Jaunt VR, an immersive media company whose investors include the Walt Disney Co. and the German publishing house Axel Springer, laid off a “significant portion” of its staff as it refocuses on augmented reality. In a Medium post titled “The Future of Jaunt is AR,” the company announced it would be “winding down” a…

European pay-TV giant Sky may be in the middle of a bidding war between 21st Century Fox and Comcast but CEO Jeremy Darroch is still keeping his eye out for its own acquisitions. Speaking after its full-year financial results, Darroch said that it would continue its strategy to invest in Silicon Valley start-ups and…

EXCLUSIVE: Jaunt Inc., a producer and distributor of immersive content, has partnered with XYZ Films in a first-look deal for all of its upcoming virtual reality projects. The Silicon Valley-based Jaunt plays in various aspects of the emerging medium, with a production studio in Santa Monica and an engineering group…

Cinematic virtual reality company Jaunt Inc. has released its 2017 production and development slate today as the Sundance Film Festival kicks off. Each conceived to be an original, scripted, multi-episode series, the content deals include The Enlightened Ones, a political sci-fi written and produced by Tye Sheridan…

George Kliavkoff is leaving Hearst Corp to become CEO of virtual reality company Jaunt. The move comes at a time when talent agencies, studios and even cameramen are gearing for a wave of VR content as the industry looks for the next level in pushing the envelope of entertainment. Jaunt is the company that has…