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World VR Forum’s Co-Founder – Delphine Seitiée and Market and Partnerships Director – Ellen Kuo in collaboration with Culturunners and Misk Art Institute profited from Tribeca Film Festival and from the Immersive Festival which debuted with interactive projects and a focus on...

Apr

On the dawn of the release of the Oculus Go, who is actually using what?

The latest marvel of the 21st century technology – Virtual Reality has secured its’ sturdy spot in the hearts and minds of today’s cyber-hooked generation for quite a while now, but which headsets have actually made it into the VR users’ homes?...

Apr

WVRF Visits Institut Français

In mid-spring, Delphine Seitiée, WVRF’s Co-Founder attended Institut Français for a series of VR related events in Paris, France, 3-8 April, 2018. Institut Français is a government organism dedicated to promotion, putting in place the creation of creative, educational content in France...

Apr

WVRF Talks VR Filmmaking and Social VR at NIFF

In the midst of spring’s grand entrance, Delphine Seitiee, WVRF’s Co-Founder and Saskia Vellas, WVRF’s Visual Communication Manager, took off to Newcastle, England for the first edition of NIFF (Newcastle International Film Festival) on 31 March, 2018. WVRF was invited by Emma...

Mar

WVRF Provides Their Expertise at CreativeXR

CreativeXR developed by Digital Catapult and Arts Council England, with support from Innovate UK, invited Delphine Seitiee, World VR Forum’s Co-Founder, as a decision maker for their one-day event, in London, England, on 28 March, 2018. Focused on the arts, CreativeXR is a programme...

Mar

WVRF AT WSIS: OUR THIRD COMING

As the breezy Swiss spring hit Geneva, World VR Forum joined WSIS Forum 2018 (World Summit on Information Society) – the world’s largest, week-long annual gathering of the ‘ICTs for Development’ community with the latest revolutionary VR experiences, demonstrations and workshops for...

Mar

WVRF Brings VR to Art Dubai

This spring WVRF’s Co-Founders, Delphine Seitiee and Salar Shahna took off to the Middle East for Art Dubai – an international art fair where many galleries from around the world gather to present the latest collection of contemporary art in Dubai, United...

Mar

WVRF Immerses Swisscham Bal Shanghai 2018 into a Swiss Winter Wonderland

As winter’s ice and snow have slowly melted away, Salar Shahna, WVRF’s CEO flew to Shanghai for Swisscham Bal Shanghai 2018 themed Aprés-Ski (after-ski), on 17 March, 2018. Swisscham is Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce – Networking Information platform for Swiss companies in...

Mar

WVRF BRINGS VR MASTERCLASS TO ABU

At this year’s DBS (Digital Broadcasting Symposium), ABU partnered up with the WVRF team, led by its dedicated Co-Founders Salar Shahna and Delphine Seitiee and Ellen Kuo, Director of Market and Partnerships to bring a unique VR Masterclass to DBS which showcased...

Feb

PANDALLY’S FUSION ARENA MARCHES INTO THE SPOTLIGHT

Grand adventures in VR await the residents of Zurich, Switzerland this Thursday, as Fusion Arena Virtual Reality Center, the largest free-roaming VR arcade in Europe will officially open its doors to anyone daring to step foot into Pandally AG’s whimsical virtual universe...

Feb

WVRF’S CHOCOLATE VR ADVENTURES AT CHOC ALTITUDE

Crans-Montana hosted the fourth edition of Salon Choc Altitude, which brought together 15 of Switzerland’s best chocolatiers sharing their passion and their creations to more than 5,000 attendees at Le Régent Congress Center in Crans-Montana, on 3-4 February, 2018. On this occasion,...

Feb

WVRF SHINES AT ASIAN SIDE OF THE DOC

Asian Side of the Doc gathered major players from Asian broadcasting, from TV channels to film producers, to distributors in a very cozy and intimate setting in Bangkok, Thailand, which took place from 30 January – 2 February, 2018, is the Asian...

Jan

Facebook’s VR Group Bops to the Top

At the beginning of the month we have interviewed Alexandre Calil Sicchieri Silva, World VR Forum’s new Regional Ambassador of Brazil who also happens to be Brazil’s top connoisseur of Virtual Reality on his biggest VR project, the Virtual Reality group on Facebook. ...

