Happy Friday! Welcome to Issue 23 of Rerun, your weekly digest of digital storytelling, interactive media and the future of TV curated by Axonista.
In our Top Pick this week we feature the story behind BAM, the baseball tech team building the future of TV. We also have a Rerun exclusive, an interview with Stephen McCormack, TV Producer and Co-Founder of MediaCon! Not to mention Buzzfeed TV, Facebook video, Magic Leap, Netflix Japan, hoverboards and more! Yes we said hoverboards!
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HTC announces VR venture capital alliance with $10 billion in ‘deployable capital’
HTC leads an attention grabbing business alliance that brings together 28 virtual reality venture capital firms and $10 billion of "deployable capital." What they've labeled as the VRVCA will meet six times a year in offices in both Beijing and San Francisco.
This news might be concerning to Magic Leap, infamously known as the ultra-secretive leaders in MR, considering that this massive grab bag of VC money will likely increase accessibility into a space that is extremely capital intensive to work in.
Individuals and firms working on VR, AR, and MR technology can apply now online. We'll leave the link here for any of our readers who are getting some ideas to the tune of $10 billion. vrvca.com
