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Virtual reality
Deloitte: VR to celebrate first US$1bn year in 2016
Virtual Reality will celebrate its first billion-dollar year in 2016, driven by approximately US$700 million…
Google appoints senior exec to dedicated VR role
Google has reportedly set up a dedicated Virtual Reality (VR) division and has appointed company…
VR headset sales to climb 500% in 2016
Sales of Virtual Reality headset will increase by 500% year-on-year in 2016 while revenues will…
VR revenues to hit US$18bn by 2025
Global revenues related to virtual reality (VR) will top US$18 billion (€16.6 billion) by 2025,…
21st Century Fox takes stake in VR glasses manufacturer
21st Century Fox has struck a deal to take a minority stake in virtual reality…
Syfy launches multiplatform content lab
NBCUniversal-owned cable net Syfy has launched a new multi-platform content and experience lab and will…
CCS Insight: BT to buy ITV by 2018
BT will buy UK public broadcaster ITV by 2018 in an effort to “broaden its…
Sky News airs first virtual reality report on migrant crisis
Pay TV operator Sky’s Sky News service has launched its first virtual reality news report….
Virtual reality specialist NextVR raises US$30.5m from Comcast, Time Warner
NextVR, a company that specialises in virtual reality live-event streams, has raised US$30.5 million in…
DirecTV weighs in to Virtual Reality space with boxing app
US pay TV operator DirecTV has launched its first Virtual Reality (VR) app, designed to…
Disney, Sky and ProSiebenSat.1 invest in VR firm Jaunt
Disney has led a new US$65 million (€58 million) funding round in cinematic virtual reality…
Nos claims world first with VR broadcast of FC Porto vs Benfica
Portuguese cable and pay TV operator Nos has teamed up with Samsung and Sport TV…
Virtual reality to be ‘much more significant than 3D’, says ARM exec
Virtual reality will play a “much more significant role in the future than 3D”, according…
MTV partners with IM360 for VMA virtual reality
MTV in the US has partnered with immersive video firm IM360 to broadcast 360-degree, virtual…
YouTube adds 360-degree video to Google Cardboard VR initiative
YouTube has added 360-degree video support to parent company Google’s virtual reality offering, Google Cardboard….
Arte makes cross-platform virtual reality show
A new cross media experience about the Arctic region and the impact of global warming…
BSkyB invests in virtual reality cinema specialist
UK pay TV operator BSkyB has made an equity investment of US$400,000 (€300,000) in US-based…
BBC trials virtual reality technology
The BBC has started to trial immersive video experiences in its first experiments with virtual…