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360 Video

360 video is an immersive format that provides compelling, immersive 360 experiences. With the wide range of popular 360 video cameras available, it allows for easy, no-coding content creation for businesses, NGOs, and education organizations. 360 video can be used with any smartphone-based VR system, which means that with the addition of Google Cardboard, most of your clients or students will already have the hardware they need.

The challenge with 360 video is that you do not have the six degrees of freedom (6DoF) as you do with full VR experiences. However, with its low development and distribution costs, it is a catalyst for expanding the use of XR technologies. In the hands of artists and filmmakers, it is having a revolutionary impact on journalism and new media projects at art and film festivals.

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SXSW 2021: A Powerful Lineup of XR Projects and Virtual Cinema

March 18, 2021March 11, 2021
SXSW 2021 Online XR Program offers innovative projects, special events, and virtual cinema.

The massive SXSW 2021 festival is almost here, and its vast sweep of talks, films, music, games, and VR/AR projects will be entirely online due to the pandemic. If you have a …

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Categories 360 Video, Virtual Reality

Can the Sundance 2021 New Frontier Program Deliver as a Virtual World?

January 27, 2021
Sundance 2021 VR New Frontier program takes place in a virtual world.

The Sundance 2021 VR projects in the New Frontiers program will be available this week (January 28 – February 3) in the Festival’s first attempt at a virtual world. Like every other …

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Sundance 2021 Goes Virtual for the New Frontier VR Program

December 28, 2020
Sundance 2021 New Frontier Program will showcase its VR projects in a virtual environment.

The New Frontier Program at the Sundance Film Festival has always positioned itself at the intersection of film, art, and technology. Its experimental projects in VR have been groundbreaking, from Nonny de …

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The 2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade – Stay Home and Watch the 360 Video

November 27, 2020November 25, 2020
2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade in 360 video.

The 2020 Thanksgiving Day parade will be one like no other. In the midst of a raging pandemic with increasing infection rates and deaths (over 2,000 today), the well-known holiday celebration has …

Read more The 2020 Thanksgiving Day Parade – Stay Home and Watch the 360 Video

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The Festival Collection: A Platform for Creative VR Projects

September 28, 2020
VR eProjects from the Venice VR 2020 festival would benefit from a platform for creative VR.

As virtual reality gains popularity, there is an increasing challenge of uncovering good creative work amidst all the VR experiences hosted online. Searching through content on SteamVR can be an exercise in …

Read more The Festival Collection: A Platform for Creative VR Projects

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Oculus Go Headset Discontinued – The End of 3DOF VR?

June 24, 2020June 23, 2020
Oculus Go headset is discontinued.

It wasn’t hard to see this coming. At last year’s Oculus Connect conference, the San Jose Convention Center was rife with rumors that the Oculus Go headset would be canceled. Nearly every …

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SXSW Showcases 360 Videos Online May 22-31

May 24, 2020

If you’re sheltering in place on this Memorial Day Weekend, check out the SXSW 360 videos that are now online through May 31. The VR experiences were originally meant to be available …

Read more SXSW Showcases 360 Videos Online May 22-31

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Festival Review: Tribeca’s Mixed Bag of 360 Video Experiences

May 4, 2020April 24, 2020
Tribeca VR Films Festival Reviews

Every year, we do our festival review of the VR films (or 360 videos) at the Tribeca film festival. This year, the VR experiences in the Cinema360 program are a mixed bag. …

Read more Festival Review: Tribeca’s Mixed Bag of 360 Video Experiences

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Tribeca Film Festival Cinema360 Moves Online This Year

April 23, 2020April 7, 2020
Tribeca Film Festival Cinema360 will be available online this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

As one more casualty of the Coronavirus, the Tribeca Film Festival Cinema360 program moves online this year. We’re trying to look at this on the bright side. The Festival, which is right …

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We’re Left to VR Amusement Rides During the Coronavirus

March 30, 2020
A YouTube Channel offers VR amusement rides from Disney's theme parks.

It’s no surprise that theme parks are devastated by the Coronavirus. All a park can do is close their doors, promise to retain their employees (or not), and watch the balance sheet turn …

Read more We’re Left to VR Amusement Rides During the Coronavirus

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Categories 360 Video, Art, Virtual Reality

The Art of Immersive Storytelling Workshop at Anderson Ranch Art Center

May 6, 2020February 20, 2020
the art of immersive storytelling

This summer, I will be teaching The Art of Immersive Storytelling workshop at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass, Colorado. The mission of Anderson Ranch Arts is to enrich lives with art, …

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2019 Thanksgiving Day Parade – 360 Video and Holograms

February 7, 2020November 28, 2019
2019 Thanksgiving Day Parade includes 360 videos and holograms this year.

