Hsin Hsuan Yeh Presents 'The River Within You' in Venice

variety.com: Taiwanese animation director Hsin Hsuan Yeh (“Sense of Nowhere”) is in pre-production on “The River Within You,” an immersive VR experience exploring the connection between holding on to the memory of someone lost and finding the strength to let them go. Yeh will present the project at the 13th Venice Production Bridge’s Gap-Financing Market, running Sept. 4-6.

This Concrete Pavement is Talking to Me

by Anagram | Mar, 2021 | Immerse: Augmented Reality is the name given to a layering technique enabled by recent technological developments. It is a broad and bizarre umbrella — encompassing Snapchat lenses that turn your head into a cucumber, Instagram filters that perfect your imperfect skin and immersive audio “grime rap operas” triggered by your movement through a place.

Brompton Technology helps XR Studios create new possibilities for live performance and entertainment in XR

LightSoundJournal.com: With an impressive roster of productions such as the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Movie & TV Awards, Katy Perry’s debut performance of her single ‘Daisies’ on American Idol, Billie Eilish’s ‘Where Do We Go? The Livestream’ concert, and a number of high-profile E-sports and corporate events, LA-based XR Studios constantly pushes the boundaries of XR technology to new heights.

Google’s VR dreams are dead: Google Cardboard is no longer for sale

Ars Technica: Google's last surviving VR product is dead. Today the company stopped selling the Google Cardboard VR viewer on the Google Store, the last move in a long wind-down of Google's once-ambitious VR efforts. The message on the Google Store, which was first spotted by Android Police, reads, "We are no longer selling Google Cardboard on the Google Store."

wiegand.waterrides GmbH | full-face VR snorkelling mask

blooloop: wiegand.waterrides, a leading water rides and attraction provider, presents a newly developed, unique, full-face snorkel mask, which uses VR to transport the wearer to a colourful underwater world. The mask itself is comfortable and easy to use, allowing the user to breathe normally through their nose and mouth rather than using the traditional-style snorkel mouthpiece, for a more relaxing and hygienic experience.

Buying Guide: The Best VR Headsets in 2020

Road to VR: With big game launches and more VR headsets on that market than ever, 2020 is shaping up to be a huge year for VR, and an excellent time for first-timers to jump in. In this article we’ve pulled together a concise look at the best VR headsets currently available, and a few you might want to keep your eyes on.

The Virtual Arena: The Ascendance of Arena-Scale Entertainment

VRFocus: While some pontificate that location-based VR has probably taken a terminal hit from COVID – at the same time we have reports on the reopening of venues in Asia and Europe and even America, and see the return of the audience, though in tentative numbers. One aspect of the successful growth of LBE VR before the ravishes of the global health crisis closed all forms of social interaction and entertainment, was the growth in interest of “Arena-Scale”, also dubbed “Free-Roaming” or in Asia “Walking Attractions”.

AI Platforms for Interactive Storytellers: New and Improved Tools

by ~shirin anlen | Sep, 2020 | Immerse: At the beginning of 2018, I curated a list of five accessible tools aimed at anyone with basic Python scripting abilities for Docubase. I was a beginner in the field of machine learning and overwhelmed by its complexity. Machine learning can be a fantastic tool for creators, but integrating AI into your workflow is a challenge for those who don’t have much coding experience.

Venice VR Expanded: A Festival of Immersive Imagination

VRFocus: The Venice Film Festival has been going on for the past couple of weeks and so has Venice VR Expanded, the immersive digital edition showcasing the latest virtual reality (VR) projects from around the world. Filled with an assortment of films and interactive content it’s been one of the best examples of why a format like this works, as well as highlighting the sheer range of ideas the XR industry can offer.

Best Of Venice VR 2020: Oculus Quest Impressions

uploadvr.com: The 77th Venice International Film Festival is currently in full swing, with a big offering of virtual experiences this year as part of Venice VR Expanded.

There’s a wealth of VR content available across multiple platforms, but of particular interest are some of the 6DoF Oculus Quest experiences available to those with festival accreditation. Some of these are premiering at Venice while others were already available at festivals earlier in the year.

7 Amazing Free Venice VR Experiences To Check Out On Viveport

uploadvr.com: The 2020 Venice Film Festival is in full swing and, due to the ongoing restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, much of this year’s VR offerings have gone online. Better yet, a whole host of the festival’s submissions are free to see over on Viveport, without the need for the premium Infinity subscription or even passes to the event itself.

Venice VR: ‘These Sleepless Nights’ by Gabo Arora and Edward Saatchi

noproscenium.com: The Venice Film Festival could not go amiss without the Magic Leap One making an appearance this year. A good thing, then, as the new augmented reality glasses were featured in two interesting projects to boot — one of which is These Sleepless Nights, a documentation in AR and director Gabo Arora’s latest work.