Voting for IVRPA Board of Directors is OPEN Each year we hold elections for IVRPA board member seats. Board members are elected for two years, and this year we have seven candidates. Please visit the Member’s Only forum page to read the candidate statements and place your votes. Please note: you must be logged in… Read More
Hello IVRPA members! Evolution, revolution – however you see it, our industry is always changing. This is mostly for the better, with new tools such as Insta360’s One X and the Oculus Go, but not entirely, as the closure of Kolor demonstrated so sharply. IVRPA’s role, as always, is to help promote the VR world’s… Read More
In celebration of the 2nd Annual Global Virtual Reality Day on November 17th, 2018, the International Virtual Reality Professionals Association (IVRPA) and Virtual Room are joining forces to present the ultimate team-based VR experience using HTC Vive’s state of the art roomscale technology. It’s an exhilarating, immersive and collaborative adventure for all ages! … Read More
GoPro closes the door on Kolor Software, will offer no future support for Kolor customers Read More
The event, VR Day, will take place on Saturday, November 17th and the IVRPA will be participating in both Los Angeles, CA and Vienna, Austria. For the Vienna event, we are pairing up with the local organizers who organize the very popular VRVienna Meetups. The next meet up will take place on November 19th (yes,… Read More
Back in 2012 Android phones offered the capability to shoot “photo spheres,” Google’s proprietary term for 360 interactive panoramic photos. This technology wasn’t actually anything new; Apple had already accomplished this feat with the release of QuickTime VR in 1994. But what was cool about photo spheres and what made them unique to Android devices… Read More
The International Virtual Reality Professionals Association is hosting its 14th annual conference from 10th – 13th June 2019 in Belfast. Read More
Effective immediately Kolor, a leader in virtual reality and spherical media solutions that was acquired by GoPro in 2015, is closing. The announcement was made earlier today on the Kolor website followed by a Facebook post by Alexandre Jenny, former Kolor CEO / CTO, on his personal page. Kolor employees are moving on from GoPro… Read More
Congratulations to the IVRPA conference team! IVRPA Tokyo 2018 was a dynamic four-day conference filled with talks, workshops and demonstrations about 360º VR photographic and video imaging; it was an intense, inspiring concentration of the world’s experts in the field, sharing their knowledge and experiences. This was made possible by an enormous amount of work… Read More
Featured Experiences in the Virtual Reality Presentation Space at Tokyo 2018 : 700 Sharks (2 episodes) By Arte 360 VR / ARTE (France ) RHIZOMAT by INVR / ARTE (Germany) UTURN By NativeVR (USA) As it is By 360 Labs (USA) Pandas By UTOVR & AirPano (China) ANICCA by INSTITUTE OF TIME / Ergin Sanal (Turkey) Hallelujah By Pacific VR and… Read More
Panel Debate: The Future of 360º Video and Photos There is a large quantity of stunning high quality 360 photography being produced. What are the challenges of bringing that same level of quality into 360 videos? What are some of the biggest challenges for 360 video and photography to become widely adopted? Is monetization… Read More
What’s Next for 360º Video? Over the last decade, Virtual Reality and 360º video techniques and content have progressed enormously yet somewhat side by side. This talk by Nathalie Mathe at the IVRPA Tokyo 2018 Conference examines how the separate trends of real-time interactive graphics (CG) and 360º video are converging in the near future… Read More
Augmented Filmmaking: Embedded Narratives and Experiential Environments Immersive media adds new opportunities and layers within content creation and filmmaking – exploring new storytelling techniques, nuances and interaction layers. The growth, expansion and overlap of immersive technology capabilities would mean that filmmaking will embed more interactive narratives across both mediums and environments. We can already see… Read More
Kolor Focus Group: Immersive Storytelling Workshop Be heard. Software experts Benjamin Baudel & Raphaël Roux from Kolor would like to listen to you and learn more about your usage and what you expect from a VR storytelling software tool at their workshop during IVRPA Tokyo 2018 Conference. All participants will get a little gift and… Read More
Kandao – Explore the Next-Gen Virtual Reality Imaging: From Stereo to Depth As virtual reality hits the masses, new ways of creating content immersive experience are being explored, by both on-field experienced creators to leading VR camera manufacturer. Being the developer of the renowned professional VR camera Obsidian, Kandao keeps finding solutions that remove technical… Read More
IVRPA - The International Virtual Reality Professionals Association is an international association of photographers who create and produce 360° Panoramas and other Virtual Reality Content including 360° Video, 360° Virtual Tours, Gigapixel Panoramas, and more.
This website showcases both our members and VR Photography community enthusiasts, and serves as a central place for news and communication for the 360° VR industry.
Professional and amateur and 360° VR photographers are encouraged to Join IVRPA and participate on this website.