Disneyland Resorts to Get 'Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire' Multiplayer Virtual Reality Experience This Year by Janko Roettgers

Location-based virtual reality startup The Void has teamed up with Lucasfilm and IMLxLab to bring a “Star Wars”-themed mutiplayer virtual reality experience to Disneyland Reso…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:00am on August 3, 2017☆⚑

Location-Based Virtual Reality Is the Next Big Bet for Movie Theaters, Malls by Janko Roettgers

The spiders are everywhere. Hundreds of them are crawling all over barely lit brick walls and ceilings. Soon, you start to feel them on your neck and arms. You try to shake them off, hurry a…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:45pm on July 26, 2017☆⚑

Michael Bay's 'Transformers: The Last Knight' VR Experience Coming to Theaters, Imax VR Centers by Janko Roettgers

Michael Bay and Lucasfilm’s ILMxLab have teamed up for a special VR experience for Bay’s latest installment of the “Transformers’ franchise — but there’s …

SOURCE: Variety at 2:17pm on June 29, 2017☆⚑

Hackers May Have Stolen Unreleased Disney Movie, CEO Bob Iger Tells Staff by Janko Roettgers

Disney CEO Bob Iger had a bit of a bombshell revelation for his staff during a company town hall Monday: Hackers claim to have stolen a copy of an unreleased Disney movie, and are now threat…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:44pm on May 15, 2017☆⚑

Music Video Creation App Musical.ly Adds Apple Music Integration by Janko Roettgers

Musical.ly, an app that lets its users create their own music videos, announced a partnership with Apple Music Friday that includes both a direct integration of Apple Music’s catalo…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:08pm on April 28, 2017☆⚑

John Legend Makes His Virtual Reality Debut in Baobab Studios' New Animated Series 'Rainbow Crow' by Janko Roettgers

John Legend has caught the VR bug, in a big way: The pop star slash actor is not only lending his voice to one of the main characters in "Rainbow Crow," a new animated VR series that is s…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:15am on April 11, 2017☆⚑

Virtual Reality You Can Touch: Nomadic Wants to Bring VR Experiences to Malls, Movie Theaters by Janko Roettgers

Headsets, immersive computer graphics, and… flashlights? Nomadic, a Northern California-based virtual reality (VR) startup that came out of stealth mode Thursday, has been busy working …

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on March 23, 2017☆⚑

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings: Movie Theaters Haven't Innovated Beyond Popcorn by Janko Roettgers

Asked about his company’s relationship with major theater chains, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings didn’t pull any punches on Thursday. “How did distribution innovate in the mo…

SOURCE: Variety at 1:41pm on March 17, 2017☆⚑

Disney's Maker Studios Drops PewDiePie Because of Anti-Semitic Videos by Janko Roettgers

Disney-owned Maker Studios dropped Swedish YouTube star Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie from its roster Monday after he published videos with anti-semitic jokes. The separation was first re…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:06pm on February 13, 2017☆⚑

Cirque Du Soleil Gets New Virtual Reality Experience 'Dreams of O' by Janko Roettgers

Award-winning virtual reality studio Felix & Paul released a new virtual reality experience in cooperation with Cirque Du Soleil at CES in Las Vegas Thursday. “Dreams of O”…

SOURCE: Variety at 12:00pm on January 5, 2017☆⚑

'Blade Runner 2049,' Disney Characters Coming to Oculus Virtual Reality Headsets by Janko Roettgers

The newly announced “Blade Runner 2049” will extend beyond the movie screen when it is being released in October of 2017: sci-fi fans will also step into the world of a movie wit…

SOURCE: Variety at 5:36pm on October 6, 2016☆⚑

Disney Is Looking Into Buying Twitter (Report) by Janko Roettgers

Disney is evaluating a possible bid for Twitter, according to a Bloomberg report. The mouse is working with a financial adviser to work the numbers, according to that report. Twitter’s…

SOURCE: Variety at 2:01pm on September 26, 2016☆⚑

Reddit Unveils New Content Policy, Bans Racist Subreddits by Janko Roettgers

Reddit took a first step toward more hands-on content policing Wednesday by unveiling a new content policy that bans illegal speech, harassment and bullying. The company also started to inst…

SOURCE: Variety at 10:41pm on August 5, 2015☆⚑

Deezer Adds Podcasts, News and Talk to Streaming Music Service by Janko Roettgers

Music subscription service Deezer has added more than 20,000 podcasts and radio shows to its platform. The new content influx comes courtesy of online-radio platform Stitcher, which Deezer a…

SOURCE: Variety at 9:00am on May 19, 2015☆⚑