Dec

DIGITAL CONVERSATIONS: VIRTUAL REALITY NATIONAL MUSEUM

The National Museum of Singapore (NMS) presented Digital Conversations, a series of talks in tandem with the museum’s new Digital Programme. Digital Conversations: Virtual Reality was a parallel event of The Virtual Reality Showcase at the National Museum of Singapore from 7...

Dec

Singapore Media Festival VR X SMF IGNITE

Singapore Media Festival (SMF), Southeast Asia’s leading international media event hosted by the Infocommunications Media Development Authority of Singapore made a comeback for its fourth edition this year gathering the region’s brightest talents and the best in film and TV content, from...

Nov

WVRF ATTENDS CIO ACADEMY ASIA

CIO Academy Asia was honoured to be a supporter of IMDA’s VR X Singapore Media Festival Ignite 2017. Together with our technology partner, Forcepoint, we hosted a CIO Business Networking Lunch with domain practitioners to discuss how immersive technology creates opportunities for...

Nov

WVRF ATTENDS ASIA VR ASSOCIATION – SINGAPORE VR MEETUP GROUP

In late 2017, Clayton Doherty, WVRF’s President attended Asia VR Association – Singapore Virtual Reality Meetup Group on 28 November. The Meetup was hosted by Ashia Thomas, Producer and CEO of Warrior9, whose latest project The PhoenIX is an animated sci-fi series...

Nov

2017 BEIJING VR FILM FESTIVAL

2017 Beijing VR Film Festival (2017 BVRFF) is one of the major highlights of 2017 China International Creative Culture and Entertainment Industry Summit and “Belt & Road” Virtual Reality Forum (2017 I.C.E. Summit). It is the first grand gathering of VR films...

Nov

WVRF TALKS VR AT BEIJING FILM ACADEMY

Beijing Film Academy organized a conference and a small workshop where two speakers were invited: Salar Shahna, WVRF’s CEO and Andy Niu, Chairman of Z-Park Creative Culture & Game Industry Development Alliance, on November 23, 2017. The Beijing Film Academy is a...

Nov

WVRF GIVES PRODUCTION ADVICE AT RIDM

VR Rough Cut was another activity that World VR Forum attended at RIDM (Rencontre Internationale Documentaire de Montréal) (Montréal International Documentary Festival) and The Doc Circuit Market there in Montréal, Canada, from 9-19 November, 2017. The traditional Rough Cut spiced things up...

Nov

WVRF ATTENDS VR HUB MONTRÉAL

In late autumn, World VR Forum attended RIDM (Rencontre Internationale Documentaire de Montréal) (Montréal International Documentary Festival) and The Doc Circuit Market there in Montréal, Canada, from 11-15 November, 2017. One of the highlights of this event was this year’s specialty, VR...

Nov

WVRF ‘IMULTIPLIES’ AT ATELIER GRAND NORD

Atelier Grand Nord RV (AGN_RV 2017) organized by SODEC at the Phi Center in partnership with MUTEK, the second edition of the four-day AGN_RV 2017 offered the artisans of 10 selected projects across the Francophone world, plenary sessions and more than 120...

Nov

WVRF Battles World Conflicts with VR at Geneva Peace Week

World VR Forum kicked off November by teaming up with UNITAR (United Nations Institute for Trade and Research) for the 4th edition of Geneva Peace Week, themed Prevention and effective pathways for implementation, a collective action initiative facilitated by UNOG (United Nations Office...

Oct

BIG DATA AND A-I ASIA 2017

In the midst of the Trick or Treat season, Clayton Doherty, WVRF’s President was invited to attend two events at the same time, Big Data and A-I Asia 2017, in Singapore, 30-31 October. With the rise of Deep Learning, AI, IoT, and...

Oct

WVRF JUDGES SHIFT ARTS AND TECH HACKATHON

Shanghai Interactive Theatre Festival (SHIFT) is a new event which existed for the past two years. WVRF participated in the first edition and got invited again this year, 23-26 October, 2017. This event takes place at the same time as the prestigious...

