Gizmodo

JULY 11, 2020

Although time travel currently isn’t possible—thank God, as if humans needed another way to make a mess of things—this creator decided to do the next best thing: film his life with the Snapchat Spectacles 3 for a year and create a virtual reality time machine. Read more.

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Venture Beast

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Spire Animation Studios has raised $20 million from Epic Games and others as it aims to produce animated films for the metaverse. Read More.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in the 1986 film “Top Gun.” Kilmer starred as Iceman alongside Tom Cruise’s Maverick in the 1986 film about Navy fighter pilots. Kilmer, who is a throat cancer survivor, will participate in a virtual chat with other panelists. ” (SparkRise Image).

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The Verge

JANUARY 5, 2022

Nexon wants to expand its game franchises to film and TV. Nexon, which develops the popular MMORPG MapleStory , wants to bring its gaming franchises to film and TV, and it’s investing nearly half a billion dollars — and the potential for more — to do so. More gaming franchises are making the jump to film and TV. Image: Nexon.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 13, 2022

Archosaur Games, Tencent, Lightstorm Entertainment, and Disney announced Avatar: Reckoning, a new mobile game based on the hit sci-fi film. Read More.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Fortnite ’s violence-free mode, party royale, will soon be the home of a short film festival. Today, developer Epic announced “Short Nite,” which will feature multiple animated shorts, all broadcast on the virtual island’s big screen. Here’s the list of movies you can expect: Bench. Makin’ Moves. Rollin’ Wild. A Single Life.

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GeekWire

APRIL 14, 2021

In the short time that he has been investing in film projects, Hall is gaining a keen understanding of the differences between making movies and making tech dollars. The film is based on the best-selling novel by David Guterson, who also wrote “Snow Falling on Cedars,” and was shot in Washington state. Did it get done?’

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Last month’s DC’s FanDome set the standard for these kinds of events, my colleague Julia Alexander wrote; the eight-hour virtual convention spotlighted some of its biggest upcoming films, including The Batman , Flash , Wonder Woman 1984 , and Zack Snyder’s Justice League — as well as interviews, rapid Q&As, and tributes to the world of DC.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

A new virtual reality version of Myst will be released for Oculus Quest later this year. Could a remake have the same effect for virtual reality? That’s a stretch, but the announcement of a new virtual reality edition of Myst is a milestone years in the making for Cyan Worlds , the Spokane, Wash.

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The Verge

JULY 25, 2020

But Fox Sports is the only broadcaster that’s announced plans for virtual fans. “We Thousands of virtual fans will attend FOX’s MLB games this Saturday. Unreal Engine is used here for the same reason it’s popular for creating video games or for crafting virtual on-set backgrounds for shows like The Mandalorian.

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GeekWire

JUNE 16, 2020

University of Washington President Ana Mari Cauce gives a commencement speech at the UW’s first-ever virtual ceremony, with students and families watching via livestream. (UW It gathered nearly 7,000 photos of each graduate and applied graphics tricks to show the students with virtual caps in a Star Wars scrolling-type fashion.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To promote the sequel to Ready Player One — a book about a treasure hunt inside a virtual universe — author Ernest Cline has partnered with the hit kids game Roblox to re-create something akin to the plot of the original novel: a hunt for clues and prizes inside a virtual world. Roblox is the closest thing to the Oasis in real life.”.

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The Verge

JANUARY 6, 2021

That’s useful if you’re trying to create a virtual set out of displays. When I was making short films in school, we’d use regular old TVs to get reflections and avoid doing post-work, but you can imagine these panels would produce slightly better results. They get quite bright.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Microsoft’s marketing tagline for the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S is “Power Your Dreams,” and the newest Xbox ad , a short film by Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, takes the tagline to a whole new level. One, released in October , featured actor Daniel Kaluuya flying through ever-changing virtual worlds. Image: Microsoft.

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GeekWire

JULY 16, 2020

Scener , the RealNetworks spinoff that lets people connect and interact virtually while watching their favorite streaming content, is expanding its platform as it experiences substantial growth during the coronavirus pandemic. ” The Comic-Con@Home Virtual Screenings will feature two tracks — films and anime — with live community chat.

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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 21, 2015

You can support them too at the: THE OFFICIAL LATINO FILM INDUSTRY POST OSCAR PARTY The Veterans 360 mission is to support our young combat veterans as they integrate into civilian life. Class starts late March 2015 I would like to thank the Latino Film Industry for their generous support of Veterans 360. GUESS WHO SUPPORTS VETS 360?

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Amazon captured another three Golden Globe awards Sunday night as the annual celebration of film and television took on the look of a long-running Zoom meeting from the homes of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. (Amazon Image via Twitter). Amazon was nominated for 10 awards overall, the most for the tech giant since 2017.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The prize package will also include a virtual Microsoft coding workshop for their local community. To get more kids coding, Microsoft Stores are hosting free virtual workshops themed around the movie and designed to teach video game creation. Two winners in the game search, which runs through Dec.