This year’s Thanksgiving Day parade includes a live broadcast in 360 and celebrity holograms from Verizon. As in years past, some 8,000 people and large balloons will wind their way through Manhattan …

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39 Innovative VR Projects at the Venice Film Festival

September 10, 2020September 3, 2019
Venice VR at the Venice Film Festival

This fall marks the third year of VR at the 76th Venice Film Festival, or what is now known as Venice Virtual Reality. The works are divided into two tracks, one focusing …

Read more 39 Innovative VR Projects at the Venice Film Festival

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Categories 360 Video, VR News

Google Daydream VR is Dead

February 14, 2020May 10, 2019
Google Daydream VR is dead

Scratch another immersive technology development off the list. After high hopes and promises of a ubiquitous mobile VR platform, Google Daydream is essentially over. The HMD is still available on the Google …

Read more Google Daydream VR is Dead

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Categories 360 Video, VR News

Google Closes VR Studio “Spotlight Stories”

February 6, 2020March 15, 2019
Google Closing its VR Studio

In a blow to VR filmmaking, Google is closing their VR studio, “Spotlight Stories.” The popular immersive film studio shuttered with an announcement in Variety: Google Spotlight Stories is closing its doors …

Read more Google Closes VR Studio “Spotlight Stories”

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Lawnmower Man Director Brett Leonard’s 360 Videos at SXSW

February 7, 2020March 8, 2019
Brett Leonard 360 videos at SXSW

Here’s a chance to experience some innovative 360 videos at SXSW if you’re in Austin, Texas. They’re coming from Brett Leonard, director of Lawnmower Man, which remains a classic if terrifying vision …

Read more Lawnmower Man Director Brett Leonard’s 360 Videos at SXSW

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VR cameras on the space station for your virtual spacewalk

January 29, 2019
VR cameras on the space station - The ISS Experience by Time and Felix and Paul Studios

Immersive technology projects are showing up everywhere. Even in outer space. A project of Time and the always creative Felix and Paul Studios is putting VR cameras on the space station. The cameras went …

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Happy Holidays from Digital Bodies!

December 25, 2018December 25, 2018
Happy Holidays from Digital Bodies

Happy Holidays from Digital Bodies! A very creative 360° holiday video from Breaking Forth posted on the Samsung VR site. Best viewed with Google Cardboard or any 360° video viewer but you can …

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NASA 360° Video – the moment of InSight’s Mars Landing

November 26, 2018November 26, 2018
NASA 360 video JPL Control Room

We’re not at the point of doing a live-stream in VR from another planet (as Elon Musk promises to deliver). But this NASA 360° video of the control room at the Jet Propulsion Lab …

Read more NASA 360° Video – the moment of InSight’s Mars Landing

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Scientists simulate a black hole in VR

November 21, 2018
Researchers Simulate a Black hole in VR simulation

Another black hole in VR? Maybe good things come in pairs. In addition to the release of Eliza McNitt’s incredible SPHERES: Songs of SpaceTime on Oculus Rift, scientists have now created an astrophysical model …

Read more Scientists simulate a black hole in VR

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Categories 360 Video, Virtual Reality

Google VR Film Explores Gold Mining in the DRC

April 23, 2020September 16, 2018
Google VR Film The Journey of Gold

The latest Google VR film, “The Journey of Gold”, explores the issue of gold mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As you may know, over five million people have died …

Read more Google VR Film Explores Gold Mining in the DRC

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An amazing VR flight experience in a body controlled jet suit

October 18, 2018January 2, 2018
An incredible VR Flight Experience

Some things just scream for a virtual experience – or at least a 360° video. And a VR flight in a body-controlled jet engine power suit is one of them. You’ve probably …

Read more An amazing VR flight experience in a body controlled jet suit

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360° Immersive Experience – Celebrating Female Scientists

October 18, 2018September 22, 2017
360 immersive experience of Unseen Stars

Here’s the 360° immersive experience of “Unseen Stars”, GE’s light show at Grand Central Terminal in New York celebrating the achievements of female scientists and engineers. It was scheduled to run September …

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Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 360 Video

November 16, 2020November 24, 2016
Thanksgiving Day Parade in 360 Video

11/16/2020 Update: Due to the 2020 pandemic, plans for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade are still developing. We do know there will be some kind of 360° broadcast and virtual experience on …

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Want to Shoot and Live-Stream Virtual Reality on your iPhone? Take a Look at the Insta360 Nano

February 6, 2020July 9, 2016
360 Camera Insta360 Nano VR Camera

Want to shoot and live-stream your world in virtual reality? Then take a look at the Insta360 Nano, a small clip-on 360 camera that lets you take virtual reality photos and videos with …

Read more Want to Shoot and Live-Stream Virtual Reality on your iPhone? Take a Look at the Insta360 Nano

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A Pocket-size VR Camera from HumanEyes

February 6, 2020May 12, 2016
VR Camera - the Vuze Camera

The new Vuze VR camera from HumanEyes will fit in your (large) pocket. And it’s dead simple to use, point-and-shoot with no stitching in post-production. With eight HD cameras, you get full 360 …

Read more A Pocket-size VR Camera from HumanEyes

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Watch the 360 Video of SpaceX Rocket Landing

October 18, 2018April 30, 2016
spacex 360 video of falcon rocket landing on drone ship

A stunning 360 video of SpaceX‘s successful rocket landing on a drone ship. SpaceX already released a standard video in mid-April. But you get a whole new perspective from a 360 camera mounted on the deck of …

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ASU ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project

Humersive Learning Project - a project that considers human and student experience in the context of emerging technologies and the convergence of extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI).-

We’re delighted to announce our ASU ShapingEDU Humersive Learning Project, an actionable exploration of the intersection of humanity and immersive learning and our new roles as Innovators in Residence.

