VR Video
Live Boxing Match Shows Us the Sweet Spot for Virtual Reality Broadcasting
We've seen VR live broadcasting company NextVR cover a range of sports and events, but its latest gig livestreaming a Premier Boxing Champions event was one of the best use-cases we've seen yet for the nascent technology.
It was a matchup...
Watch Tonight’s Premier Boxing Champions Match Live in Gear VR at 8PM ET
VR broadcasting company NextVR has partnered with FOX Sports to bring tonight's Premier Boxing Champions live in virtual reality to the Gear VR headset. You can watch it for free starting at 8PM ET tonight (Saturday, January 23rd).
NextVR has been...
The Complete Star Wars ‘Jakku Spy’ VR Experience is Now Available
With Star Wars: The Force Awakens hitting theaters tomorrow, the ILM-created Star Wars Jakku Spy is now fully unlocked for your Google Cardboard viewer on Android or iOS.
The first of nine segments of the Jakku Spy experience was released earlier this...
Pixvana Raises $6 Million for Cloud-based VR Video Processing and Delivery
Pixvana, a Seattle VR startup working to create a cloud-based processing and delivery platform for VR video, today announced a $6 million fundraise.
In a round led by Madrona Venture group with participation from Vulcan Capital and angel investors, Pixvana...
Signia Venture Partners on 8i Volumetric Capture, Photorealism, and Presence
Sunny Dhillon is a principal and co-founder of Signia Venture Partners as well as a lifelong gamer. Signia has been an investor in mobile games, and so he knows what to look for in terms of a solid team...
‘The VR Report’ Virtual Reality Talkshow Interviews Road to VR’s Ben Lang
The VR Report is a talkshow about virtual reality, filmed specifically for virtual reality. Distributed across VR headsets and 360 degree video platforms, The VR Report caught up with Road to VR Executive Editor Ben Lang.
Hosted by David Oh...
Total Cinema 360 Brings Disney’s The Lion King Musical to VR
Disney and Total Cinema 360 have released a 360-degree video documenting the opening five minutes (read: “The Circle of Life”) of The Lion King musical to VR platforms, including Littlstar’s iOS and Android apps, YouTube 360, Vrideo’s app and...
Watch the first 6 Google ‘Jump’ VR Videos
Google's interest in VR has been steadily growing, reaching a recent climax back in May during the company's annual 'I/O 2015' conference where they announced a slew of new VR initiatives including 'Jump' for VR video.
Jump is Google's VR...
NextVR Raises $30.5M to Accelerate Broadcast VR Development
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...
Lytro’s ‘Immerge’ 360 3D Light-field Pipeline is Poised to Redefine VR Video
Lytro have today revealed plans which take the company's expertise in 'still' light-field photography into the realm of VR film. The company have developed a scalable end-to-end solution for shooting, processing, editing and rendering next-generation 360 footage that allows a viewer to...
LucidCam is a Sleek 3D 180 Camera for VR Video, IndieGogo Campaign Live
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....
I Saw the First Live-streamed Presidential Debate on Gear VR and I Didn’t Hate It
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...
Stephen Colbert Lampoons Democratic Debate VR Broadcast Inside a Gear VR
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...
‘Strangers with Patrick Watson’ to be Remastered for Oculus Rift with Nearly 2x Resolution
Strangers with Patrick Watson by Felix & Paul Studios has been showered with much acclaim. The VR video, which gives users a piano-side seat for an intimate performance by musician Patrick Watson, has only ever been publicly available on Samsung's...
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...




















