VR in Pop Culture
Samsung Uses Snapchat’s AR as a VR Advertisement
The ever popular Snapchat image sharing app has a small augmented reality feature called Lenses which detects user's faces and inserts real-time effects on top. Samsung has seen fit to use the AR feature as an advertisement for their...
‘Uncanny Valley’ Explores a Dystopian Vision of Virtual Reality and Drone Warfare
A new short film from Federico Heller explores a well travelled dystopian sci-fi narrative territory—addiction to future technologies, war and murder’s gamification, a lone male protagonist’s sudden epiphany regarding a virtual reality’s illusion—in a brightly polished vehicle.
Aside from interviews with...
‘Adventure Time’ Creator Becomes ‘VR Informer’ on Twitter, Posts Wild VR Concepts
Pendleton Ward, aka @buenothebear on Twitter, the creator of the hit surreal fantasy animation Adventure Time, seems to have 'gone full VR', what's more - judging by the content, he looks to be a fan.
If you haven't head of...
Steven Spielberg to Direct Film Adaptation of ‘Ready Player One’ VR Novel
Prolific director and producer Steven Spielberg is coming back to Warner Bros. to direct the film adaptation of Ready Player One, Ernest Cline's lauded VR-centric novel set in a dystopian future.
According to Deadline, Spielberg will be coming fresh off directing The...









