VR, AR, and the Future of Learning
These groundbreaking VR Experiences are critical moments in the development of Virtual Reality. Ranging from apps on your smartphone to fully immersive experiences, they reveal the potential of immersive tech to transform business, education, and entertainment. The VR experiences here are not about the technology, but about creativity, moments that push innovation forward, that reveal where we are headed in the virtual realm. It’s about bringing a sense of immersion, presence, and interactivity in Virtual Reality.
As new tools and platforms arrive, we are beginning to develop a new language of storytelling – stories that will shape the human experience.
If your only driving experience involves gripping a steering wheel, you might want to check out Waymo’s VR 360 experience of the self-driving car. You could watch this using Google Cardboard, Daydream or Samsung’s popular Gear VR …
One of the more amazing virtual reality experiences at the Sundance Film Festival this week is SPHERES: Songs of Spacetime. Directed by Eliza McNitt, it transports you into a black hole in VR. It’s a virtual experience …
The new VR experience, Wolves in the Walls debuts at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah this week. At a time when some see virtual reality failing (see here and here), this short VR …
BBC’s VR spacewalk experience marks a new beginning for the network. Like other traditional media, the BBC has funded a few VR experiences but it’s never been clear how they fit with its mission. All that …
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The new Titanic VR Experience has arrived and it is both haunting and beautiful. Initially funded through Kickstarter, it is “an interactive exploration game and an immersive historical experience”. Incorporating gameplay and scientific missions, it’s not …
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A new Berlin Wall VR experience at the Newseum has opened this summer. The Berlin wall came down on a cold November day in 1989. While only remnants of the wall exist in Berlin today its …
We’re looking forward to the new virtual reality projects at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. We were at this year’s festival and the artists in the New Frontiers program are doing groundbreaking work. Whether you’re in …
The Ghostbusters movie in virtual reality? Not entirely, but a VR experience is coming to the heart of New York. The Void, the VR theme park opening in Utah will have its first public outpost in …
Experiencing a slaughterhouse in virtual reality may just be enough to turn you into a vegetarian. At least that’s the idea behind the iAnimal VR experience developed by the animal rights group, Animal Equality. It shows …
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