Yesterday, Facebook held its annual Connect conference on the company’s virtual and augmented reality efforts. Instead of multiple days, the majority of this year’s news was packed into a two-hour…
At the end of July, nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards were announced. French VR documentary studio TARGO bagged two of the three nominations in the Outstanding Original Interactive Program…
Submissions to the the 2020 Journalism 360 Challenge are now open. The Journalism 360 Challenge aims to fund experiments in immersive journalism, and is requesting creators submit their ideas for…
According to XR Intelligence‘s latest XR Industry Insight Report (2019-2020), 93 percent of enterprises that have decided to use virtual reality (VR) have seen a positive effect on their business, with…
All images credited to Snapchat. On August 26, Snapchat released Lens Studio 2.1, which included the addition of 14 new landmarks and six new lens templates. They’ve also published an…
Adobe’s Director of Immersive Chris Bobotis outlines the emerging trends in immersive media he’s been seeing so far in 2019. From the snow-packed slopes of Sundance to the Texas heat…
Techies have converged upon Las Vegas this week to attend CES 2019 (our own Editor-At-Large Robert Hernandez will be there tomorrow). If you could not attend, or you are attending…
On December 5, National Geographic announced a partnership with YouTube to produce immersive content that would bring its audience to the farthest reaches of the world. The partnership kicks off…
PILOT, NAB’s technology innovation initiative (and Knight Foundation grantee), is accepting submissions for its third annual PILOT Innovation Challenge. The initiative aims to fund ideas that leverage technology to enhance…
YouTube, Daydream and VRScout are calling for applications for the partnership’s VR Creator Lab in London. The three-month opportunity to experiment with YouTube’s VR180 format is open to individuals residing…
A couple weeks ago, we announced that Journalism360–an initiative from Knight Foundation and Google News Initiative to accelerate immersive storytelling in news–would be hosting an Unconference focused on immersive journalism…
A new prosumer 8K 3D camera will connect to RED’s Hydrogen One smartphone, giving users a chance to preview 3D content in real time without glasses or a headset. At…
