Weekly dose of inspiration on virtuality
A collection of the best virtual, augmented and mixed reality projects from around the world — Week #1
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Dust
DUST is an impressive VR art project that aims to transform the way people see and experience contemporary dance through a 4 minutes long immersive virtual reality experience. By using a virtual reality headset viewers can place themselves in the presence of the dancer as no audience member has ever experienced before. Watch the trailer on YouTube.
Exit Reality
Exit Reality is a San Francisco upstart that is bringing virtual reality to the masses via its VR delivery trucks and cube installations. The company is going to have both its cube and truck on the VRLA exhibit floor, providing room-sized VR experiences for all attendees.
Hado
Hado, is an active augmented reality game with virtual fireballs, played on a physical court. Designed by Japanese company Meleap
MAX VR.
MAX VR. is an immersive VR retro futuristic game inspired on early 80’s gameplay, visual and music styles. The game is designed by RetroWaveVR. Available on Android & iOS.
EMULATED: Pylons VR
EMULATED: Pylons VR is the first VR game title of Southpac, a small game development studio from Auckland, New Zealand. The game is designed for mobile devices using Google Daydream (Cardboard) technology. Download on Android
National Park Experience
The National Park Experience is a visual exploratory that lets users to discover eight parks in US. Available on GearVR.
Inception
Inception takes users to a journey into different places such as London’s West End, Ibiza, or Tel Aviv. Available on Viveport.
Virtual Explorer
London-based consultancy AllofUs has designed a virtual reality (VR) app for Greenpeace, featuring 360-degree films of endangered areas where the charity is campaigning. Available on Android & iOS.
SVRF
SVRF is an Android app that lets users to discover new VR content (360 videos/photos) on their device. The app can be used with or without a headset.
EventForte
EventForte is an event technology startup based in Los Angeles. The company has released the first ever virtual reality event planning and management application. A user can virtually walk around in the venue, to get a feel of what it would be like to see and walk around the event in real life.
The Dragon Hunters
The Dragon Hunters is an innovative new picture book trilogy that includes a bonus augmented reality component, which allows readers to be a part of the Dragon Hunter’s journey as they discover the hidden magic of the island they call home. To see the maps come download the free AR Reads app on Android or iOS.
Entrypoint
Entrypoint is a web platform to make interactive 360 content as easy as dragging and dropping, and just as simply shared on social media. Read more about this project on Samsung NEXT post.
BeautyPlus
BeautyPlus is a fun app to transform selfies into animated collages with augmented reality technology. Available to download for iOS.
The Assassination of Malcolm X
The civil rights leader Malcolm X was killed Feb. 21, 1965, at a rally in New York City. In this 360-degree video by New York Times you can hear from a witness and visit the site of the assassination.
Bhutan:Kingdom of Happiness
Bhutan:Kingdom of Happiness is a one girls’ adventure to the mystical and hidden country of Bhutan. In this 360-degree VR video, you can join her as she explores the lush valleys and mist shrouded mountains.
Singularity University (NASA) 360
360 degree virtual reality motion graphics promotional video for Singularity University, a NASA funded global community using exponential technologies to tackle the World’s biggest challenges.
Food for thought ahead of French presidential election
A 360-video journalism piece from Euronews… With the French elections just around the corner, some local farmers are feeling neglected and left out of the debate. André Thomas, an agricultural journalist for the newspaper Ouest France, meets with farm owner Loïc Guines to discuss his views as the presidential race gathers pace.
Agent Emerson
Agent Emerson is a VR action movie starring Kiss-Ass star Lyndsy Fonseca directed by Ilya Rozhkov and produced by The Rogue Initiative. In order to create a cinematically elevated immersive 360 degree first-person POV, the director used a proprietary custom-engineered stereoscopic VR Camera Rig IC-cam (Identity Capture Camera). Agent Emerson is expected to debut in the second half of 2017.
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