One year ago today, The Weather Channel debuted its first immersive mixed reality (IMR) experience. The 8-minute TV broadcast aimed to transport viewers to the scene of a typical tornado,…
Virtual reality and 360° video are attractive to journalists because the product promises to put the audience right in the middle of news events and foreign destinations. Yet for immersive…
Celine Tricart has been working in virtual reality longer than most. She tested an early prototype of the Nokia Ozo, she was an active part of the days of “Frankenstein”…
Pixvana has announced the full release of SPIN Studio, its end-to-end VR platform for editing, creating and sharing VR video. With SPIN Studio, users will also be able to build…
Electric South aims to amplify African artists working in the immersive media space. Here, Producer Caitlin Robinson shares her strategies for VR funding and distribution, and the importance of making…
As of today, anyone can utilize Pixvana’s open-source software development kit to create first-party branded VR video applications. Pixvana’s SPIN Play SDK is an Apache 2.0 open-source-licensed library that developers…
In VR’s earliest days, every announcement seemed big. Big hype, big headlines, big promises. But as the industry matures, overpromising has given way to continual, incremental, measured improvements. One such…
Last fall, Radiant Images announced a partnership to offer its customers free access to VR app-making tool Headjack. Now, the camera rental company is offering its customers a free trial for Pixvana’s SPIN…
YouTube VR Creator Lab is now accepting applications, with a focus on VR180. YouTube first launched its VR Creator Lab last year with a three-month production program for VR content…
Both the New York Times and the BBC have recently launched AR apps to supplement news coverage. Last week, the Times released an AR experience offering users a closer look at David…
When it comes to immersive video, it isn’t always easy to share the experience with a friend. It’s either one-person-per-headset or crammed around a computer or smartphone. However, that doesn’t…
At an HTC Vive product showcase earlier this week in China, 360 video streaming company Visbit made a big announcement. The company launched an 8K VR Player for HTC’s new…
