Facebook food giant Tatesmade is getting into virtual reality
Tastemade has premiered its first virtual reality film — a celebrity-filled tour of LA — in a bid to show that it does more than recipe videos.
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Jaunt and Tastemade Bring Us A Perfect 360° Day In Los Angeles
This VR video experience will take you around LA with Ryan Seacrest, Conan O’Brien and of course — donuts. The food and travel video network that brought us digital programming like Food Court and Tiny Kitchen is now teaming up with a VR studio to take us on a trip to some favorite attractions
From Donuts to Malibu, Tastemade and Jaunt Get Immersive in ‘A Perfect Day in Los Angeles’ VR Short
The first 3D films in the early 1950s usually contained a shot or two designed to showcase the technology and justify the torture of wearing unformfortable cardboard glasses for 90 minutes, such as…
Jaunt, a VR company with Big Media connections, has hired Hearst exec George Klavioff as its new CEO
Jaunt has raised more than $100 million from Disney, Sky and other media backers.
Hearst Exec George Kliavkoff Becomes CEO of Virtual Reality Startup Jaunt
Jaunt has picked a new CEO: The Palo Alto-based virtual reality (VR) startup Jaunt has picked Hearst executive George Kliavkoff as its new CEO. The appointment comes as Jaunt is switching its focus from being a VR camera maker to becoming a VR publishing platform.
VR heavyweight Jaunt names ex-Hearst, NBC exec as CEO
George Kliavkoff has been named Jaunt‘s new CEO. In May, the Disney-backed virtual reality company, which has developed an end-to-end content production and distribution company, said previous CEO Jens Christensen had abruptly stepped down, and it had started the hunt for a growth-oriented chief executive. Since then, CTO Arthur Van Hoff has been serving as interim CEO.
Virtual Reality’s Distribution Frontier is Heating Up
One of the more interesting things about virtual reality is that it is going to be the first consumer medium whose…
Three Projects Picked for Sundance’s VR Residency
Four creators of virtual-reality projects have been chosen for support from the Sundance Institute. The three projects will join the Sundance Institute | Jaunt VR Residency Program, a six-month program the institute says is “designed …
On the Waterfront: A Historical VR Tour of New York Harbor
Take a boat ride around New York City at sunset in this virtual reality video.