Tag: VR
Award-Winning VR Comedy ‘Gargoyle Doyle’ Arrives on Meta
Meta headset users today can explore the witty, innovative immersive world of Gargoyle Doyle, a 40-minute virtual reality animation that won the coveted Cristal...
Live VR Experience ‘Uncanny Alley’ Sets World Premiere at Venice
Virtual reality production studio Ferryman Collective and the Virtual Worlds Company announced the World Premiere of their latest VR theater experience, Uncanny Alley: A...
Walkabout Mini Golf Gets Extra-Animated with ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Course
Following courses based on the Jim Henson Company’s Labyrinth, Cyan’s Myst and Meow Wolf, Mighty Coconut is pushing the limits of its immersive multiplayer...
Teaching Toons & VFX in a Changing World: Spotlight on Six Popular College Courses Across the U.S.
An “alphabet soup” of new technologies is coursing through college classes these days: AI, AR, XR and VR are affecting curricula in increasingly interesting...
Toei Immersive Branch ONN’ON STUDIOS Launches Virtual Anime Fes
Toei Animation’s new business, ONN’ON STUDIOS, announced the Virtual Anime Fes for new releases, the project’s first attempt at an event in VR space. The...
Venice-Selected VR Short ‘Pepitos: The Beak Saga’ Arrives on Meta Quest
Meta Quest users can step into an immersive, animated storybook for a unique take on a tale of love and friendship in Pepitos: The Beak...
Connecting Stories: SIGGRAPH Asia Chairs June Kim & Rob Coleman Share Stand-Outs of the 2023 Edition
This week, the 16th SIGGRAPH Asia conference and exhibition is underway in Sydney, Australia (December 12-15), offering visitors the chance to interact with the cutting...
Aonic Completes $110M Acquisition of VR Game Dev nDreams
Video gaming group Aonic has today completed the acquisition of nDreams (ndreams.com) , the world’s biggest VR game developer and publisher, for a total...
Imagination Immersion: VR Projects at Annecy
The Annecy Festival has long been a mecca for animation lovers of all kinds, who travel to the picturesque French city every spring for...
Immerse Yourself in Annecy’s VR Competition Selection
The esteemed Annecy International Animation Film Festival has finished off its Official Selection announcements with the list of animated experiences visitors can encounter in...
Blue Zoo Receives Epic MegaGrant for Real-Time VR Animation Tool MoPo
London-based Blue Zoo Animation Studio has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games to support the development of their new real-time tool “MoPo”. Mopo...
Toei Recreates a Retro Otaku Oasis in VRChat
Toei Animation is entering a new entertainment dimension with ONN'ON STUDIOS (onnon-studios.com): a virtual space within VRChat made up of multiple worlds conceived by...
Aardman Celebrates 30th Anniversary of ‘The Wrong Trousers’, Announces New ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Film
Multi-award-winning independent animation studio Aardman today announced its plans for the 30th anniversary celebrations of Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers. Released in 1993,...
Behind the Scenes of ThePack’s First Animated Feature Made in a Game Engine
This year, we at ThePack released our first theatrical animation film fully rendered in a game engine: Journey to Yourland. The film is produced...
Award-Winning VR Nuclear Threat Doc ‘On the Morning You Wake’ Sets MoMI Exhibition
New York City's Museum of the Moving Image has announced a new exhibition offering a contemporary view of nuclear weaponry, On the Morning You...
The Best Tech Trends and Tools of 2022
***This feature originally appeared in the January '23 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 326)***
According to futurist Ray Kurzweil, we can expect to experience The...
Omens Studios Launches NFT, VR & Interactive Initiative ‘Omens Multiverse’
Award-winning animation company Omens Studios is expanding its creative offering to global audiences launching its new program, the Omens Multiverse, to take animation and...
Aardman Offers an Early Look at Wallace & Gromit’s VR Adventure ‘The Grand Getaway’
***This article originally appeared in the December '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 325)***
The medium of virtual reality remains a relatively brave, new frontier,...
Acclaimed VR Works ‘On the Morning You Wake’ and ‘Paper Birds’ Take Bold, Artistic Chances
The cool animated VR projects on display at SIGGRAPH often steal the show at the CG animation and technology confab, which was held in...
Aussie Animated Movie ‘Scarygirl’ Sets Top-Notch Cast
Highly Spirited in partnership with Like A Photon Creative (LAPC) and Screen Queensland has announced the lineup of Aussia screen royalty set to star...
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