BBC Research & Development has made new work on BBC Two’s arts and culture series Civilisations available for people to try. Nine new artefacts have been added to augmented reality (AR) app Civilisations AR and Civilisations Explorer has been launched, an interactive website that lets people discover the TV series at their own pace. People […]
Britain’s creative industries are set to consolidate the nation’s position as a global creative powerhouse, following a new Industrial Strategy deal agreed between government and the Creative Industries Council (CIC) on behalf of the sector. As part of a Creative Industries Sector Deal, to be announced by the Digital and Culture Secretary Matt Hancock, Business […]
Spanish TV company Mediapro is set to produce live TV streaming of Arabian Gulf League football matches in Virtual Reality for the rest of the current season. At least 10 out of the most important football matches will be produced in VR following the agreement between Mediapro Middle East and the football League of the […]
The sale of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) headsets and content have not set the world on fire to date. Despite plenty of enthusiasm and hype the actual take-up has been miserable. But 2018 could see a rebound, according to a report from International Data Corporation (IDC). New, or updated, hardware will help. […]
France Télévisions, along with French producer La Vingt-Cinquième Heure, is creating a 360° VR experience based around French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. The experience will feature two short-form 360° programmes (2 x 15min). These short documentaries, collectively called Dans la peau de Thomas Pesquet (In the Life of Thomas Pesquet) will chronicle the daily life of […]
Sky’s new VR experience, Hold the World, is set to launch this spring, offering the unique opportunity of a one-on-one audience with natural history broadcaster, and national treasure, Sir David Attenborough. The interactive experience instantly transports the viewer from the comfort of their own home to London’s Natural History Museum – where a launch event […]
Spain’s dominant telco is launching a virtual reality application to “allow the total immersion of user in the TV content”, cording to a statement from the company released at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The project called TV Virtual Experience “is a step forward the future TV” as it will integrate the virtual reality into […]
Strategy Analytics, Huawei and China Academy of Information and Communications Technology’s new white paper on VR shows that despite some of the hype surrounding VR evaporating, the industry continues to gain traction amongst consumers, and network operators are in the best position to capitalise on this growth. Report author, David MacQueen, said,
With the closing of the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Discovery says it has delivered on its commitment to engage more people, on more screens than ever before across Europe. Viewers embraced Discovery’s production of the Olympic Games in record numbers, including the most immersive coverage, every minute live on digital, and the best experts analysing […]
The BBC is launching Damming the Nile VR, a two-part virtual reality news documentary series exploring the water politics of the river Nile. Produced by BBC VR Hub and BBC News, the two-part series is available now through a new BBC VR app on the Oculus Gear VR store. Damming the Nile VR transports viewers […]