Tag: virtual reality
Parliamentary inquiry launched into addictive technologies, including AR and VR
An inquiry into the impact of immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality has been launched by a House of Commons select committee. A group of MPs from the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee will look into the impact of virtual reality on the future of sport, entertainment and news. It will…
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 first-ever comedy virtual reality film. The five-minute VR film imagines the viewer as a record company boss that has been kidnapped by the crew of…
BBC marks Armistice Day with free VR film, Nothing to be Written, on the Oculus Store
A Chelsea Pensioner watches Nothing to be Written, a VR film about the First World War Ahead of this weekend's 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the BBC's VR Hub has launched VR film Nothing to be Written free of charge on the Oculus store. Transporting viewers one hundred years into the…
BBC’s first ever virtual reality prom developed for Oculus Go
For the first time, virtual reality will be seen at the BBC Proms in a new work by Anna Meredith and 59 Productions. Commemorating the centenary of the end of the First World War, the project helps to bring some of the lesser known stories and history of the Great War to life, while enabling viewers…
The rising trend of gambling in live VR online casinos
Virtual reality (VR) has been around for a long time. If you accept that the concept of VR is the idea of making an illusion that you are visually present in a place where you are not physically located, the earliest attempts would have to be the 360-degree murals that were created in the 1800s.…
New BBC VR Hub experiences celebrate the suffragettes and RAF
The BBC VR Hub has announced two new virtual reality experiences today (July 10th, 2018), Make Noise and 1943: Berlin Blitz, celebrating the suffragettes and the RAF respectively. Make Noise combines VR and voice technology to let viewers use the power of their voice to smash through the barriers faced by the suffragettes during the fight to win the…
Emirates offers VR 360 view of cabin when reserving seats
Remember when you had to stick a pin in a 2D representation of a plane to book your seat? How last year was that? Instead Emirates has become first airline to introduce Virtual Reality (VR) technology on its digital platform which you can use when booking your flights or simply having a nosey around the…
Q+A interview with Get Technology author Gerald Lynch
Chris Price speaks to former Tech Digest editor Gerald Lynch about everything from bionics to transhumanism - just two topics featured in his latest book, Get Technology... Q: How did you get into technology? Were you into computer games as a kid? Like most people my age, it was probably through computer games. We had an…
Employees want tech to boost business productivity, not to monitor performance
Perhaps unsurprisingly, workers want technology that helps them become more efficient rather than helping their bosses snoop on them, a new business report shows. Over half of employees (53%) are prepared to use technology like wearables to boost their own productivity at work. However, three quarters (74%) said no to wearables being used by employers to monitor performance. These…
EE creates VR quiz with Joanna Lumley for British Academy Film Awards
How much do you know about movies? Ahead of this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, EE has created what it claims is the first ever interactive virtual reality film quiz. Starring none other than this year’s EE British Academy Film Awards host Joanna Lumley, the innovative 360 degree content invites film fans…
