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Virtual reality
Eurosport launches VR app to coincide with French Open
Eurosport has launched a virtual reality (VR) app to coincide with this year’s French Open…
IMAX unveils VR plans, signs deal with games studio Starbreeze
IMAX Corporation has announced a major virtual reality push, which includes a joint venture agreement…
Google to launch dedicated YouTube VR app
Google is due to launch a dedicated YouTube VR app later this year for its…
Google Daydream VR platform to launch this autumn
Google is set to launch a mobile VR platform this autumn that will encompass smartphones,…
Discovery’s Shark Week goes VR
Discovery will embark on its annual Shark Week in late June and will add a…
TV4 to launch new virtual reality show
Swedish broadcaster TV4 is to launch a new virtual reality TV show that will bring…
Comcast invests in ex-DreamWorks exec’s VR start-up
Comcast has led a round of investment in Spaces, a VR firm founded by entrepreneurs…
Nat Geo to launch VR studio, first Instagram series
National Geographic has unveiled plans to form a Virtual Reality studio and announced plans for…
NBC and NextVR broadcast virtual reality Kentucky Derby
NBC Sports Group made its first steps into virtual reality (VR) broadcasting at the weekend…
NextVR and Live Nation to broadcast 360-degree concerts
Comcast and Time Warner-backed NextVR has partnered with Live Nation to broadcast hundreds of live…
Facebook hails ‘social presence’ as next stage in VR revolution
Virtual reality can be used to connect people and reinvent social media according to chief technology…
Sky Italia taps Viaccess-Orca for VR trial
Sky Italia is tapping Viaccess-Orca, Harmonic and VideoStitch to deliver a virtual reality platform that…
TF1 and Viaccess-Orca claim world VR first
French commercial broadcaster TF1 and technology provider Viaccess-Orca have staked their claim to a world…
Nokia launches €55,000 OZO virtual reality camera
Nokia launched its OZO virtual reality camera in Europe at an event in London last…
Sky launches VR studio, first shows released on Facebook 360 tomorrow
Sky has announced a major new commitment to developing virtual reality content, including the creation…
Amazon looks to add VR to Amazon Video
Amazon is working to add a “Virtual Reality experience within Amazon Video”, according to a…
Facebook boss predicts 10-year development time for VR ecosystem
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted it will take “at least 10 years” for the Virtual…
VR still faces significant challenges, MWC attendees told
Virtual reality (VR) still faces significant challenges before it becomes a mainstream entertainment offering, according…
Facebook sets up dedicated social VR team
Facebook is setting up a dedicated social VR team and has announced plans to launch…
Orange ventures unit invests in VR firm
Orange’s investment arm Orange Digital Ventures has take stake in four more tech firms, including…
Report: Google working on ‘all-in-one’ VR headset
Google is reportedly developing an “all-in-one virtual reality headset” that runs independent of a smartphone,…
Syfy orders linear, digital and virtual reality series
Pay TV net Syfy has ordered Halcyon, a futuristic cop drama that will go out…
Amazon launches 3D game engine with Twitch integration
Amazon’s cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), has launched a free, cross-platform, 3D game…
Virtual Reality content to hit US$8.3 billion by 2020
Total global spend on virtual reality (VR) video and games content will reach US$8.3 billion…
YouTube mobile reach outstrips all US cable networks
YouTube on mobile devices reaches more 18 to 49-year-olds than any cable network in the…
Report: Apple building prototype VR headsets
Apple has reportedly built prototype virtual reality (VR) headsets in a bid to take on…
Barcroft makes virtual reality moves
Barcroft Media has struck two virtual reality deals, marking the UK-based content company’s first moves…
Facebook looks to dedicated video offering
Facebook is looking to launch a dedicated video offering as engagement with video content on…
Report: Apple hires VR expert
Apple has reportedly hired computer science professor and virtual reality expert Doug Bowman, in a…
VR and AR investment reaches US$686m in 2015
Augmented and Virtual Reality deals accounted for US$686 million of investments in 2015, according to new…