REWIND sits down with Prof. James Bennett, Director at StoryFutures to discuss exciting developments in the immersive industry, the StoryTrails project and his simple advice to his 18-year-old self. — “Five Minutes With” is a regular feature that gives you an insight into some of the greatest minds in the immersive industry, all within the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. James Bennett is Director of StoryFutures Creative Cluster and Co-Director of StoryFutures Academy and the StoryTrails UNBOXED project. He is a Professor of Television and Digital Culture at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has led and delivered R&D funding initiatives totalling over £23m in the past 5 years, working…

A roundup of all the key updates from the annual event — Facebook’s company title will be renamed to ‘Meta’ In a move similar to Google’s 2015 decision to rebrand the parent company to ‘Alphabet’, the switch to ‘Meta’ allows the distinction between the umbrella company and all of its subsidiaries. …

We caught up with Katherine ‘Kat’ Harris, Engineer/Technical Designer at Magnopus about the immersive industry, what inspires her, and her mantra for life. “Five Minutes With” is a regular feature that gives you an insight into some of the greatest minds in the immersive industry, all within the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. Katherine Harris Mojica is a Technical Director and VProd Lead responsible for coordinating the art, engineering, robotics, and scene assembly teams to test previz and techviz shot…

REWIND talks to Liesbet Segaert about what it takes to be a successful 3D artist and how to make your portfolio stand out. — Tell us about yourself! I am currently working as a mid-level general artist at REWIND, a spatial design and innovation company that’s just become part of the Magnopus family. I grew up in Belgium and studied a three-year degree course called Digital Art and Entertainment, with a focus on film. After that, I got…

REWIND sits down with Peter Richardson, Virtual Production lead for StoryFutures and Professor of Creative Industries at Royal Holloway University Of London. “Five Minutes With” is a regular feature that gives you an insight into some of the greatest minds in the immersive industry, all within the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. Peter Richardson is the Virtual Production lead for StoryFutures and StoryFutures Academy: The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling and is Professor of Creative Industries at Royal Holloway University…

At the Facebook Connect event in 2020, Facebook revealed a multi-year collaboration with eyewear company EssilorLuxottica to create the next-generation of smart glasses. Now, the first product of the partnership has been unveiled. — On Thursday, Facebook and Ray-Ban unveiled Ray-Ban Stories. The glasses are not as smart as many had hoped for and don’t feature augmented reality (AR), the technology that overlays digital content onto the real world, but they are pretty stylish. …

Will this new VR compatible keyboard be the future of working in a fully virtual environment? — It’s easy to assume that those who don’t need to look at a keyboard when typing in the real world would be able to type in VR. But it’s not as simple as that: a headset throws your senses into disarray. WIRED writer Esat Dedezade found this out when he…

We caught up with author and Head of XR at PwC, Jeremy Dalton. — “Five Minutes With” is a regular feature that gives you an insight into some of the greatest minds in the immersive industry, all within the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. Having spent many years campaigning within PwC about the business value of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology, Jeremy’s efforts led him to founding and running the XR team in the UK.

We spoke to Janet Hull OBE, IPA Director of Marketing Strategy & Lead CIC CreaTech. — “Five Minutes With” is a regular feature that gives you an insight into some of the greatest minds in the immersive industry, all within the time it takes to grab a cup of coffee. Janet has over 35 years experience in the international advertising and marketing services industry. She has held senior management positions at Y&R advertising, Burson-Marsteller PR and Lewis Moberly brand design. Janet was awarded an OBE for services to the Creative Industries in the 2014 New Year Honours list.