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EXCLUSIVE: Baobab Studios has announced a new virtual reality experience film directed and written by Heart and How to Eat Your Apple director Erick Oh. Namoo, which means “tree” in Korean, is a virtual reality narrative that features hand-painted props, characters and environments and will come to Oculus platforms in…

Filmmaker Jon Favreau (Iron Man, The Mandalorian) and VR Director Jake Rowell (Call of Duty, Superman Returns, theBlu) are ready to usher us into the epic, fantastical world of Gnomes & Goblins. Wevr, the studio behind the immersive experience, is set to release the experience or PCVR on Steam, Oculus and Viveport on…

Virtual reality is exactly that: a virtual reality. More often than not, VR is associated with immersing viewers into a gaming experience or a hyper-reality that leaves us in awe. With The Messy Truth, producers Van Jones, Brie Larson and director Elijah Allan-Blitz bring us a different kind of VR experience that is…

EXCLUSIVE: Events are being completely redefined during COVID-19, with the word “virtual” becoming the driving concept at a time when physical gatherings are not possible. Navigating this 2020 landscape, Michael Sugar’s Sugar23 has teamed up with experiential agency Blue Revolver to bring to market new virtual event…

Just in time for Pride, Revry, the first LGBTQ+ virtual cable network has partnered with Littlstar to launch the very first queer VR streaming channel. The news comes after Revry announced that they will continue a major distribution expansion across virtual cable and OTT both domestically and internationally. The new…

With social distancing requirements apt to give a boost to virtual reality, especially in public places like theme parks, Lucasfilm and Oculus VR specialists are joining forces for a new Star Wars attraction. Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy's Edge is an original story that will include multiple styles of gameplay and…

The filmmakers behind this year’s Slamdance documentary Ask No Questions saw their film’s festival run waylaid this spring by the industry’s coronavirus shutdown. Now they are teaming with San Francisco's DocFest, where the pic was headed next, in an effort bring the fest screening experience to audiences in their…

Paramount Pictures and San Francisco-based virtual reality startup Bigscreen have set a multi-year agreement that will see select titles from the studio distributed to social VR viewers. The pact includes the U.S., UK, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and Japan. On Bigscreen's…

EXCLUSIVE: Ali Wong, the stand-up comic, writer and actor, has been set to provide the lead voice in Bonfire, the next VR project from Emmy-winning VR/AR producer Baobab Studios. Baobab co-founder Eric Darnell, who co-directed and co-wrote all of the Madagascar films as well as Antz!, wrote and is directing Bonfire…

EXCLUSIVE: Eminem and Felix & Paul Studios' VR experience Marshall From Detroit, which premiered at Sundance, is being released this morning. The project, which was one of the more high-profile New Frontier offerings this year in Park City, is a 3D 360-degree virtual reality film starring Marshall Mathers (Eminem) and…

The SXSW Film Festival has added more to their already robust lineup including the world premieres of the forthcoming remake of Pet Sematary and the horror The Curse of La Llorona as well as a screening of the series finale of Comedy Central’s Broad City and the second of season of YouTube’s Cobra Kai. In addition…

Between Saving Private Ryan and Ready Player One—the critically acclaimed adaptation of Ernest Cline's 2011 novel—VFX supervisor Roger Guyett has been along for the ride on two of the most demanding projects of Steven Spielberg's career. An entirely different animal than the former picture—a 1998 war drama which won…