Oct

WVRF Brings VR to Autodesk’s Design Night Switzerland

World VR Forum was honoured to celebrate the magic of technology at the second edition of Design Night Switzerland organized by Autodesk with a selection of hand-picked, high quality Swiss and international VR experiences at La Case-à-Chocs, Neuchâtel, on the 19th of October 2017....

Oct

WVRF Hosts VR Villa West Bund in Shanghai

A stellar Virtual Reality exhibition at a beautiful museum made of glass – VR Villa West Bund was organized by World VR Forum in partnership with our sponsors: Swissnex China and Pro Helvetia Shanghai, gathering the curious public of Shanghai and some...

Oct

WVRF BRINGS VR TO SLUSH SHANGHAI

Slush is a high-tech extravaganza event dedicated to startups, technology innovation and VR which has taken place for several years in Helsinki, and includes several spin-offs, for Shanghai it was the 2nd edition, on 12-13 October, 2017. WVRF’s CEO, Salar Shahna participated...

Oct

WVRF Promotes VR with EBU at Cross Video Days

At the debut of autumn’s spookiest month, World VR Forum’s Ellen Kuo, Director of Market and Partnerships and Maria Guta, Content Manager along with European Broadcasting Union took off to Paris, France to attend Cross Video Days, a unique marketplace for innovators to...

Sep

KoVRA Propels Korea onto the Global VR/AR Scene at KVRF

KVRF (Korea VR Festival) organized by KoVRA (University of Korea’s VR/AR Industry Association) with the support of the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea and NIPA (National IT Industry Promotion Agency) of Korea gathered local and international VR and AR specialists, high-tech...

Sep

SME (SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE) DAY BEIJING

The 10th Annual China International Creative Cultural and Entertainment Industry Summit is the Top Entrepreneur Summit of China jointly sponsored by Zhongguancun Cultural and Creative Industries Alliance, China Small and Medium Business Enterprises Association and Microsoft Accelerator attended by many international friends...

Sep

VR Island at Venice International Film Festival Bedazzles Public

The 74th edition of the Mostra Internazionale D’Arte Cinematografica – La Biennale di Venezia’s Venice International Film Festival, the oldest movie festival in the world, which took place from 30 August to 9 September, 2017, was a special one – for the...

Sep

“Carne y Arena” – Aimone Bodini Visits Fondazione Prada

After being premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the Virtual Reality installation “Carne y Arena” by Alejandro G. Inarritu is now open to the public at Fondazione Prada in Milan until 15th January 2018. “Carne y Arena” (“Flesh and Sand”) drags...

Jul

WVRF Enlightens YouthConnekt with VR Education

The hottest season of the year brought Salar Shahna, World VR Forum’s CEO to YouthConnekt Summit 17’ on youth development themed From Potential to Success, hosted by the Rwandan President, his Excellency, Paul Kagame and organized in collaboration with UNDP, UNCTAD, and...

Jul

WVRF Talks VR at Brazil’s Independent Games Festival

Summertime, the world’s most popular travel season took WVRF’s CEO, Salar Shahna across the Atlantic Ocean to BIG Festival (Brazil’s Independent Games Festival), the most important international indie games festival in Latin America and a business hub for both local and international...

Jul

COLLISIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND THE WEST: THE TREND OF VR BEIJING

The fifth VR / AR Salon “Collision between China and the West: The Trend of VR Content Development and Realization” co-hosted by Beijing Cultural Innovation Workshop, the Beijing Municipal Office of Cultural Affairs, hosted by the Beijing Municipal Investment Group, Green Pavilion...

Jun

World VR Lab Hosts Industry Visit at Freestudios

In the midst of Switzerland’s hottest summer yet, World VR Forum partnered up with Freestudios – a leading Swiss production and post-production company to present the World VR Lab to several members of Virtual Switzerland (our country’s National Thematic Network) and to...

Jun

WVRF AT SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC – LA ROCHELLE

The Sunny Side of the Doc in La Rochelle, France is the largest international documentary market. WVRF was at the 28th edition of Sunny Side of the Doc to present a selection of movies in Synchronized Screening. Located in the heart of...

