Samsung Electronics has announced VR Live Pass for its Gear VR platform – which will feature a line-up of live entertainment partnerships with UFC, X Games and Live Nation. The VR Live Pass on Gear VR events will be available through the Samsung VR app in early June, enabling Gear VR users to watch live […]
MTG has launched Viareal, a virtual reality (VR) app that offers viewers in the Nordic region immersive and interactive experiences. In addition to global sports showpieces such as the UEFA Champions League final (on June 3rd), Viareal will deliver exclusive VR content and extensions for esports events, and for MTG’s broadcast and streamed entertainment offerings. […]
France Télévisions’s digital sport service Francetvsport, which host broadcasts the Roland-Garros tennis open, is launching a new interactive feature for the tournament branded Smart Replay. Created by French start-up Mojjo, Smart Replay will select key moments of a match within a 2, 5 or 10 minute time lapse and offer viewers a video summary of […]
This year 40 million Americans will engage with some form of augmented reality (AR) monthly, up 30.2 per cent over last year, according to eMarketer’s first forecast on augmented reality and virtual reality. Much of the growth of AR is being fueled by Snapchat Lenses, Facebook Stories, and Instagram Stories, while VR usage is being […]
An app using similar technology to popular mobile game Pokemon Go is being developed to help teach road safety to primary school children in the UK. Pupils will be able to learn road-crossing skills through the VR game. The app has been developed by University of South Wales (USW) academics, who have received £67,500 funding […]
BT Sport is giving away free Virtual Reality (VR) Google Cardboard headsets to football fans ahead of the UEFA Champions League final which will be available in 360° VR on June 3rd. The final will be available through a number of 360°streams via YouTube and also in a new BT Sport Virtual Reality App which […]
BT has announced plans to once again make this season’s UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League finals available for free to as many people as possible, on YouTube, the BT website, BT Sport channels and the app, underlining BT’s commitment to make televised sport more accessible to fans. The UEFA Champions League final can […]
The Global VR content creation market is estimated to reach $41.01 billion (€37.2bn) at the end 2023 from $147.5 million in 2015. The market is growing with CAGR 89.8 per cent during forecasted period. Rising demand for the gaming segment is the key determinant for the growth of VR content creation market across the globe. Advancement […]
Improbable, a London-based virtual reality firm, has raised $500 million (€460m) in one of the biggest investments in an early stage European technology business. Improbable was founded five years ago by Herman Narula and Rob Whitehead, who studied computer science together at Cambridge University. Their aim was to build large-scale virtual worlds and simulations – […]
According to Carl Hibbert, Associate Director of Media & Entertainment Research at Futuresource Consulting. UK, when taking stock of the VR ecosystem, it is clear that the commitment to driving the sector towards eventual success is as strong as ever. In a Blog post, he says