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Monday, March 4, 2019

Luminary Podcast Subscription Service to Launch With Exclusive Shows From Lena Dunham, Trevor Noah by Janko Rottgers

Podcast startup Luminary emerged out of stealth Monday with a high-profile line-up for its upcoming $7.99 subscription service: Luminary will feature exclusive shows from A-list creators inc…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:59PM

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Baobab Studios Launches John Legend Facebook Karaoke Filter for ‘Crow: The Legend’ (EXCLUSIVE) by Janko Rottgers

20th Century Fox-backed Baobab Studios launched a new face filter on Facebook Tuesday that lets you sing along to a John Legend song: The “Crow: The Legend” augmented reality (A…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00PM

Friday, December 7, 2018

MWM Immersive’s ‘Chained’ Combines Immersive Theater With Virtual Reality by Janko Rottgers

Imagine finding yourself in a Victorian-era mystery, complete with dark spirits and a haunting quest of self-discovery. Now imagine you’re doing all of that while wearing a virtual reality…

SOURCE: Variety at 02:34PM

Monday, March 19, 2018

Disney’s Latest Research Project Can Turn Scripts Into Virtual Reality by Janko Rottgers

Disney Research has been working on a way to turn natural language scripts into virtual reality (VR) pre-visualizations. While currently focusing on VR story creation, the tool could ultimat…

SOURCE: Variety at 06:28PM

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Disney Movies Anywhere Shutting Down Today, but Your Movies Won’t Be Lost Forever by Janko Rottgers

Disney is shuttering its Disney Movies Anywhere service Wednesday, and urging users to transfer their movies to the newer Movies Anywhere locker service. However, consumers won’t actua…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:48PM

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Survios to Open VR Arcade in Torrance, Partner With Theaters, Retailers on VR Pods by Janko Rottgers

Los Angeles-based VR startup Survios is going places: The company plans to open its very own VR arcade in Torrance, California in the coming months, and use it as a testing ground for a much…

SOURCE: Variety at 05:19PM

Friday, November 3, 2017

Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Augmented Reality Headset Goes on Sale: First Impressions by Janko Rottgers

This holiday season, “Star Wars” fans will have another chance to relive their dream of using the force, thanks to a new augmented reality (AR) kit that went on sale this Friday.…

SOURCE: Variety at 04:12PM

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Google Home Gets 50 Kids Experiences, Including Disney Audio Game, Fairy Tales by Janko Rottgers

Google is looking to make its Google Home line of smart speakers more family-friendly with the addition of 50 new audio experiences tailored for the little ones. This includes games and ac…

SOURCE: Variety at 01:00PM

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

FoxNext Hires Former Disney VP Marc Zachary to Lead Destination Biz by Janko Rottgers

20th Century Fox and Fox Networks innovation unit FoxNext has hired Marc Zachary as its new senior bizdev VP of FoxNext Destinations. In that role, Zachary is going to be tasked with s…

SOURCE: Variety at 11:00AM

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