Jun

WVRF SUBMERGES ITU INTO VR AT WSIS

The sizzling summer days did not stop World VR Forum from bedazzling WSIS Forum 2017 (World Summit on Information Society) – the world’s largest annual gathering of the ‘ICTs for Development’ community with the latest revolutionary VR experiences, demonstrations and workshops for the...

Jun

WVRF Spices Up NAB SHOW Shanghai with VR

The warm summer breeze took WVRF’s COO, Delphine Seitiee and WVRF’s Content Manager, Maria Guta to the third edition of glamorous NAB Show Shanghai, in China, 13 – 15 June, 2017. NAB Show Shanghai is an international event consisting of various Chinese...

Jun

WVRF in PARIS for Journée des Jeunes Producteurs

The brink of summer brought WVRF’s Co-Founders Delphine Seitiée and Salar Shahna to Journée des Jeunes Producteurs which was specifically dedicated to the latest spectacular productions of young French film producers of all kinds of genres in Paris, France, 7-8 June, 2017....

Jun

The Imperial Crown Handed at AWE

AWE is a partner event with World VR Forum and a key place for AR that has been going on for many years. As the Imperial Crown award which is handed out for the best VR experience at our Annual Summit has...

May

WVRF Goes Into the Game

At the brink of the tanning and surfing season, the World VR Forum team went Into the Game, a convention dedicated to the “geek” culture of video gaming to introduce VR games on mobile devices to a diverse Valisan public of all...

May

WVRF VR Shenanigans at Cannes Film Festival

The sunny springtime took World VR Forum’s Co-Founders, Delphine Seitiee and Salar Shahna to the magnificent 70th edition of Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, Friday to Tuesday, 19-23 May, 2017. WVRF was at the festival for three interventions, the first one...

May

After Solitary Takes First Prize at the Second Edition of WVRF’s Annual Summit

Greeted by a pesky rain shower, the World VR Forum’s Annual Summit speakers and contestants were invited to a glamorous Award Ceremony to celebrate their astounding achievements in VR at the end of the third and final conference day of the second...

May

VR Cinema Shakes Up the Red Bull Dome

For the 2017 edition of the Annual Summit of the World VR Forum, a VR Cinema has been implemented with a selection of more than 50 short-films that were screened through all four days of the Summit at the Red Bull Dome...

May

Special Programmes Immerse and Amaze at WVRF 2017

Immersive, mesmerizing, transcendent are just some of the few adjectives that come to mind when describing the VR and AR experiences in the Special Programmes section of the WVRF’s Annual Summit’s second edition which were available to all attendees present at Le...

May

VR Workshops Spice Up WVRF’s Second Edition

VR Workshops – the ultimate one-hour crash courses on how to utilise the latest VR technology were one of the key sections of the World VR Forum’s Annual Summit, at Le Regent Congress Center, in Crans-Montana, on Friday and Saturday, 12 –...

May

WVRF 2017 Hosts the VR Market

The WVRF’s Annual Summit gathered more than 3,000 international attendees from across the globe and brought together various VR/AR content providers from creative, technical as well as research fields. It is a unique event that draws VR/AR leaders and enthusiasts in the...

May

Tesla – The Supercomputer Vehicle at WVRF 2017

Through VR you can walk around Times Square or drive an amazing car, immerse yourself in a video game or an interactive movie with no physical limits. Tesla electric cars – the brilliant invention of the genius Elon Musk, light years ahead...

May

WVRF PRESENTS SOCIAL VR AT PHOCUSWRIGHT EUROPE, AMSTERDAM

Phocuswright Europe organized by Phocuswright’s President Simon Lehmann and Phocuswright’s Events Manager Kimberly Campetti, is a major international event related to tourism, gathering the biggest companies in the tourism industry, and consists of keynote addresses, round tables, one-on-one interviews, peer talk backs...

May

WAN-IFRA Master Class in Journalism at WVRF 2017

Last October, World VR Forum was a guest speaker at the World Publishing Expo in Vienna, organized by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the Global Alliance for Media Innovation (GAMI). With more than 6,000 attending, the end...

