The immersive industries move fast, every day we see new innovations in the fields of VR, AR & AI, all bolstered by media intrigue and public support. While we continue to traverse this exciting new frontier, we increasingly see these technologies integrating with our daily...
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As Virtual Umbrella's third birthday approaches, we're excited to be trying something new here at VU. Across the next quarter, we'll be experimenting with monthly content themes across our blog and social media channels to kick-start even more exciting and provocative conversations about VR, AR, MR, and...
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This month, we're focusing on VR events and how you can rock it. Over the past three years, we have been involved with a number of events from running festivals for a month, in-house workshops to running stands at VR conferences for our clients in the...
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I was very excited when I got invited to speak at the BFI Future Film Festival. Of course, there is a close connection with the film world and VR, which is becoming closer but I love being able to be involved in events which are not...
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There are a lot of VR and game events that we have attended, worked or demoed at over the past couple of years and Pocket Gamer Connects has been a consistent one of the past three years. Pocket Gamer was one of the first places...
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The world of VR needs to be constantly expanding if it's going to attract the best people in the biz. To keep finding new talent and forge new pioneers, it's important that established VR experts help newbies enter and understand our industry. Not just understand it,...
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Back in 2016 we released our top 40 people to follow in the VR industry. For 2018, we thought it was about time we did an update! There are always lots of lists that are shared online, normally those pulled together by how many people use...
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2017 Virtual Umbrella Summary! It’s the time of year where we like to take a moment to sit down with a cup of tea and look back over the year. It’s so important to reflect and take note of what you’ve achieved, especially when you’re working...
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We chatted to Bertie about his average day as Virtual Umbrella's indispensable Managing Director, Tech Wizard, and Meme Master. No surprises, it's pretty jam-packed! Here's how it all goes down: 1. Emails Drowning in emails is a necessary evil, so the first bit of each day always involves some...
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It’s been an amazing few weeks for team VU! We’ve moved into our brand spankin’ new HQ in Brighton, we’ve released our first quarterly round-up, and we’re excited to start work on a new, amazing project. We’re proud to announce that we’ll be working with Together Films to tour Unrest...
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