This Week in Virtual Reality, 12 September 2016
This week’s top Virtual Reality stories: an Emmy, a ballet, a chess match, and more!
Virtual Reality has never been bigger than it is right now, and it’s one of the most exciting new areas of technology. VR offers an incredible experience for users, and for creators, it presents an unparalleled amount of freedom to experiment with new ideas and applications. We’re seeing exciting developments in the field every day, so to help you keep pace with everything that’s going on, we’ve created This Week in Virtual Reality, a curated list of key stories in the space. New posts will be published here first, and previous posts are archived on the Udacity blog.
Whether you’re already in the field, considering a VR career, or just interested in the subject, This Week in Virtual Reality is sure to have something to inspire you!
Media
The Oculus short film “Henry” wins the first Emmy ever awarded to a virtual reality production, taking the Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program.
Arts
Night Fall, the world’s first virtual reality ballet, is released for free for Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR through YouTube’s virtual reality features.
Entertainment
Titmouse, the studio behind Metalocalypse and The Venture Bros., creates a series of virtual reality short films called “Two Weeks of Titmouse”.
Technology
British startup Emteq embeds small sensors within a virtual reality headset to monitor the user’s emotional state through electrical signals and muscle movements.
Social
SpaceoutVR launches a new feature to allow users to browse their connections’ Facebook photos in virtual reality, displaying them like billboards on a virtual highway.
Games
Organizers announce that a highly-anticipated upcoming chess match between Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and Russian Sergey Karjakin will be broadcast in virtual reality.