May

VR Games Work Their Magic at WVRF’s Second Edition

To the gamers’ delight, a Game Zone was installed by Geneva Gaming Convention (GGC) consisting of three HTC Vive sets, two PlayStations as well as several Samsung Gear VR sets at the second edition of World VR Forum’s Annual Summit, on the...

May

Surprise Party Animated by Tamaggo Rocks Sport Palace

Partially drenched in rainwater dripping from the misty Crans-Montana sky, the WVRF’s Annual Summit’s VR and AR whizzes and aspiring connoisseurs left Le Constellation lounge bar for the next grand fiesta of the night: The Surprise Party animated by Tamaggo, at Sport Palace –...

May

Lombard Odier Sponsors WVRF Apéritif at Le Constellation

The conclusion of World VR Forum’s Annual Summit’s second conference day brought much excitement, as the Summit’s attendants headed to Le Constellation lounge bar for some wine, beer and traditional Swiss fondue in Crans-Montana, on Friday, 12 May, 2017. The jolly, formal...

May

After Solitary: A Word from the Creator of The Winning Masterpiece

On a chilly springtime evening in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, World VR Forum has officially declared Cedric Gamelin of Emblematic Group with his touching and controversial VR documentary piece, After Solitary, as the winner of the Imperial Crown at the WVRF’s Annual Summit’s Award Ceremony,...

May

WVRF’s Annual Summit Participants Enjoy Valaisan Cocktail sponsored by Business Valais

The evening concluding the first conference day of the World VR Forum’s Annual Summit was celebrated with a Valaisan Cocktail sponsored by Business Valais – the cantonal welcome gateway to the heart of the cantonal administration which brings together all the economic...

May

Red Bull Hosts Ultimate Midnight Raves at their Dome

The Red Bull Dome in collaboration with NIFFF packed full houses on Thursday and Saturday nights, complete with Mlchigang DJs coming from Neuchatel and Geneva, shaking up the Dome with the latest hits of the decade and the bar (which was also...

May

The Imperial Crown: How the VR Oscar Came to Life

Move over Oscar, there is a new award in town: the Imperial Crown – the top prize in the Virtual Reality world, and it is given out just around the corner in Crans-Montana, at World VR Forum’s Annual Summit’s Award Ceremony in May....

May

China – Country of Honour 2017

At the World VR Forum’s second Annual Summit, we were delighted to welcome Chinese guests from academia and VR/AR industry experts, to official alliance of VR industries in China, at Le Regent Congress Center, in Cras-Montana, from 11 to 14 May. A...

May

WVRF Shares Throne with Local Virtual Royalty at Royaume du Web

World VR Forum kicked off the final blossoming month of spring by joining the CRANS-MONTANA SNOW ISLAND booth along with Vision Art Festival and Silent Party at Royaume du Web (Web Kingdom) – the ultimate gathering of today’s young francophone stars of...

Apr

Virtual Switzerland Gathers a VR Extravaganza at Rolex Learning Center, EPFL

Virtual Switzerland, the National Thematic Network (NTN) from Meyrin, was kicked off with style, barging onto the wobbly VR deck with its historic debut by showcasing all the latest VR masterpieces and blossoming buds of the Swiss VR industry at Rolex Learning Center, EPFL (École polytechnique...

Apr

MIFA Goes VR at FIFA

On a mission to spread Virtual Reality to and fro, Salar Shahna, WVRF’s CEO crossed the Atlantic Ocean to speak at the 6th edition of MIFA, the market section of FIFA (Festival International des Films sur Arts) in it’s 35th year, at...

Mar

CineGlobe Goes VR for its 10th Anniversary

As spring rolled around the corner, CineGlobe kicked off its 10th anniversary with the seventh edition of a much awaited, week-long Film Festival at CERN, themed Myths and Realities, with traditional short films and Virtual Reality in the mix, organized and presented by...

Mar

A French Think Tank Dedicated to Virtual Reality

As sunny springtime skies engulfed the horizon, “Uni-VR # 7” took place at Vivendi headquarters in Paris, France, on the 17th of March, 2017. The morning started with a welcome breakfast followed by an introduction by Frederic Josue and Morgan Bouchet, President...

