The BBC’s Planet Earth II was one of the most watched TV shows of last year. A massive 9.2 million viewers tuned in to watch the opening episode – making it the most watched natural history programme for 15 years. So it’s no wonder BBC Worldwide started 2017 by announcing a sequel. But there’s a […]
China’s VR industry is expected to expand more than 4-fold in 2017 as more major players enter the industry and new and exciting content drives growth, IDC forecasts. The VR industry in China experienced a
Haivision, a specialistin enterprise video and streaming solutions, has announced that the company’s KB 4K internet media encoder is compatible with Nokia OZO Live for virtual reality streaming. Using Haivision’s KB 4K encoder together with the Nokia OZO virtual reality camera and Nokia OZO Live software, organisations can stream high quality, VR experiences that combine […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 revealed at the TF1 Campus innovation conference that it will launch a dedicated VR app, branded MyTF1VR, in April 2017, marking its first foray into VR. The app will feature a line-up of VR-produced content covering sport, news and entertainment. TF1 will also produce an original short film called Sergent James. […]
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has published its survey report on the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and revealed a technology industry trying to harness voice control and artificial intelligence to make consumers love its products. The report provides unique insight into the famous technology show by analysing not only the show itself, but how […]
Twentieth Century Fox and Fox Networks is creating a new division for video-gaming, location-based entertainment and VR/AR productions headed by Twentieth Century Fox Film content management chief Salil Mehta. FoxNext, will oversee the production of studio franchise VR experiences and work to commercialise Fox’s VR strategy. FoxNext will also combine the efforts of the video […]
Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg is set to appear in a Dallas court to defend his company over claims it stole virtual reality technology. Zenimax Media, owner of renowned games studio id Software, is suing Facebook for a potential $2 billion. Zenimax argued its early innovations in VR were unlawfully copied when Oculus built its own […]
Spaces, the virtual reality and mixed reality company launched in 2016 by VR pioneers from DreamWorks Animation, has raised an additional $6.5 million (€6.1m) in funding, led by China-based Songcheng Performances Development, with additional investment from Comcast Ventures, the venture-capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, and other leading VC groups. Combined with a previously announced $30 […]
Digi-Capital has released a market report on the future of mobile AR and is predicting big things after a mixed first year: “VR will be big, AR will be bigger and take longer.” What sounded revolutionary when we first said
Three well-established – and award-winning – Virtual Reality content providers have merged. Virtual Content Group (VCG), a conglomerate of international VR companies, formed recently from the merger of France’s Cow Prod, Germany’s INVR.SPACE and Australia’s 3D Content Hub, has announced its launch and winning of two Lumière awards from The VR Society. Utilising the forming […]