The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is taking on the issue of virtual reality, announcing that it is bringing in industry professionals to participate in its Virtual Reality Advisory Group.

YouTube has jumped on the HDR bandwagon, as the company announced on its blog that it has added support for HDR videos

Many believe that virtual reality is the next big step in content development and are searching for ways to integrate the technology.

YouTube’s captioning service has reached a milestone, with the company announcing that it has captioned 1 billion videos for the benefit of viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Virtual reality has been around for a while, but between its association with video games and how goofy people can look wearing a headset and reacting to something only they can see, people pegged it as a niche technology.

The adage “don’t knock it until you try it” seems pretty apt for virtual reality based on the findings of a new survey from ReportLinker Insight.

New VR experience part of Facebook 360 Video feature

Tennis fans will get to partake in the French Open in a brand new way, as one of the sports four majors will offer 360-degree live broadcasts in 4K for the first time.