Across cultures and generations, we’ve always been fascinated by stories. The way we tell them has come a long way from the days of sitting around a campfire thousands of years ago. Today, augmented, virtual and mixed reality have revolutionised the way we tell stories. From the...
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In the run up to our first anniversary on March 26th, we are really excited to announce that Virtual Umbrella has been accepted into Ravensbourne's Incubation programme and will be opening a London office. The office will be located within Ravensbourne on the Greenwich Peninsula. The...
Read MoreRead MoreCast your mind back to just before Christmas, before the Christmas dinners and New Year champagne was out. We partnered with the awesome Gadgette team to host “VR The Future” at the Collective in London. If you missed it check out this article with all the...
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Last week the Virtual Umbrellateam and Ravensbourne team hosted VRUK Festival. A two day Virtual reality Festival. As we were running keeping things organised and on track, we asked our Guest blog writer Liz Mercurito write up a quick summary of the event from her...
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MON, DEC 7, 2015, 10:00AM TUE, DEC 8, 2015, 11:00AM THE COPPER BOX ARENA QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARKE, 20 2ST, UNITED KINGDOM Virtual Umbrella will be at this year's Techcrunch Disrupt event in London, running the VR Pavillion. A space for up and coming virtual reality startups to shopwcase their latest tech...
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2015 10:30AM – 6:30PM Wired Retail together with Valtech present the future of retail - with those who are building it. William D McMaster - Head of VR, Visualise will speak on the future of VR, drawing on his work with the British Army, Thomas Cook...
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015 10:00AM – 11:00PM An annual Conference & Expo that explores the future of VR for both entertainment and serious applications VRTGO tickets are on sale now - find out more on the website...
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We're really excited to share a project we've been working on for the past few months...
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It has been a huge year for Virtual Umbrella. Beginning as a small idea back in January, we have now built a company with the goal of getting people stoked for virtual reality. Most of you have been with us on our journey so we...
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