Mar

World VR Forum brings its expertise to 2017 Asia VR and AR Fair and Summit

At the rise of spring, World VR Forum’s Creative Director and CEO, Salar Shahna took off to 2017 Asia VR and AR Fair and Summit, in Guangzhou, China, from 8 to 11 March. It was a large-scale event, packed with 100,000 people...

Feb

WVRF DEMONSTRATES VR AT DULWICH COLLEGE

The World VR Forum introduced the newest technology to one of the most successful family of schools in Asia, Dulwich College International (DCI) last February in Suzhou, China. Eight International Schools, two International High Schools and one sister school throughout China, South...

Feb

WVRF VISITS BCA ACADEMY IN SINGAPORE

Hosted by Mr. Cheng Tai Fatt (Deputy Managing Director of BCA), and Jusuf Anggono (Senior BIM Consultant at Building and Construction Authority) WVRF’s President, Clayton Doherty visited the BCA Centre for Lean and Virtual Construction in Singapore in February 2017. The BCA...

Feb

WORLD VR FORUM EXPLORES HOROLOGY, DIGITAL INDUSTRY AND VR AT THINK TANK

Towards the winter’s grand finale, World VR Forum’s Visual Communication Designer – Daniela Gouveia took part in Think Tank, e-ESVMD (Ecole Supérieure en Visual Merchandising Design), a round table on e-Commerce, organized by Brigitte Beeler at CEPV (Centre d’Enseignement Professionnel de Vevey) in...

Jan

World VR Forum ‘Mind Melds’ the Sundance Film Festival

As the Northern Hemisphere’s roughest season whirled into full swing, World VR Forum took off to North America, for the Sundance Film Festival, an 11-day visual extravaganza in Park City, Utah, bringing together some of Hollywood’s biggest names, all the major studios from Los...

Jan

World VR Forum conquers Lisbon at EBU Digital Media Days

Hosted by the RTP (Radio Television Portugal), EBU Digital Media Days took place in Lisbon, Portugal, toward the month’s grand finale, 23-25 January, 2017. Represented by Ellen Kuo, Head of Market Development and Daniela Gouveia, Visual Communication Designer, World VR Forum was...

Jan

WVRF Immerses Crans-Montana into Virtual Reality at EMTS

In the wake of the new year, World VR Forum’s Co-Founder’s – Salar Shahna and Delphine Seitiee; Ellen Kuo, Head of Market Development and Daniela Gouveia, Visual Communication Designer attended the first edition of EMTS (European Mountain Travel Summit) produced by Mountain Travel Symposium in...

Oct

Virtual Reality Enters Reality – Digital Media World, Vienna – WAN IFRA

10- 12 October 2016 Recent technological advancements have led to exciting new ways of telling stories. Sensors, such as 3D scanners, eye and hand tracking devices and GPS on mobile phones, enable us to capture information in real time. Displays, such as...

Oct

Swiss-US VR Summit, Swissnex San Francisco

SWISSNEX, PIER 17, SAN-FRANCISCO, CA, USA October 4, 2016 Dacuda is a Swiss computer vision company that redefines the capabilities of cameras with real‐time 2D and 3D algorithms. As the leading pioneer in software 3D camera technology, Dacuda’s mission is to bring...

Sep

Swiss Embassy Beijing welcomes the World VR Forum

The theme of the event was Experience Crans-Montana in Switzerland which was held at the Swiss Embassy, Beijing on September 21, 2016. Accompanied by Mr. Bruno Huggler, Director of Crans-Montana Tourisme & Congress and Mr. Thomas Allemann, Chief Representative of Fert Chinagate,...

Sep

WVRF @IBC – International Broadcasting Convention

September 15-19, 2016 RAI-Convention centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands IBC is the leading global tradeshow for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of broadcasting media and entertainment. The event’s unparalleled exhibition and agenda setting conference encompass the very latest developments in broadcasting,...

Sep

WVRF @TIFF 2016

The Toronto International Film Festival TIFF is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. An entire section named POP has given space for VR at the festival this year for the last weekend. Upstreaming...

