Fox's Departing International TV Chief Founds Podcast Company - Bloomberg
Hernan Lopez, who left a job this week running 350 international TV channels for Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox Inc., will build a podcast network, anticipating that an on-demand market will develop for audio dramas and talk radio, as it has for music and TV.
Fox Backs Wondery Podcast Network Launched By Former Exec Hernan Lopez | Variety
Hernan Lopez, former CEO of Fox International Channels, is launching the podcast network Wondery that has received an investment from 20th Century Fox. Lopez’s goal is to turn Wondery into a …
ABC and Screen NSW are pleased to announce that they will partner on Australia’s first ever Virtual Reality development initiative – 360 Vision.ABC and Screen NSW announced today at the Australian Int
IKEA has announced the launch of the IKEA VR Experience, a new app for the HTC Vive that will act as a pilot test to explore new ways to transform the retail experience in home furnishings.
Valve will let you watch Dota 2 games in virtual reality | The Verge
Valve is about to combine two of the hottest buzztrends in gaming into one: spectating and VR. Its own Dota 2 title, rivaled in popularity as a spectator e-sport only by Riot's League of Legends,...
Meet Orah, the 360-Degree 4K Live Streaming Camera that Could Help Start A Content Revolution - Upl…
Over the last decade we have watched as social media has grown its way into our lives and evolved along the way. With Twitter the speed of communication began to ramp up but it still wasn’t realtime, not quite yet. Then, last year, Meerkat helped change the game with the introduction of live streaming on mobile. Millions flocked to it because it allowed users to connect with their favorite denizens of the internet – and with each other – in an unfiltered and raw way. Since then, Meerkat has been followed (and surpassed) by a number of similar apps from established social networks as the num...
'Realities' Launches Free on HTC Vive April 5th - Road to VR
Realities is a collection of incredibly detailed virtual environments created with a technique called photogrammetry. It’s about the closest thing we’ve seen yet to teleportation, and you’ll be able to check it out for yourself come April 5th, when the experience launches alongside the HTC Vive on SteamVR. We went hands-on with Realities last month and …
A robot race car means no more tragic deaths on the track | VentureBeat | Business | by Dean Takaha…
Car races are definitely fun to watch, but they’re certainly not very safe. So Nvidia chief executive Jen-Hsun Huang announced today that the company is creating a self-driving race car with an Nvidia-based supercomputer. The robot race car will have a Nvidia Drive PX 2 AI supercomputer, and it will compete in the Roborace Championship, the first global …
Hey, At the company I work for we're trying out Slack. The transition from e-mail to Slack is kind of awkward, at the moment, and I was wondering h...
First Look: Facebook Starts Testing Immersive Mobile Ads
Gatorade, Mr Porter, Michael Kors and Carrefour are trying out the new format, which enables the creation of full-screen interactive experiences within the Facebook mobile app.
Galaxy S7 Live Streaming: How to do it in VR and 360 | BGR
I never thought I’d say this, but I could definitely go for a VR headset right now. Samsung officially confirmed that the Galaxy S7 event will be streamed in VR, and it has provided information on …
How Far Can Old Media Take New Virtual Reality? | Stock News & Stock Market Analysis - IBD
Can virtual reality become The Next Big Thing for a media industry that has struggled to find ways to get young people excited? The answers: yes, no and maybe
Wagner James Au writes that virtual-reality technology like Oculus Rift is getting plenty of buzz, but the Silicon Valley boosterism sounds all too familiar.