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Forrester IT

JUNE 28, 2016

One of the great things about that movie was its view of the future--or, because so much has time has passed since the film was released, its view of what our present should be like. In the film, Marty McFly and Doc Brown time traveled to October 21, 2015 and had the opportunity observe potential technologies and experiences of the future.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 10, 2022

This year, the Sundance Film Festival was set to premiere a remake of the incredible Japanese horror comedy One Cut of the Dead made by Michel Hazanavicius, director of Oscar-winning film The Artist. The film is called Final Cut— but now, in lieu of the festival going fully virtual , the… Read more.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

“Baby Shark” — the impossibly catchy viral earworm of a children’s song that’s also the most-watched YouTube video in history — is getting a full-length film , set for release in 2023, Paramount announced. Baby Shark swims to a full-length film.

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Venture Beast

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Tribeca and Epic Games have started a "Writing in Unreal" program to train filmmakers to make independent movies with the Unreal game engine. Read More.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be an all-virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a representative confirmed to The Verge, and it sounds like the new format could lead to peeks inside the lives of some of your favorite television stars, according to a letter from the executive producers (and host Jimmy Kimmel) that was published by Variety.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

A student steps into virtual reality at the Bellevue College extended reality lab, where faculty and visitors have access to technology that can simulate new realities and augment existing ones. Riggall co-taught the college’s first course on virtual reality and remains involved with the lab.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2021

Amazon picked up two Oscars Sunday night during the 93rd Academy Awards as the annual celebration of the best in film took on a more subdued approach because of the pandemic. The film won for sound and film editing before losing out in the best picture and best actor categories, where Riz Ahmed was nominated. .

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

A24’s The Green Knight will make its virtual debut much earlier than expected — on August 18th, you’ll be able to buy a $20 ticket to stream the film through A24’s Screening Room platform. The stream does come with a bonus Q&A with the cast and crew after the film, however.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 2, 2020

“The house of 1999 will be virtually maintenance free,” the narrator declares in his 1967 concept film. And while you can probably guess some of the technological advancements in the movie—like computers, fax machines, and even email—there’s one prediction from the short promotional film that didn’t quite pan out.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 25, 2022

In his virtual introduction for Speak No Evil at the film’s 2022 Sundance Film Festival premiere, director Christian Tafdrup (and co-writer, with his brother Mads Tafdrup) explained that he set out to make “the most unpleasant experience for an audience ever.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in the 1986 film “Top Gun.” Kilmer starred as Iceman alongside Tom Cruise’s Maverick in the 1986 film about Navy fighter pilots. Kilmer, who is a throat cancer survivor, will participate in a virtual chat with other panelists. ” (SparkRise Image).

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Vox

JANUARY 30, 2022

How artists are thinking about the future of virtual reality. I sat on my couch, a virtual reality (VR) headset strapped to my face, my feet hovering over a campfire. This year, about three weeks before the festival was slated to begin, Sundance pivoted from an in-person event with robust virtual offerings to a fully virtual event.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

There are virtually no details on the project, except that it’ll be an Amazon Prime original produced by Kilter Films. Amazon is making a new Fallout TV series based on the popular post-apocalyptic RPG games from Bethesda.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It is kind of hard to shake how young Holland looks here compared to his more grizzled video game counterpart, along with what appears to be an identical American accent to his Spider-Man voice in the Marvel films. But Sony will have plenty of time to convince fans to get on board in the coming months.

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Gizmodo

JULY 16, 2020

Disney just announced that long-awaited Marvel film The New Mutants will have a virtual panel during the convention on Thursday, July 23. Though Marvel Studios won’t be attending Comic-Con this year , a new member of the family is making a late-breaking appearance. Read more.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 4, 2021

Pictures to create experiences from the film/musical In the Heights. Roblox is launching a partnership with Warner Bros. Read More.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

That never happened and the in-person event gave way to a virtual gathering, as did many events across all sorts of industries. Comic Con, a celebrity and fan-fueled celebration of film, television, comics and more, attracted 98,000 attendees to the Washington State Convention Center over four days in 2019.

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Dataconomy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As the characters navigate isolation, Arthur becomes an unexpected ally, showcasing the film’s exploration of human-AI interactions in the solitude of space. Directed by Gerard Johnstone, this film takes us on a rollercoaster ride as a brilliant computer scientist, portrayed by Kate Mara, creates an AI companion named M3GAN.

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CTOvision

MARCH 14, 2016

By all accounts it will be the biggest yet for virtual reality. It has become so huge a sub-conference has been organized called the Virtual Reality Developers Conference ( VRDC ). It expands beyond games to help developers produce immersive entertainment of all kinds, from games to CG movies to filmed experiences to simulations.

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