Latest in virtual reality

The New Frontiers section of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival will be presented both in person—at a new Park City venue—and remotely, via a VR platform, the Sundance Institute announced today. Sundance’s new in-person venue, The Craft, will be free to access from the festival’s kick-off on January 20 through the 25th…

Campfire, a startup focused on holographic collaboration tools for the enterprise market, has named Michael V. Lewis as chairman of its board of directors. Lewis in 2003 founded RealD, a visual experience company and digital 3D cinema pioneer, and led it as CEO. The company was acquired in 2016 by Rizvi Traverse…

The Tribeca Festival is combining its games and immersive verticals and promoting Casey Baltes to oversee the merged entity. The upping of Baltes follows the departure of longtime Tribeca Immersive curator and VP Loren Hammonds. The two arenas, which have had a home at Tribeca over the past decade, are part of the…

A new interactive experience based on the Men in Black films is the latest offering to be added by LA-based virtual reality firm Dreamscape. The company, whose CEO and co-founder is producer and former studio exec Walter Parkes, said Men in Black: First Assignment will debut October 1 at its flagship location at…

Facebook's founder and CEO introduced Wall Street to the "Metaverse" today, a sweeping reimagining of the company over time entailing massive annual investments. "It's the future we are working towards. A virtual environment where you can be present with people in a digital space. An embodied Internet that you are…

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…