USA TODAY NETWORK

USA TODAY NETWORK has been at the forefront of creating exceptional VR content with  experiences such as the Des Moines Register’s award-winning look at life on a farm with “Harvest of Change”, a ride along with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels dubbed as the most popular 360 Facebook video of 2015, with over 11 million views and shared by none other than Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, and even going as far as to develop the first ever regularly scheduled VR news show launching this fall

Until the app for Daydream launches, please see USA TODAY NETWORK's VR Stories app to experience their VR news stories.

USA TODAY NETWORK also launched the first-ever branded weekly VR news show in exclusive partnership with YouTube, as well as a premiere launch sponsor, Toyota. Additionally, the USA TODAY NETWORK has also hired an Emmy-winning director & producer, David Hamlin, to serve as the executive producer for the show.

We invite you to the StoryNEXT VR event, see details here. 

Please see below for the release, blog post, social & a few media hits:

Press Release

PR Blog Post

WSJ Article

Reuters Article

Campaign US Article

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Bottle Rocket Blasts Off with VR AR

This month featured member is Bottle Rocket.

Bottle Rocket is an award-winning mobile strategy, design, and development company that provides industry-leading innovation and value-driven experiences for the world’s top brands such as NBCUniversal, Coca-Cola, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, PetSmart and Mary Kay. Since 2008 Bottle Rocket has built 250+ applications and experiences for iPhone, iPad, Android, streaming devices, wearables, and VR.  Bottle Rocket, a subsidiary of OgilvyOne, is part of WPP, the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company made up of 150 different companies around the world including companies like Ogilvy & Mather, Young & Rubicam, JWT, Grey, Wunderman, and AKQA.

If you are interested in exploring VR AR possibilities with Bottle Rocket, please email Tony Gauthier, Business Development Executive at Bottle Rocket,  tony.gauthier@bottlerocketstudios.com or Kris Kolo, VRARA, President NYC kris@thevrara.com