Tag: BBC
BBC to demonstrate VR technology in UK libraries
The BBC is to give people who have never used virtual reality (VR) the chance to try it out for the first time by launching demo sessions in UK libraries. […]
BBC releases virtual reality Doctor Who story, Doctor Who: The Runaway
The BBC has produced a short animated virtual reality film of Doctor Who which will allow fans of the long-running sci-fi series to experience life aboard the Tardis from a […]
BBC takes on Netflix with over 100 iPlayer Box Sets announced for Christmas
Andrew Davies’s classics from Pride And Prejudice to the original House Of Cards are returning for Christmas as the BBC announces its iPlayer Box Sets. The broadcaster is once again […]
People Just Do Nothing cast ‘kidnap viewers’ in BBC’s first-ever comedy VR short
Viewers are promised an up close and personal encounter with the Kurupt FM crew, as the cast of hit comedy series People Just Do Nothing ‘kidnap them’ in the BBC’s […]
BBC launches first ever arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex 360
Doctor Who fans can pilot the TARDIS as it careers through the depths of the space time vortex in the BBC’s first ever 360 arcade game, Doctor Who Time Vortex […]
BBC micro:bit computer – free to every year 7 child in UK from October
The BBC has unveiled the micro:bit, a pocket-sized codeable computer (pictured above) with built-in motion detection, compass and Bluetooth technology, which is to be given free to every child in year […]
The BBC is making a show about the making of Grand Theft Auto
Today the BBC has announced a new initiative called “Make It Digital” which is aiming to do all sorts of worthy activities with young people to encourage them to code […]
BBC publishes digitised Radio Times schedules going back to the 1920s
Warning: By reading this post, you’re at serious risk of following a link that will swallow the rest of your day. The BBC has today launched a new tool to […]
Ceefax would have been 40 today! Write BBC League Cup report to celebrate
Long before the days of the internet and email the only way you could get information quickly was via Ceefax. It used part of the analogue TV signal to transmit […]
Was the BBC hit by a DDoS attack?
It appears that the disruptions caused to the BBC’s iPlayer and website last weekend were possibly due to a DDoS attack. The iPlayer service was out of action over most […]