Aug

Interview : Brian Rausch, CEO of House of Moves @SIGGRAPH2016

We met Brian Rausch, CEO of House of Moves, a company specialized in motion capture, designing and developing real time production tools for the last 4 years. Through this interview, we seek to understand better his insight on VR and how his company...

Aug

WVRF & Smart Villages, technology meets with new ways of thinking

The Ecovillages forum was born in 2012 under the leadership of Michael Liebreich, then CEO of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, with the support of the Comme d’Ormont-Dessus. Initially dubbed Shift to the Green, it was born in the wake of Switzerland’s decision...

Aug

By Pierre-Edouard Hunkeler

Synesthesia suit, full body immersive VR experience @SIGGRAPH2016

Touch and be touched, haptic feedback is one of the most anticipated feature to push fully the immersion in virtual reality. Japanese Keio Media Design University Team* presented a new way to live VR experience by adding body sensations through 24 vibro‐tactile actuators distributed over...

Jun

WVRF @China Internet Conference – Salar Shahna

China’s 15th Internet Conference organized by the ISC (Internet Society of China) took place at Beijing International Convention Center in the midst of everyone’s favorite season, 21-23 June, 2016. The ISC is a Chinese non-governmental organization made up of 140 members...

Jun

Interview @Sunny Side of the Doc

Partners of the VR Lab, Salar Shahna, Creative Director and Delphine Seitiee, Executive Director, co-founders of the World VR Forum, answered our questions. — Consult the interview here.

May

RTS Play

VS: Crans-Montana accueille un salon entièrement dédié à la réalité virtuelle Une rencontre qui permet de regrouper des spécialistes de tous bords.

May

Canal9 #WVRF16

Immersion dans le 1er salon de la réalité virtuelle à Crans-Montana 2016, année de la réalité virtuelle. Avec l’arrivée sur le marché des casques compatibles avec nos smartphones, c’est un nouveau tournant pour ce média déjà âgé de plus de 20 ans....

May

Bilan parle du WVRF

La réalité virtuelle fait son show à Crans-Montana Et si l’univers de la réalité virtuelle constituait le nouveau secteur moteur de l’économie digitale? L’année 2016 voit arriver sur le marché des équipements et des services. Et la Suisse entend se placer dans...

May

Pro Helvetia empowering innovation in creation

Pro Helvetia is supporting the first World VR Forum which will be held in Crans-Montana from the 6th to the 8th of May 2016. The WVRF’s objective is to promote the multi-dimensional character of virtual reality and augmented reality through art, science,...

Apr

House of Switzerland writes about us

From 6 to 8 May 2016, the Crans-Montana resort in Valais will host the first World Virtual Reality Forum. Michel Reilhac will chair this event, which intends to “showcase the technology’s ability to adapt and become more democratic”. “The event aims to...

Apr

WVRF featured in larealitevirtuelle.com

Consult the article here.

Apr

Listen to us on WRS

Clayton Doherty from the World VR Forum joined Katt in the WRS studio and let her try on the goggles mid-chat! You’re seeing a studio, but Katt is perched on a glacier 3000m above sea level! Here’s the interview that was aired...

Apr

Find us on Richard’s blog

Virtual Reality Advertising At this moment in time Virtual Reality is an abstract notion for most people. It is easy to find news features and documentaries speaking about the potential of the medium. The video above is the most effective demonstration of...

Apr

The official poster of #WVRF16 is here!

Apr

Find us on Virtual Reality Reporter

WVRF 2016 Taking Place @ CONGRESS CENTER LE REGENT, SWITZERLAND on May 6-8 Crans-Montana is hosting the first annual summit of the WVRF, international organization dedicated to virtual and augmented reality with headquarters in Geneva. Virtual reality (VR) is an entirely new medium that...

Apr

Le Temps parle du World VR Forum

Le journal quotidien Suisse Le Temps a rédigé un article dans sa rubrique Sciences et présente le World VR Forum. Consultez l’article ici. — Crans Montana, future capitale de la réalité virtuelle? La station valaisanne accueillera le premier World VR Forum du...

Feb