Today, live event broadcasting specialists NextVR announced three technology advancements to their platform coming this year: six degrees of freedom-enabled content, higher resolution output, and augmented reality support. A sneak peek of the technologies is being shown to media...

To fit alongside the company' Daydream mobile VR platform, Google is partnering with Lenovo, LG, and YI Technology to create a new class of 180 cameras. Called VR180, the point-and-shoot video cameras create stereoscopic 180 video that can be uploaded or...

Altair Digital have announced that they are to bring the wonder of the solar system as historically experienced via your local Planetarium to virtual reality with Fulldome Cinema. One of the earliest forms of immersive education and perhaps a pre-cursor...

NextVR, a firm specializing in live VR streaming, has today announced an $80 million Series B investment with which the company aims to expand international operations. "The Series B investment positions NextVR to accelerate development of its virtual reality platform...

Lucid VR, the makers of the stereoscopic 3D camera LucidCam, today announced a seed funding round to the tune of $2.1M, bringing a significant raise in funds to the team's successful Indiegogo campaign which attracted over $100,000 in funds over the...

NextVR has been forging ahead with their plans to make immersive, live VR broadcasting a reality. Today, the company has announced a multi-year deal with FOX Sports to bring "virtual reality coverage of the nation’s top sporting events" to...

For the past year, Devon Dolan has been trying to make sense of the interactive storytelling landscape that's possible within virtual reality. He comes from a world of story where he's currently an associate at Cinetic Media, which is...

The Sundance Festival is well under way and VR is front and centre at the events New Frontier initiative. To mark the event they're launching a new Google Cardboard application built by immersive media company IM360. The Sundance Festival, underway...

LucidCam, a 3D 180-degree photo/video camera with a sleek and pocketable design, has passed its IndieGogo funding goal of $100,000. The Berkley, CA based team behind LucidCam have also revealed their first stretch goal, which at $150,000 will upgrade backers to...

NextVR, the company known for live-broadcasting immersive video such as last month's Gear VR-accessible Democratic debate, announced recently a $30.5 million Series A funding round with investments by some big names in traditional media. VR is changing the consumption of...

LucidCam is a small, lightweight, stereoscopic camera capable of capturing 180 degree footage aimed squarely at the VR video market. The device's IndieGogo campaign kicked off last week and in four days has pulled in over $35k of funding....

The NBA and Turner Sports partnered with NextVR's video streaming service to deliver the first NBA VR video livestream ever last night, and it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen in VR. Last night marks the opening...

The first Democratic presidential debate of this election cycle is over, and while the 24-hour news organizations decide who won (you can win? are there prizes?), it's a middling victory for immersive video, and only just. NextVR partnered with CNN to...

A mainstay of US TV for years, The Late Show has joined the ranks of mainstream media outlets to feature VR on their show, and then tak the piss out of it. Exploring the recent news that CNN will be...