VR Film
Comcast, Samsung, and HTC Join $6 Million Investment in VR Animation Studio ‘Baobab’
On the hunt for 'the Pixar of VR' a cast of big names have joined for a $6 million series A investment in virtual reality animation studio Baobab.
Baobab Studios today announced a series A funding round led by Comcast Ventures,...
One of the World’s Largest Adult Entertainment Studios Launches VR Initiative
Kink, a San Francisco based adult entertainment studio and network of adult websites, has today taken their first step into virtual reality, offering adult films for playback on Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear VR, and Google Cardboard.
Kink claims to be...
First Look: PresenZ Shows Navigable Pre-rendered Room-scale VR Scenes
PresenZ is a system developed by VFX studio Nozon which combines some of the essential benefits of pre-rendered imagery with those of real-time interactivity. For the first time the company is demonstrating a room-scale version of a Presenz-enabled scene.
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VR as Empathy Machine: Under Promise, Over Deliver
The latest in a series of regular articles exploring virtual reality, Noah Nelson today ponders how the rise of VR film-making may be scuppered by traditionalist attitudes towards the medium and how VR's power to promote human empathy might just not...
Sundance and Jaunt Announce Immersive Video Residency Program for VR Storytellers
Sundance Institute and Jaunt Studios announced recently a new collaborative cinematic virtual reality residency program that will allow story tellers to create unique VR-based works of art.
The program will allow four artists a residency period of six months to create short films, the...
VR Doc “Sense of Presence” Part 3 Released, Explores VR Storytelling
Epic's series of short films exploring the rise and maturation of the virtual reality industry reaches part 3. In this installment, the directors look to explore what virtual reality means to game developers in delivering compelling narrative experiences that...
Bill Clinton Features in ‘Inside Impact: East Africa’ VR Film by Felix & Paul
Felix & Paul Studios along with Matter Unlimited have collaborated on a project documenting the work the Clinton Global Initiative have been doing in the region of East Africa. Follow President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea in 360 video...
‘The Ark’ 360 VR Documentary, the Story of the Planet’s Most Endangered Species
From the makers of the award-winning documentary Empire comes a 360 degree documentary that aims to put you face-to-face with the most endangered species on the planet: the northern white rhinoceros.
Called The Ark, documantarians Eline Jongsma and Kel O'Neill are bringing their collective...
‘Henry’ Premiere Trailer From Oculus Reveals New Footage, Drums Up the Pros of Real-time VR Cinema
Today Oculus Story Studio is premiering their second made-for-VR short film called Henry, a tale about a not-so-cuddly porcupine who, in a cruel twist of fate, wants nothing more than the embrace of a friend. With the premiere of the...
Oculus Sign “Largest Live-action VR Deal to Date” with Felix & Paul Studios
Cinematic 360 specialists Felix & Paul, the team behind Cirque Du Soleil's 'Zarkana' and Inside the Box of Kurios, have been signed by Oculus for a multi-project, multi-experience 'pact' to create 360 content for the Rift and Samsung Gear VR.
Cinematic...
‘The Last Starfighter’ TV Spin-off to Integrate Virtual Reality Enabled Scenes
1984 cult classic The Last Starfighter, beloved by 80's video-gamers the world over, is coming back in a new TV spin-off that will apparently feature scenes created for virtual reality.
The Last Starfighter (1984) is one of those cult classics...
‘Inside the Box of Kurios’ Is Your Ticket to a World-class VR Performance
Inside the Box of Kurios is a brand new VR experience from Felix & Paul Studios which gives you a brilliant view of a Cirque du Soleil performance that's been specially tailored for virtual reality. If you've got Gear VR, you've...
