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Netflix's VR app puts you on the couch in a cozy cabin somewhere in a wintery paradise. Hulu's newly launched VR app goes the opposite direction, positioning viewers in the middle of a modern, ...

China’s Insta360 has announced it is taking preorders for its Insta360 Pro 8K professional virtual reality camera, the Insta360 Pro, as part of its ambitions to raise the bar for 360-degree VR films.

Until now, making high-resolution, stitch-free 360-degree VR films has been time-consuming. Google is aiming to change all of that. Google sure likes to shake things up. Over the last few months, ...

New video technology that films in 360 degrees brings viewers into the middle of the action and is set to become a powerful outreach tool to build understanding and empathy for wildlife and wild ...

This year, the Venice Film Festival, held Aug. 30–Sept. 9, featured a section of competition devoted to virtual reality films for the first time. Patric Palm, the CEO and co-founder of Favro, a ...

On stage at Samsung’s 2014 developer conference last week, Warren Mayoss, Head of Technology Product Development at DreamWorks Animation, spoke about the company’s initial work with virtual reality on ...

The documentary from Nova, Frontline and the Emblematic Group premiered as part of the Venice Film Festival's VR lineup. By Scott Roxborough In a film that might convince even the most strident of ...

SAN FRANCISCO – As a reporter covering virtual reality, I've been chased by a realistic T-Rex and fake-trudged up the Khumbu Icefall on Mount Everest. But while both experiences temporarily took my ...

Adi Robertson is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Follow My Lead: The ...

The six-minute short film Masks tackles a perspective that many can't even imagine: what its like to live with schizophrenia. The audience follows the film's writer and mononymous main star Cole as ...

As any tech headline will tell you, 2016 is the Year of Virtual Reality. Every billion-dollar corporation and its brother are rushing into the VR-headset market (Sony, Samsung, Google, Microsoft, HTC) ...