Sleepy Hollow is first VR experience to claim Emmy award
POSTED 17 Sep 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
Many who sampled the product had to check their necks were still intact
A virtual reality experience set up at this year’s Comic-Con is the first VR film in history to win a prestigious Emmy award.
The Sleepy Hollow experience, based on the TV adaptation of the classic horror story, won the Emmy for user experience and visual design, a sign that VR is moving closer to the mainstream market as hardware such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear and Microsoft Hololens gear up for a commercial push.
Created by Canadian studio Secret Location, the Sleepy Hollow experience made its debut at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. Visitors use the Oculus Rift headset to watch the short video which starts with an introduction to Ichabod Crane, who warns them of the dangers of Sleepy Hollow. Crane then leaves the user alone in the forest before a flock of bats fill the screen, followed by the appearance of the headless horseman who swiftly cuts off the viewer's head (leaving many who sampled the product to check their necks were still intact).
Using the technology developed by Secret Location, the horseman’s trajectory is determined depending on the direction the user is facing, ensuring he will always strike from behind to add an extra fright into the experience, which ends when he picks up the dismembered body part as the eyes close to end the chilling video.
The visitor experience also offered those who dared to brave an encounter with the horseman a green screen photoshoot which depicted them beheaded, while a costumed headless horseman would parade around the creepy shack installed outside the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con.
Over the course of four days several thousands fans lined up for the experience, with queues reaching up to two-hours long.
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Sleepy Hollow is first VR experience to claim Emmy award
POSTED 17 Sep 2015 . BY Tom Anstey
Many who sampled the product had to check their necks were still intact
A virtual reality experience set up at this year’s Comic-Con is the first VR film in history to win a prestigious Emmy award.
The Sleepy Hollow experience, based on the TV adaptation of the classic horror story, won the Emmy for user experience and visual design, a sign that VR is moving closer to the mainstream market as hardware such as the Oculus Rift, Samsung Gear and Microsoft Hololens gear up for a commercial push.
Created by Canadian studio Secret Location, the Sleepy Hollow experience made its debut at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. Visitors use the Oculus Rift headset to watch the short video which starts with an introduction to Ichabod Crane, who warns them of the dangers of Sleepy Hollow. Crane then leaves the user alone in the forest before a flock of bats fill the screen, followed by the appearance of the headless horseman who swiftly cuts off the viewer's head (leaving many who sampled the product to check their necks were still intact).
Using the technology developed by Secret Location, the horseman’s trajectory is determined depending on the direction the user is facing, ensuring he will always strike from behind to add an extra fright into the experience, which ends when he picks up the dismembered body part as the eyes close to end the chilling video.
The visitor experience also offered those who dared to brave an encounter with the horseman a green screen photoshoot which depicted them beheaded, while a costumed headless horseman would parade around the creepy shack installed outside the San Diego Convention Center during Comic-Con.
Over the course of four days several thousands fans lined up for the experience, with queues reaching up to two-hours long.
The ‘AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience’ also picked up an Emmy for Outstanding Original Interactive Program, enabling fans to follow Swift around using their smartphone, but the experience isn’t VR in the traditional sense, as it is not available on a headset.
Otoy showcases exciting new VR technologies at Siggraph POSTED 25 Aug 2015. BY Tom Anstey Los Angeles-based tech company Otoy has debuted new immersive virtual reality (VR)
experiences with its light field rendering technology and live 360-degree avatar scanning
within VR.
VR feature film lets you choose your own adventure POSTED 13 Aug 2015. BY Tom Anstey Click and point adventures are taking a revolutionary new step forward, with the debut of
the world’s first virtual reality (VR) choose-your-own-adventure feature film.
Landmark Entertainment developing virtual reality visitor attractions POSTED 12 Jun 2015. BY Tom Anstey Landmark Entertainment Group – the design team behind attractions such as Universal’s
Kongfrontation, Terminator 2 3D, Jurassic Park: The Ride and The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman 5D – have announced plans to create in-and-out of home ‘virtual reality
destinations’.
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Expo 2030 Riyadh is being planned as a permanent visitor destination, with organisers
confirming the six-million-square-metre site will become a Global Village after the event closes.
The owner of one of Australia's best-known waterparks has acquired a major competitor,
creating a new attractions business spanning two of the country's largest visitor destinations.
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