Virtual reality & the metaverse

It’s the first major U.S. sporting event to be publicly broadcast live in virtual reality.

In VR, “time sort of collapses. It’s pretty powerful.”

Why does a Chinese e-commerce giant want a piece of a “cinematic reality” company?

Pending approval from the Department of Transportation and the FCC to fly up to heaven’s altitude, of course.

“We’re gearing up to ship millions of things.”

The Gray Lady thinks its Sunday newspaper subscribers are ready for VR.

“If we are successful, nobody will question how cool VR is. It will all be a matter of cost.”

Watching the debate in virtual reality was boring. That doesn’t mean the idea of politics and VR are DOA.

“There needs to be some new bastion of porn sales at some point, or else it’s going to become just a very exhilarating hobby.”

CNN and NextVR’s stunt is also a test of whether people will want to watch other sorts of live events in VR.

The move comes as Qualcomm is looking to cut costs and focus on its core mobile business.

“We can’t control where you’re looking,” and have to resort to tricks to tell a story, content creators say.

It’s sort of like having a baby-sized Kinect mounted on your face.

Facebook baby photos are so 2014.

Looking at the future of movies?

HoloLens is being promoted as both a business and an entertainment tool.

“We have to think of things from the ground up in virtual reality.”

“Ultimately, what we’re talking about is a medium that disappears, because there is no rectangle on the wall, and there is no page you’re holding in your hand. It feels like real life.”

“It will feel like you’re seeing Hillary Clinton right in front of you, but she’s not actually there. Just like the real Hillary Clinton.”

The future is interactive: “I don’t think we’re talking about movies any more.”

In 10 years’ time, he says, we won’t need televisions, mice, keyboards or touchscreens.

Watch the spit fly from Bernie Sanders’s mouth as if you were really there.

The news from Facebook’s virtual reality conference, Oculus Connect.

It’s put up or shut up time, as the first consumer VR devices start to roll out.

“If you’ve come to VR because you just want to imitate the games you’ve been playing for the last 20 goddamn years, get the hell out of here.”

Its pitch to content creators and viewers: We only do VR video, and we can do it well.

The series C was co-led by Disney, Evolution Media Partners and China Media Capital.

Oculus and chill.

What makes it different from a normal news story? “VR is truly objective.”

To make VR “the dominant art form,” it needs support from non-gamers, too.

Even in virtual press conferences, people who leave their phones on are still jerks.

That invisible and hard-to-reproduce something, theatrical chemistry, is up for grabs if the tech is good enough.

Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit making “Airplane!” references.

A lovely little bit of Ludwig Van, in a headset.

And it’s only for professionals, not consumers.

For filmmakers moving into the new medium, the question is what to keep -- and what to throw away.

The move comes as the San Diego-based company looks to cut $1.4 billion in costs and exit non-core businesses.

The fashion brand has filmed a runway show specifically for people to watch in a cardboard headset.