VR Experiences
Preview: Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes and Goblins’ Sparks the Imagination and Demands Your Curiosity
Gnomes & Goblins is a real-time interactive experience currently in development by VR production company Wevr and created by film director Jon Favreau, an industry professional known for his work on films such as the Iron Man franchise, Chef (2014) and The Jungle Book...
Jon Favreau’s ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ is Out for HTC Vive Now
Veteran Director of Iron Man, Chef and more recently The Jungle Book, Jon Favreau has created a brand new project entitled ‘Gnomes & Goblins’, a realtime VR experience set in a magical fantasy world. And it's out right now.
In collaboration with Reality...
Oculus’ ‘Henry’ Becomes the First VR Film to Win an Emmy
Oculus Story Studios' Henry, the tale of a lovable, hard to hug hedgehog and his search for friendship, has walked away with the first ever Emmy awarded to a virtual reality film.
I wrote recently that the traditional motion picture...
‘Iron Man’ Director Jon Favreau’s First VR Project ‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Looks Delightful
Veteran Director of Iron Man, Chef and more recently The Jungle Book, Jon Favreau has now teamed up with veteran VR production house WEVR on a brand new project entitled 'Gnomes & Goblins', a realtime VR experience set in a magical...
Interactive Lab to Make VR Trike Racing a Thing at VRLA This Week
Interactive Lab bring something you never knew you wanted to try to this year's VRLA Summer Expo, virtual reality room-scale and untethered trike racing.
You know when you see something completely new and unexpected and want to try it immediately?...
‘L.A. 2097’ is Your Own Little Slice of ‘Blade Runner’
L.A. 2097 is VR experience loosely based on the tech-noir classic film Blade Runner (1982), and although offering only a single re-imagined scene from the film—Rick Deckard's high-rise apartment balcony—the demo holds a surprisingly tight grip on the imagination. We spoke with project creator...
New Darth Vader VR Experience Coming from ILMxLAB, Here’s a Quick Peek
During an ILMxLAB panel at this years Star Wars Celebration event in London, Batman movie writer David Goyer was introduced as working on a full Star Wars narrative VR experience that focuses on the series most recognisable villain, Darth Vader.
The...
VRC Raises $23M to “Build the First Great VR Content Studio”
The Virtual Reality Company, lead by two-time Academy Award-winning director Robert Stromberg and entertainment industry executive Guy Primus, have announced $23M in venture funding to build original virtual reality content and position the firm as "premiere VR storyteller and...
ILMxLAB Discuss Pioneering VR Storytelling with Star Wars and Beyond
Ben Lang sits down with John Gaeta and Vicki Beck to discuss Lucasfilm's focus on immersive storytelling with the formation of ILMxLab last year, and their constant experimentation in the immersive entertainment space.
Lucasfilm's ILMxLab are optimistic, perhaps even bullish, about...
Review: ‘ABE VR’ Puts You at the Mercy of a Robot’s Bloodthirsty Search for Love
Hammerhead VR is soon to launch their début VR film experience ABE VR, a horror experience based on the striking short film ABE (2013) from Writer / Director Rob McLellan. I find out what it's like to be the object of affection for a...
Tapping Our Primal Fears for Virtual Tightrope Experience ‘The Walk’
At GDC this year, Epic Games had a VR Lounge where they were showing off 10 different VR experiences that used the Unreal Engine. One of those experiences was Create VR's The Walk VR Experience, where you can walk...
Explore Game of Thrones’ Castle Black in a New Fan-Made VR Experience
The Night's Watch has a sacred duty: to protect Westeros from whatever it is that lives beyond the Wall. But you don't need to take the sacred oath (or swear to celibacy) to traipse around Castle Black or experience the...
Travel Inside Reggie Watts’ Imagination with ‘Waves’
Reggie Watts was at Sundance showing off his first 360-degree video VR experience called Waves, which is a surreal trip into his imagination. It's one of the most quirky and entertaining 360 videos I've seen, and could be described...
Preview: ‘Arnswalde VR’ is a Memorial to Life as it Was Before WW2
It's nothing short of amazing when you can take a tour of a town that doesn't exist anymore, and Arnswalde VR takes you back to the once-West Pomeranian city to see just what it was like before the turbidity of WW2.
Arnswalde,...
Sólfar Secures $2.1M to Recreate Everest in VR and Get You to Climb it
Icelandic developer Sólfar Studios have announced that their quest to bring one of the world's greatest natural wonders, Mount Everest, to virtual reality just got a significant boost. They've announced received over $2M in seed funding to bring their mountaineering...




















