These VR Experiences are critical moments in the development of XR. 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.
Flyview is the new tourist attraction where you’ll find yourself flying over Paris in Virtual Reality. Not that the city is lacking for birds-eye perspectives – you already get incredible views from the …
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 …
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. …
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 …
There have already been major projects in using VR in medicine – from education and patient care to break-through developments in Exposure Therapy and surgery. At the University of New South Wales, …
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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 …
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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 …
Read more The new Titanic VR experience arrives and it’s stunning
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 …
Theater VR is a fascinating multi-player platform that lets you tap into your inner actor. If VR makes you the character in a scene, then Theater VR turns you into a character …
Read more Theater VR lets you play Hamlet in Virtual Reality
We consider Google Earth VR one of the must-have virtual reality apps. From its introduction in 2016, Google Earth VR has offered new ways to experience the urban and natural environments of …
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 …
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 …
The new VR film from Penrose Studios is getting rave reviews in Wired and elsewhere. Here’s a VR film that’s long by virtual reality standards – a full 20 minutes – but …
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, …
Read more A Virtual Reality Slaughterhouse as a Learning Experience
An interesting virtual reality experience for Tuesday morning February 23rd. ABC Good Morning America will do a live VR broadcast from the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania from 7:00am – 9:00am ET. The …
As anticipated, Chris Milk had a unique virtual reality experience in store for conference attendees at TED 2016. Here’s how he began his ground-breaking presentation: You’re about to participate in the largest …
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Virtual reality at TED 2016 was a foregone conclusion – it already had an impact at last year’s TED conference. But what’s remarkable this time is the installation by The Void, the …
Disney’s Lion King VR Experience the “Circle of Life” brings more than delight, it marks a major step into the world of virtual reality entertainment. Over the past year filmmakers, media and …
Read more Disney’s Lion King VR Experience of “Circle of Life” is Breathtaking
The New York Times Virtual Reality film of the Paris vigils continues their VR journalism experiment. After the distribution of Google Cardboard and the release of the VR documentary, “The Displaced”, it …
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The Hunger Games Virtual Reality experience with the Samsung Gear VR opened today in New York City at the Pop14 event space. It’s an incredible opportunity to try out the new Samsung …
How about a VR 360 Experience in a cereal box?? Yes, Kellogg is now offering cardboard VR goggles in a Nutri-grain cereal promotion in New Zealand. All you need is the box, …