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Author of the article: Tom Murray Soul singer and songwriter Ann Vriend on her front porch in McCauley, which she used to stage 26 neighbourhood concerts last year. Photo by Ed Kaiser /Postmedia When Ann Vriend penned her latest single three years ago she didn’t realize how much it would resonate…

TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- VIVEPORT, HTC's pioneering VR app store and subscription service platform, today announced a strategic alliance with BANDAI NAMCO Pictures (BN Pictures), the leading animation studio and production company, to bring BN Pictures' well-known animated content to a new dimension in virtual reality (VR).…

Join GamesBeat Summit 2021 this April 28-29. Register for a free or VIP pass today. Virtual reality earned a great public relations coup from the Oscars. Respawn Entertainment, a division of Electronic Arts, and Oculus Studios won an Academy Award on Sunday for Best Documentary Short for the film Colette.…

The short film featured in VR title Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Respawn Entertainment and Oculus have staked a claim in the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 2021 Oscars for its in-game film, Colette. Colette is a 25-minute documentary made by Anthony Giacchino and Alice…

Facebook just won its first Oscar. “Colette,” from the social giant’s Oculus VR group and EA’s Respawn Entertainment, picked up the trophy for documentary short subject Sunday at the 93rd Academy Awards. The 24-minute film follows former French Resistance member Colette Marin-Catherine as she travels to Germany for the first time in 74 years. “Colette” was created for…

Certainly, one of the biggest things to come from Chevrolet in recent years has been the all-new C8 Corvette. The C8 Corvette is now entering its third model year, and changes to the car are minimal. While the car carries over unchanged, there are three new colors for buyers to…

The Meyer Shank Racing-Honda driver was one of the stars of qualifying, on a day when two Team Penske-Chevrolets failed to graduate from Q1 and no Chip Ganassi Racing-Hondas made it beyond Q2. Harvey set his best lap on Lap 2 in the Firestone Fast Six, and was beaten by…

In pub quizzes in years to come, questions might be asked about what the acronyms NIAC, NPHET and the latest one VRG stand for. Over a year ago, most people had never heard of these terms. They have now become part of everyday language. The VRG is the Vaccine Rollout…

The top 15 in the 24-car field were covered by just half a second in opening practice for Round 2 in the 2021 NTT IndyCar Series, with the top 20 were covered by one second. And pacesetter Newgarden of Team Penske-Chevrolet set a 60.8029sec lap of the 1.8-mile street course…

"Here comes the sun," George Harrison once wrote; "It's been a long cold lonely winter..." For music fans, this latest lockdown has perhaps bit hardest of all. Starting just before Christmas, it's kept us separated from family and friends, and pinned our lives down away from the places that bring…