To step up the production of virtual reality (VR) content across all its markets, Sky has created Sky VR Studio, a dedicated in-house VR production unit. The first pieces of fully immersive VR content to be produced by the unit will be released on March 18th – two films shot during Formula 1 testing in […]
Sony has confirmed that it will launch a VR headset for Playstation users in October of this year. Priced at £349.99 (€446) in the UK and $399 in the US, the device is significantly cheaper than its main rivals and has been hailed by the firm as “a transformative experience in gaming”. The technology will […]
ATP Media, the broadcast arm of the ATP World Tour, has unveiled a collaboration with LiveLike VR to enable the delivery of a live streaming virtual reality experience at the 2016 BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells, California. In a first for global tennis, ATP Media will introduce an exclusive virtual reality lounge at the BNP […]
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality investment reached $1.1 billion in the first two months of this year. This is the first time that AR/VR investment has topped a billion dollars in any year (let alone two months), and shows incredible growth compared to the $700 million invested during all of 2015 according to digi-capital.com. Nearly […]
Some of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be covered in 8K ‘Super Hi-Vision’ (for Japan), and there will be 4K Ultra HD versions created for testing and comparison purposes. The 8K versions for Japan will include ‘immersive’ audio using what Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) describe as “3D 22.2 channel audio surround sound”. Some 130 […]
Executives at TV programming market MIPTV are reshaping the 2016 event better to reflect the digital era. Laurine Garaude, Director of Reed MIDEM’s Television Division, said that to differentiate the April event from its younger sibling MIPCOM, scheduled for October, there was a big focus on innovation, digital and new technology. Speaking at a Press […]
VR company Jaunt, which is financially backed by Sky, ProSiebenSat.1 and Disney, has announced a new production deal to produce Invisible, an episodic action-adventure series created in immersive virtual reality. This is the latest project in Jaunt and Condé Nast Entertainment’s collaboration in serialised storytelling Set in modern day Manhattan, the series will unravel the […]
Facebook has unveiled new advances in its long-term efforts to build the future of Virtual Reality. It made the announcement to coincide with the appearance of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Samsung’s Unpacked press conference in Barcelona on the eve of Mobile World Congress. “VR is the next platform, where anyone can create and experience […]
Cinegy, which develops and produces software technology for digital video processing, asset management, video compression, automation and playout has joined ImmersiaTV, an EU consortium of university technology incubators, research institutes, and commercial entities collaborating to research and develop the future of home entertainment, including virtual and augmented reality. Cinegy Managing Director Daniella Weigner said, “Although […]
Virtual reality is still very much in the ‘innovation’ stage, but this will start to change over the coming months as a variety of major first generation headsets hit the market, according to findings in a report – Virtual Reality – Niche or Mass Market? – from Futuresource Consulting. Some of the world’s largest and […]