VR Market Could See Significant Growth
A key factor limiting the amount of quality virtual reality content available today is the cost of producing it relative to the number of …
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IBC 2017 To Tackle VR, AR
Google’s 3-Step Plan To Make You Love VR
Like search and advertising before it, Google is setting the stage to dominate VR and AR by going all-in on mobile.
Baseball Coming June 1 To VR Headsets
Video in the new At Bat VR app won't be in VR. Rather, the app places you behind home plate and shows you graphical depictions of each …
No One Can Agree On A Name For VR Future
AR, mixed reality, VR, immersive computing: how many terms can reality take? The AR-VR turf wars have begun.
The Most Aggressive Investors In AR & VR
The main takeaway from Facebook’s F8 developer conference was that the social media giant is making big bets on augmented and virtual …
Head Trip: Broadcasting An NBA Game In VR
NextVR made sports history by broadcasting weekly NBA games in virtual reality. The next step is getting people to watch.
What Lies Ahead For VR In The Newsroom?
A new Reuters Institute report VR for News: The New Reality? by Zillah Watson, who has led the editorial development of VR experimentation …
NAB Show 2017 Products Preview
On The NAB Exhibit Floor: Ventuz Technology
Ventuz Technology | Booth SL5627 | Website: www.ventuz.com After the integration of the two technologies prior to IBC last year, …
NAB Show 2017 Products Preview
On The NAB Exhibit Floor: Accedo
Accedo | Booth SU9205CM | Website: http://www.accedo.tv/ Accedo will demonstrate a new approach that enables an exciting and immersive …
NAB Show 2017 Products Preview
On The NAB Exhibit Floor: Timecode Systems
Timecode Systems | Booth C2746 | Website: www.timecodesystems.com Timecode Systems designs and manufactures timecode hardware and software …
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Picture This: Graphics Move Beyond Quality
The graphics systems broadcasters rely on daily to make news, sports and weather reports more appealing and informative have advanced quite …
Samsung Intros High-Power VR Rig
Now that Samsung's brought virtual to the masses with Gear VR, it's looking to build a more powerful standalone system. Oh, and it's …
Turner To Deliver Sweet 16 In 360 VR
Turner Networks will stream select games from the final rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament in 360-degree virtual reality on …
What Is The Future Of VR And AR?
Advocates of a mainstream existence for virtual reality and augmented reality content generally bet that the pathway to that existence is a …
DMG Entertainment Gets Into Virtual Reality
The media and entertainment company is launching DMG VR, a new unit focused on immersive storytelling. As part of that effort, DMG is …
CNN Launches Dedicated VR Journalism Unit
CNN is making a grand entrance into the immersive medium of VR with a new effort called CNNVR. It says it is launching the VR unit to …
VR Leads Marketers Down A Tricky Path
Done right, interactive videos can be a big hit with consumers. But high costs and fickle audiences can make them risky.
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Fox To Deliver Fresh Super Bowl Perspective
Every year broadcasters roll out some spectacular new technology to add a bit of sizzle to their production of the Super Bowl, and this …
This Year, A Super Bowl Chock Full Of Firsts
From the first live ad to the first virtual reality broadcast to the first local spots sold on the online broadcast, this game is shaping up …
Hulu-Live Nation VR Show Debuts
On Stage, the new virtual reality show co-produced by Hulu and Live Nation, launched on Hulu's VR app Thursday. The first episode features …
Will This Be VR’s Mainstream Year?
Probably not, says Erin Griffith, who recounts her recent experiences with the tech at CES. She likens VR to 3D printers in their early …
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A Broadcaster’s Guide To CES 2017
The yin and yang of consumer electronics and the broadcast TV industry means CES 2017 is the place to be in January for broadcasters who …
Oculus Acquires Eye Tracking Startup
Facebook's Oculus has acquired The Eye Tribe, which has developed eye tracking developer kits for computers and software that can bring …
Imagining Journalism’s Virtual Future
A new generation of virtual reality technologies seeks to significantly expand the social and physiological effect of virtual experiences, …
Experts: Consolidation Coming To VR Market
"Massive consolidation" is headed toward the virtual reality industry, and there's a vale of tears between now and mass adoption. That was …
6 VR Experiences That Don’t Cost Too Much
Virtual reality, what’s up with that? If you are curious about this highly buzzed high-tech form of entertainment but don’t feel …
NAB Show Shanghai Expands Offerings
The second annual NAB Show Shanghai will feature “enhanced” educational programming, including three core conferences, …
NFL Producing Google-Exclusive VR Series
It will be a nine-part, limited series exclusively made for the Google Daydream virtual reality headset by NFL Films. The series will …
USA Today Debuts VR News Show
It's called VRtually There, launched in partnership with YouTube and Toyota, and new episodes will drop each Thursday at 2 p.m. ET. Content …
Ad Execs: VR Market Will Take Time
Ad executives gathered for the Virtual Reality 2020 Summit Monday agreed that the time to experiment in the medium now, but expecting any …
Magid: 42% Of US Consumers Interested In VR
According to a new Frank N. Magid Associates survey, 42% of U.S. consumers ages 8-64 are very or somewhat interested in virtual reality. In …
‘Simpsons’ Celebrates 600th Episode With VR
Fox Broadcasting is teaming with the Google Spotlight Stories to create a special virtual reality experience for The …
Facebook’s Oculus Loses VR Ground
Oculus hasn't quite been the virtual reality home run Facebook hoped it would be: the hardware maker has been beset by shipping problems, a …
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Broadcasters Begin Experiments With VR, 360
It’s still early days for sure, but some broadcasters are beginning to stream over the top virtual reality and 360-degree coverage of …
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Sony Delivers Worthy VR Experience
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony isn’t the first to make virtual reality a reality, but in waiting, the company has delivered a worthy …
Google To Debut Daydream VR Headset
Google's Oct. 4 event isn't just going to be about its new Pixel phones and OS news. It will also be trotting out its new Daydream virtual …