Nothing is more exciting than seeing big companies joining investments in VR. This is exactly what Disney and Oculus are doing. At yesterday's Oculus Connect 3 conference, Yelena Rachitsky, creative director of Oculus, announced the news.
Rachitsky first talked about the performance of Oculus this year, including the VR short film "Henry" received the Emmy, and then announced the decision. “We are seeing VR's creativity and technology rising, so we plan to inject more investment into these unique experiences and hope to make Oculus the platform of choice for this type of content. We are talking about only part of our plan. We are very excited to announce the cooperation with Walt Disney Studios, Disney is a master of storytelling."
Oculus will collaborate with Disney to create a series of VR experiences that will be based on some of Disney's most famous characters, and plans to go public later this year - this news comes out with most of the news at the conference. "Oculus Technology Combined with Disney's magic and creativity, it will set a higher threshold for VR."
In addition to working with Disney, Oculus will also work with the movie "Silverwing Killer." "We will be working with Alcon Interactive to bring the VR experience to the Oculus platform before the sequel to the 2017 Silver Wings Killer."