Virtual Reality

  • TechnologyYahoo Movies UK

    Ready Player One fans call out similarities in Apple's virtual reality announcement

    The Apple Vision Pro is said to be ushering in a "new era of spatial computing."

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  • NewsVariety

    FilMart: Zombie Thriller ‘Train to Busan’ Heads for VR Adaptation

    Pan-Asian hit film “Train to Busan,” is to be adapted as virtual reality property. It could be delivered as a piece of location-based entertainment, as well as a VR video game. Contents Panda, the world sales arm of South Korea’s Next Entertainment World said that it had signed a contract with Singapore’s Vividthree Productions to […]

  • NewsDeadline

    IMAX & Odeon Team Up To Launch Europe’s First Virtual Reality Experience

    IMAX has teamed with cinema chain Odeon to launch Europe's first virtual reality entertainment center. The two companies are launching the IMAX VR Experience Centre in Manchester, England at Odeon's Trafford Centre movie theater. The center, which consists of ten "pods" that will allow customers to enjoy interactive VR experiences, joins other VR centers in Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto and Shanghai. IMAX is also expected to launch five more centers in the U.S and…

  • NewsVariety

    ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Launches Location-Based VR Offshoot

    One of the biggest impediments to the growth of virtual reality is the expensive equipment consumers must buy to experience it at home. That’s why many are placing their bets on location-based VR experiences that are bigger and more elaborate than anything that can be ported into someone’s living room, such as “Star Wars: Secrets […]

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    Alejandro G. Iñárritu Strikes At Heart Of Immigrant Experience With Virtual Reality Installation “CARNE y ARENA” – Cannes

    There has been much written about the potential of virtual reality as a new medium for artists, but Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s <em>CARNE y ARENA</em>, the first VR project selected for the Cannes Film Festival, might be as definitive for this art form as the Lumières’  <em>L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat</em> was for film; the first meaningful step towards establishing the true possibility of the form. It opened this morning and will run for 10 days in Cannes before traveling to the…

  • NewsMike P Williams

    Controversial Virtual Reality Anne Frank Film Gets Go Ahead

    A new virtual reality film reliving Anne Frank’s time in her attic during World War II is causing controversy over its decency. The announcement was made this week that punters will be able to ‘visit’ the interior of the attic where Frank hid in terror from the Nazis during 1942, which won’t be to everyone’s taste, that’s for sure. According to The Hollywood Reporter, viewers will be “immersed in the presence of Anne Frank" as well as other characters from the period.