VR
NBC and Samsung to broadcast VR Olympics coverage
NBC Olympics is due to broadcast 85-hours of virtual reality (VR) content from the Rio…
Cable Congress: operators mull potential of virtual reality
Cable operators are cautiously assessing the potential of virtual reality – in in some cases…
Xtreme Video hires AB Group exec, looks to VR
Extreme sports online video service XTreme Video’s parent company XTremEnterprise has hired French broadcaster AB…
Mediaset airs 360° coverage of Radio Italia concert
Mediaset has produced and distributed a series of 360° and stereoscopic 3D clips of a…
Com Hem experiments with virtual reality
Swedish operator Com Hem has developed a “virtual reality-based environment” for its online service Com…
VR specialist River Studios announces team from YouTube, Hollywood
Virtual reality studio, River Studios, has officially launched and announced details of its leadership team,…
OTT market ‘moving in the direction of VR’
The over-the-top video market is “moving in the direction of virtual reality ” with 67%…
Facebook CTO: VR will ‘erase geographic boundaries’
Facebook’s chief technology officer, Mike Schroepfer, has described virtual reality (VR) as a “transformational technology”…
Twitter teams up with NBA for 360° video
Twitter has teamed with the US NBA and Samsung to provide 360° video coverage of…
Eurosport launches VR app to coincide with French Open
Eurosport has launched a virtual reality (VR) app to coincide with this year’s French Open…