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VR
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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…
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Sky Italia taps Viaccess-Orca for VR trial
Sky Italia is tapping Viaccess-Orca, Harmonic and VideoStitch to deliver a virtual reality platform that…
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Nokia launches €55,000 OZO virtual reality camera
Nokia launched its OZO virtual reality camera in Europe at an event in London last…
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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…
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Amazon looks to add VR to Amazon Video
Amazon is working to add a “Virtual Reality experience within Amazon Video”, according to a…
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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…
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VR still faces significant challenges, MWC attendees told
Virtual reality (VR) still faces significant challenges before it becomes a mainstream entertainment offering, according…
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Zuckerberg: 360-degree video and VR will be ‘killer app’ for 5G
Three hundred and sixty degree video and ultimately virtual reality will become mainstream ways of “sharing…
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Facebook sets up dedicated social VR team
Facebook is setting up a dedicated social VR team and has announced plans to launch…
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Orange ventures unit invests in VR firm
Orange’s investment arm Orange Digital Ventures has take stake in four more tech firms, including…
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Syfy orders linear, digital and virtual reality series
Pay TV net Syfy has ordered Halcyon, a futuristic cop drama that will go out…
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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…
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Sky to launch 360-degree video on Facebook
Sky has started producing 360-degree videos and will use Facebook as a distribution platform for this…
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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…
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Barcroft makes virtual reality moves
Barcroft Media has struck two virtual reality deals, marking the UK-based content company’s first moves…
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Facebook looks to dedicated video offering
Facebook is looking to launch a dedicated video offering as engagement with video content on…
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Report: Apple hires VR expert
Apple has reportedly hired computer science professor and virtual reality expert Doug Bowman, in a…
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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…
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Arte launches Virtual Reality TV app
French cultural network Arte has launched a new virtual reality and immersive TV app. More…
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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…
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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,…
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21st Century Fox takes stake in VR glasses manufacturer
21st Century Fox has struck a deal to take a minority stake in virtual reality…
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CCS Insight: BT to buy ITV by 2018
BT will buy UK public broadcaster ITV by 2018 in an effort to “broaden its…
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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….
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YouTube adds VR support to Android app
YouTube has added virtual reality (VR) video support to the service’s Android app, allowing viewers…
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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…
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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…