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Rikard Steiber, the president of Viveport at HTC Vive, discussed opportunities for VR content with World Screen’s Anna Carugati during a MIPTV keynote.
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Discovery Presents Scripted VR Experience The Haunted Castle
LONDON: Discovery Communications has given a worldwide release to the scripted VR production The Haunted Castle, shot at the famed Corvin Castle in Transylvania, Romania.
Read More »Seven Pacts with Samsung for Olympics VR Content
SYDNEY: Australia’s Seven has partnered with Samsung to deliver 100 hours of live and on-demand virtual-reality content from the Olympic Games in Rio.
Read More »Comcast Ventures Leads Financing Round for New VR Company
SANTA MONICA: SPACES, a new virtual reality company founded by two former DreamWorks Animation executives, has raised $3 million in initial funding, with Comcast Ventures leading the financing round.
Read More »Novovision Ventures into Virtual Reality
LOS ANGELES: Novovision recently launched two separate entities that will be dedicated to the virtual reality (VR) industry.
Read More »Study Finds Hollywood Embracing VR Despite Technology Hurdles
LAS VEGAS: Hollywood views virtual reality as an industry game changer full of possibilities, despite the current hurdles facing the nascent technology, according to a joint study by the Consumer Technology Association and NATPE.
Read More »Syfy Augmenting Content with VR Apps & 3D Printing
NEW YORK: Syfy has launched an innovation hub tasked with creating multiplatform content mixing emerging technology such as 3D printing and virtual reality with the network’s original programming. Called Syfy Labs, the unit will partner with 3D-printing company MakerBot to offer ...
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