A look at the 2025 AI Film Festival, backed by Runway AI and screened by Imax; some cinephiles deride it while others say it's part of a natural tech evolution
From a POV butterfly larvae doc to something that resembled a perfume commercial, Runway AI's film festival selections did little to convince me of AI's artistry. Bluesky: @johnsemley3000 and @manisha...
Imax partners with Runway AI to screen 10 films selected as finalists in the company's AI Film Festival at 10 Imax locations across the US
Imax is teaming with tech firm Runway to present commercial screenings of selections from the company's AI Film Festival.
A review of Submerged, Apple's first scripted short film shot in Immersive Video for the Vision Pro: technologically impressive, but an isolating experience
this could change the way we watch movies Tess Ryan / MakeUseOf : Will a 15-Minute Film Make You Buy an Apple Vision Pro? The Company Thinks So Neil Cybart / Above Avalon : Apple Releases First Script...
Apple details select streaming and sports apps available on Vision Pro at launch, including Disney+, ESPN, MLB, PGA, Max, and TikTok; some will have 3D movies
from Avatar: The Way of Water to Avengers: Endgame Wes Davis / The Verge : Apple Vision Pro will launch with 3D movies from Disney Plus Samantha Wiley / iLounge : HBO Max to be natively supported on V...
How chains like Cinemark and AMC are testing high-end, immersive multiplayer VR experiences in select movie theaters
Peter Rubin / Wired : Tweets: @provenself , @wired , and @wired Tweets: Peter Rubin / @provenself : IMAX made a big bet on VR, then reconsidered. Bad for them, good for the movie-theater chains that ...
How chains like Cinemark and AMC are testing high-end, immersive multiplayer VR experiences in select movie theaters
ONCE UPON A time, the company with the biggest screens in the world made a big bet on virtual reality. IMAX opened seven VR centers in movie theaters around the globe … Tweets: @provenself , @wired ,...
SEC filing: IMAX will close its remaining three virtual reality centers and write off “certain VR investments”; the three sites are expected to close in Q1 2019
Imax is making its exit from virtual reality (VR) official: The company notified shareholders with a SEC filing Thursday …
Imax closes its New York City VR center, bringing VR center closures to three; company says it won't spend on VR projects in 2019
Imax continues to scale down its virtual reality (VR) ambitions: The company closed its New York-based VR Center in recent days, bringing the total number of such closures up to 3. Tweets: @rafat Twee...
IMAX says it has canceled the development of a VR camera it had partnered with Google on; source: Google pulled out late last year as it shifted its focus to AR
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Race to build VR cameras escalates as Google teams with IMAX and Yi Technology on new rigs
Google is working with new camera manufacturers IMAX and Yi Technology to ramp up production — One of the most impressive things Google unveiled at its developers conference last May was an odd, dis...