XR for Media Newsfeed – January 25, 2020

This week’s news includes Sundance 2020 VR experiences; Colin Farrell voicing a VR character; a VR climate change experience; Oculus drops the Go from its business platform; Disney’s “Frozen 2” VR short; Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is the Ultimate VR; and the BBC’s VR learnings from library partnership:
UploadVR: A New Children’s Book Uses VR And AR To Create Immersive Storytelling
UploadVR: Sundance Film Festival 2020 Begins This Week, Featuring Several VR Experiences
Variety: UniFrance Puts Spotlight on Emerging French VR Sector at Rendez-Vous
UploadVR: Watch Colin Farrell Voice VR In Gloomy Eyes Behind-The-Scene Video
UploadVR: Oculus, UN, Sida and XR Impact Present New Climate Change VR Experience, Be Earth
TheVerge: Oculus is dropping the Oculus Go from its business platform
c|Net: Disney’s ‘top secret’ Frozen 2 VR short is heading to Sundance this month
TechCrunch: Disney’s ‘Myth: A Frozen Tale’ should be a case study for anyone filmmaking in VR
VR/focus: CES 2020 Interview: Collaborating In A Mixed Reality World With Spatial
UploadVR: VR Movies Dear Angelica And Henry Arrive On Oculus Quest, But You Should Watch Them With Link
UploadVR: Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance Shows Why Disney Parks Are The Ultimate VR
BBC: Getting VR to mainstream audiences: what we learnt from our partnership with local libraries
Subscribe for weekly updates and feature articles!