In 2015, 826 Valencia —an organization that helps under-resourced students develop their writing skills—won a Google.org Impact Challenge grant to expand their programs in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. After receiving the grant, 826 turned to a group of volunteer Googlers to figure out how to use technology to amplify students’ voices. The result was a story about a “planet ruled…
Stephen King’s IT, originally released in 1990 as a two-part miniseries, scared the 💩 out of pretty much everyone. This past week, it was (finally!) released as a full-length movie, and we are PSYCHED. Though technically not a “remake”, as it was never a “movie” to begin with, many people out there seem to think…
Video Credits: Business Reporter I love flying. I hate flying. There is no middle ground, when you ask most people. I cringe at the thought of being stuck in the middle seat. Let’s just say that I am awaiting the arrival of Teleportation with so much passion, it hurts. This is why the news of Air France…
Fiiiinally!!! The news we at 360VR Community have been waiting ever since mid-May has arrived! Google announced during its I/O 2017 conference that no less than 10 smartphones would be compatible to their Daydream VR Platform by end of 2017, including Samsung’s Galaxy S8 & S8+ by ”End of Summer”. While I hope this doesn’t mean…
Just a over a year ago, in June of 2016 to be precise, award-winning filmmaker Chris Milk‘s VR Studio was called VRse. On June 16 of 2016, the studio received a $12.56 million Series A round of funding from 21st Century Fox, Andreessen Horowitz, Raine Ventures, WME, Live Nation, Vice Media, Tribeca Enterprises, Annapurna Pictures, Legendary…
Bring your lessons to life with Google Expeditions. Start exploring at https://g.co/expeditions This is simply awesome. Nothing more to add to that!
Warner Brother’s DUNKIRK, directed by the one and only Christopher Nolan, comes out in theatres on July 21st 2017 in both IMAX and regular movies screens. To drum up promotion for this highly anticipated film, the studio enlisted the assistance of Microsoft, Dell and Intel to create a Cinematic 360° experience. Practical Magic , the Studio…
You didn’t think that Virtual Reality would be free of Advertising, now did you? Last week we spoke of Nokia‘s foray into the somewhat still murky waters of what it is to advertise in the 360° Video format. As my grandpa would say “there’s no free lunch out there”, so it comes to us as…
We’ve always been fans of Google, and have thoroughly enjoyed the company’s work on all things VR-related, especially as it is all based on the motto: VR FOR ALL. With that in mind, it was with mixed reactions that we welcomed Google’s latest (sort of?) VR-related product: the VR180 format & equipment. The ideology behind…
Today, Nokia released a 360° video on their YouTube channel after debuting it during the 64th Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which runs June 17-24 in France. The 360° video in question happens to be an Advertising campaign to promote the new products offered by Nokia Digital Health. We found the video was a simple yet…
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