Earlier in the year I had the pleasure of helping the judging process for the Wired Audi Innovation Awards. I really enjoyed being a part of the process and seeing all the great companies selected. You can find out more here all about the nominees, the...
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The Venus Awards has been a big part of Virtual Umbrella this year It has been a great experience to meet so many great women working in lots of different sectors regionally and nationally. It has also been great to introduce the Venus Award to the...
Read MoreRead MoreWe are big fans of Merge VR. It has been great to see the team's development and see the success of the original Merge VR headset here in the UK. Merge VR is available at Game stores in the UK and we had the pleasure to...
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Halloween is upon us already. I know what I will be doing this weekend! Watching far too many scary films, American Horror stories and the rest of Black Mirror on Netflix. However I will also be taking a break and seeing if I can find any...
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Virtual Reality Symposium, Singapore Thursday 17th – Friday 18th November 2016 There has been so many great VR events this year and as we are closing into the end of the year, we still have some more to look forward too. Are you heading to VRS in Singapore? "Join VRS 2016 in...
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We are super excited to announce that we have partnered with Steel media to help organise their new upcoming event VR Connects. On the 16th and 17th January 2017, VR connects open its doors. A new VR/AR/MR industry event held at The Brewery in London. VR...
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Everyone else was publishing a list, it’s probably time we did too. This list isn’t based on questionable metrics like “people who used #VR in the most tweets” or “How many followers x relevance to the industry x how many tweets they do”. This list is based...
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October has really been a super busy time in the VU world, alongside all the exciting VR announcements, PSVR release today, Google Daydream and of course Oculus Connect 3 last week. Bertie, our managing director was lucky enough to head out to San Jose to...
Read MoreRead MoreHey! I’m Amber. I’m jumping on board the Virtual Umbrella team as an intern for a short while before heading back to Bournemouth University in September to complete the final year of my Marketing degree. I first heard of Virtual Umbrella in May when I attended...
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Last Thursday was the day, all the regional winners of the Venus awards 2016 had been waiting for. The Nationals. In a beautiful hotel in Basingstoke, all the regional winners got together to spend an afternoon celebrating and networking. I was over the moon when I...
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