features
Loco Develops Slow-Mo 360° VR Workflow
Production company Loco's latest 360° film is an homage to Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video, with the added twist of slow-motion content.
News and Features
‘Limbo’ Viewers Experience Life as a Refugee Seeking Asylum
The virtual reality project "Limbo" from The Guardian enables viewers to experience what life is like for refugees in the U.K.
News
Virtual Reality Helps FEMA, VA Bring Their Missions to Life
Thanks to the evolution of virtual reality technology in the last few years that have led to sleeker, more affordable headsets from companies like...
Video Edge
Immersion Learning: Advances in Virtual Reality and 360° Video
There's an unfortunate tendency these days to combine virtual reality and 360° video into a single category.