VR/AR

Preview: Immersive Horror Experiences

Learn how haunted houses, spooky attractions and the earliest forms of experiential horror stories affect horror cinema, and how one artist is archiving these experiences as they begin to fade into history.

A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin and Jeff Kluger

Buzz Aldrin’s panel, A Conversation with Buzz Aldrin and Jeff Kluger, was out of this world. Just kidding, I know that was corny but I couldn’t miss the chance. In a featured session at SXSW, Buzz Aldrin took the stage for a conversation with Jeffrey Kluger, TIME editor-at-large and co-author of Apollo 13, to discuss his plans […]

National Geographic: Further Base Camp Experience

Not only can SXSW badge-holders enjoy an amazing experience, but non-badge-holders can too! National Geographic held a “Further Base Camp” that gave everyone a chance to explore and experience some of the technologies that were offered at many of the SXSW Trade Show and panel events. The Further Base Camp had people try on their augmented reality headset that […]

Next Nature Habitat VR at the Virtual Cinema

Human, what is your natural habitat? – Next Nature The question Next Nature asks might seem like a simple one, but the truth is that the answer is much more complex. Next Nature’s 11-minute presentation took me through a variety of environments, the Garden of Eden, the Hypernatural Resort, Modernist Dream and Techno Favela. The […]

ENCORE: Five Use-Cases Defining VR and Mixed Reality

In the eyes of Robert Scoble, as well as his co-panelists Nonny De La Peña and Shawn Dubravac, virtual reality and mixed reality are slated to become an industry revolutionizing force. Scoble said that Apple is set to completely outsell the current generation of AR and VR technology when they release a pair of augmented […]