{"id":3960,"date":"2016-05-05T22:59:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T20:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2016-05-06T13:04:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:04:35","slug":"time-inc-launches-life-vr-video-platform-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/time-inc-launches-life-vr-video-platform-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Inc. launches LIFE VR video platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time Inc. previewed today LIFE VR, an innovative video platform from the iconic LIFE brand that will showcase the world through the lens of virtual reality. LIFE\u00a0VR , Time Inc.\u2019s dedicated VR platform, will offer immersive, next-level storytelling culled from Time Inc.\u2019s 100 global brands, including: Time, People, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated.<br \/>\nThe VR platform will feature experiences across every passion with channels dedicated to news, sports, celebrity, fashion, food, travel, finance and more.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement by Time Inc. follows several VR experiences by this media company, and is framed into the new VR storytelling trend currently being shaped and adopted, among many others others by The Guardian (first ever 360\u00ba VR journalistic documentary\u00bb6&#215;9 a virtual experience of solitary confinement\u00bb) and Samsung, who carried out the first ever 360\u00ba live streaming experience of teh opening ceremony at Lillehammer latest YOG (Youth Olimpic Games).<\/p>\n<p>Operated under the auspices of Time, The Foundry and Time Inc. Studios, LIFE VR will house all the virtual reality content from Time Inc. brands and will debut this fall as a free standalone app on iOS and Android.<br \/>\nThere will be a mobile viewer experience for users of compatible goggles as well as 360\u00ba video experienced through the handset alone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3958\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/TimeInc_Life_VR_Logo_1200pix.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3958\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3958\" src=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/TimeInc_Life_VR_Logo_1200pix.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a9 Time Inc.\" width=\"890\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/TimeInc_Life_VR_Logo_1200pix.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/TimeInc_Life_VR_Logo_1200pix-768x267.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 890px) 100vw, 890px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">\u00a9 Time Inc.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chris Hercik, VP of Creative + Content at The Foundry; Mike Beck and Ian Orefice, Senior Executive Producers of Time Inc. Video; and Mia Tramz, Managing Editor of the LIFE\u00a0VR initiative and Senior Multimedia Editor of Time compose the leading team.<\/p>\n<p>LIFE\u00a0VR is a natural extension of the LIFE brand, one of the most followed media brands on Pinterest (currently with 1\u00a0million followers) that also has nearly 4.5 million Twitter followers.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 1936 LIFE quickly became the country\u2019s preeminent cultural chronicler, showcasing the most compelling photographs of the times and revealing the stories behind them. LIFE\u00a0VR is a natural extension for the brand and is in keeping with Henry Luce\u2019s vision for the brand<\/p>\n<p>This initiative is also another example of Time Inc.\u2019s multifaceted video strategy to deliver its world-class video storytelling to consumers across all channels, platforms and devices.<\/p>\n<p>LIFE VR follows a series of virtual reality efforts from the company, including InStyle\u2019s first VR experience last October which featured a three-minute tour of a cover shoot starring Drew Barrymore and Sports Illustrated Swimsuit\u2019s VR experiences taking viewers inside the photo shoots of former cover models on location that were presented in the SI Swim mobile app. In support of this effort, the company has formed development partnerships with leading VR companies Framestore, NextVR and WEVR, and several projects are currently in development.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Image over the headline.-<\/strong> \u00a9 Time Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Related Eastwindmarketing links<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/the-guardian-releases-6x9-its-first-ever-360o-vr-journalistic-documentary\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Guardian releases 6\u00d79, its first ever 360\u00ba VR journalistic documentary<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time Inc. previewed today LIFE VR, an innovative video platform from the iconic LIFE brand that will showcase the world through the lens of virtual reality. LIFE\u00a0VR , Time Inc.\u2019s dedicated VR platform, will offer immersive, next-level storytelling culled from Time Inc.\u2019s 100 global brands, including: Time, People, Entertainment Weekly and Sports Illustrated. The VR &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/en\/time-inc-launches-life-vr-video-platform-2\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time Inc. launches LIFE VR video platform<\/span> Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":3957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[410,3759,3758,993],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastwind.es\/marketing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}