News, Media, and Events

  • Emory Craig will be speaking at the GESS Education Global Leadership Summit, Tuesday, March 23rd at 10:30 AM (EDT) on "Learning in Virtual Worlds: How Augmented and Virtual Reality is Transforming Education in a Global Pandemic."

  • Join us at the ShapingEDU Winter Games this week! Lunch Session: Wednesday January 6, 12:30-1:00pm MST for the latest on the Hummersive Learning Project and a breakout session on Thursday, 10:45am MST on "Learning with Emodied Avatars in the Future."

  • Maya Georgieva is quoted in The Economist on Using augmented reality in marketing.

  • Join us today at the iLRN Conference where we'll present as co-authors the Executive Summary of the State of XR Report at 1:00pm (EST), June 23rd - immersively in VirBELA.

  • Maya Georgieva is quoted in The Atlantic It’s Cool to Look Terrifying on Pandemic Instagram on the use of AR during the Coronavirus.

  • Emory Craig did a keynote at the GESSDubai Conference in Dubai, UAE, "Reinventing Learning for the Future: A World of Virtual Reality and AI Avatars."

  • Emory Craig spoke at the XR in Education Summit at Yale University on "The Future of XR."

  • Maya Georgieva was on a panel at the Saleforce conference, "The Evolution and Power of Disruptive Technologies" in San Francisco.

  • We'll be at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Chicago with a Preconference workshop and other sessions the week of October 14th.

  • We'll be at the OC6 conference and reporting on the latest news from Oculus in San Jose on Sept. 25th and 26th.

  • We're on an XR and Learning panel at the The Chronicle of Higher Education and HP Leadership Summit, September 17, 2019, at The City University of New York (CUNY) The Graduate School.

  • We're at several conferences this summer, including AWE, SIGGRAPH 2019, and Singularity University's Global Summit.

  • We're delighted to be joining faculty in the College of Nursing at Sacred Heart University for a full day Professional Development Workshop, "Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Nursing Education." June 2019.

  • Ready for a discussion on "Ethics and Digital Fluency in VR and Immersive Learning Environments"? Join us at the NYS-CIO Conference in June 2019.

Our EDUCAUSE-ELI Series, “VR/AR: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning”

Article Series: Stepping into the New Frontier of Learning

Here are the articles from our New Frontier of Learning series for the EDUCAUSE Review (and summaries of the articles):

  • From VR and AR to Our XR Future: Transforming Higher Education
  • VR and AR: The Ethical Challenges Ahead
  • VR and AR: The Art of Immersive Storytelling and Journalism
  • VR and AR: Learners as Creators and World Builders of Our Immersive Future
  • VR and AR: Designing Spaces for Immersive Learning
  • VR and AR: Transforming Learning and Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences
  • VR and AR: Driving a Revolution in Medical Education & Patient Care
  • AR and VR in STEM: The New Frontiers in Science
  • A New World: VR and AR Tech Developments
  • Introducing the VR and AR Series: Stepping Into the New Frontier of Learning Series

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AR? VR? XR?

There are multiple terms covering the broad spectrum of immersive technologies from AR, which superimposes data and images on the user’s space to VR, which is a digitally simulated immersive environment where users can look, move around, or interact with virtual space or objects. Mixed Reality (MR) is a hybrid of the physical and the virtual that feels more immersive than AR since digital entities can be occluded by objects in the real world. And then there is XR (or Extended Reality), which is an umbrella concept covering augmented, mixed, and virtual reality. XR does not refer to specific technologies but the entire category of immersive technologies that extend and enhance human experience. 

 

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During this time of isolation due to the pandemic, we can help you engage students and clients through AR, VR, and innovative online collaboration tools. Take a look at our consulting services and featured talks.

We offer talks highlighting augmented and virtual reality developments, future trends, design thinking sessions, and provide experiential workshops for education, nonprofit and corporate clients.

About Digital Bodies

Digital Bodies provides news and analysis of VR, AR, and AI and how these developments will impact education and society. The convergence of these technologies will transform how we communicate, learn, understand the world, and ourselves. We focus on a future where experiences will be available on demand, and the boundary between the real and the virtual disappear – and all that these developments imply for education and human experience.  The possibilities are exciting, the ethical challenges profound. 

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