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VR
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Inception signs up for Microsoft MR and Facebook Camera Effects
RTL Group-backed virtual and augmented reality specialist Inception has joined Microsoft’s Windows Mixed Reality Programme…
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Disney and Lucasfilm launching Star Wars augmented reality event
Disney and Lucasfilm are to launch a Star Wars augmented reality event as part of…
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ABI: VR seeing strong interest from US businesses
Virtual Reality (VR) is seeing strong interest from US businesses, particularly in the healthcare, retail,…
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AltspaceVR reverses shutdown
irtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, said it will “live on”, despite announcing its imminent closure…
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Discovery leads Here Be Dragons’ US$10m funding round
Discovery Communications has led a US$10 million (€8.5 million) Series A funding round raised by…
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Immersive content and 360° video to generate US$6bn
Interactive and immersive content formats and 360° video will generate revenues of US$6 billion by…
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RTL takes 15% stake in VR firm Inception
RTL Group has taken a 15% minority stake in virtual reality firm Inception, after leading…
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Second Life creator launches virtual reality world Sansar
Linden Lab, the company behind Second Life, has launched in public beta a virtual reality…
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AltspaceVR shuts down citing ‘financial difficulty’
Virtual reality social network, AltspaceVR, is due to close down on August 3, citing “unforeseen…
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AR/MR market to reach US$14.1bn by end of 2021
The augmented and mixed reality market is tipped to soar in value to US$14.1 billion…
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BBC VR study highlights ‘virtual cinema’ potential and headset woes
The ability of virtual reality to remove distractions and enable viewers to enjoy an immersive…
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Google opens up Expeditions VR app
Google is rolling out an update to its Google Expeditions app on Android in a…
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Nokia tips strong VR growth after lacklustre 2016
Nokia has predicted a strong year for virtual reality (VR) in 2017, despite lacklustre headset…
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Practical Magic and Intel collaborate on VR Dunkirk experience
Practical Magic has collaborated with Warner Bros and Intel to create a VR experience for…
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VR and AR investments reach US$2 billion in past year
Deal makers in the virtual and augmented reality space invested US$2 billion across 27 sectors…
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BBC launches experimental VR app
The BBC has launched a virtual reality app for iOS and Android through its experimental…
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Deutsche Telekom taps Accedo as VR partner
Deutsche Telekom has partnered with Accedo for its Magenta Musik 360 virtual reality music offering….
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Parks Associates: 9% of US homes plan to buy VR headsets
Some 9% of US broadband households plan to buy a virtual reality headset within the…
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BT looking to integrate VR with TV experience
BT is looking into ways to integrate virtual reality sports with the main TV screen…
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YouTube launches new 180-degree VR format
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki used an onstage interview at the Vidcon content creators event in…
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Mediapro launches into VR gaming
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has teamed up with audiovisual producer 100 Balas and Sony…
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PwC: internet video revenues to overtake DVD this year
Internet video revenues will overtake physical home video for the first time this year, according…
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IHS Markit: VR install base to reach 91m in 2021
The global installed base of VR headsets is due to climb from 18 million in…
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MTG launches VR platform Viareal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has launched a virtual reality app, offering extensions from its linear…
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eMarketer: US virtual reality use to climb 110% this year
Virtual reality usage will grow by 110% in the US this year, but will not…
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Google announces standalone Daydream VR headsets
The first standalone virtual reality headsets to run using Google’s Daydream VR platform are due…
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Google buys VR studio Owlchemy Labs
Google has acquired Austin, Texas-based virtual reality (VR) and games studio Owlchemy Labs. Founded in 2010,…
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VR firm Improbable raises US$502 million
London-based virtual reality (VR) technology company, Improbable, has raised US$502m in a Series B funding…
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Meo launches live TV ‘in VR environment’
Altice-owned Portuguese telecom operator Portugal Telecom/Meo has laid claim to have become the first operator…
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Sky creates VR highlights film of Klitscko-Joshua bout
Sky has created a virtual-reality highlights film of the April 29 world heavyweight boxing match…