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World Trade Center Teams With Tribeca Enterprises For Virtual Reality Arcade 

World Trade Center Teams With Tribeca Enterprises For Virtual Reality Arcade 

November will showcase virtual reality technology, the next potentially disruptive technology to how people consume content. With VR headsets available from Google, Facebook, Samsung and HTC among others at a growing number of retail locations ranging from Target to Macy’s and Amazon, the showcase is likely to stoke interest this holiday shopping season. The secret sauce for more widespread adoption will be more VR content and headsets at more affordable prices. We expect that to happen over the coming quarters.

“Blurring the boundaries between reality, fantasy, and the future of cinema, Westfield’s new landmark destination in Lower Manhattan to give visitors the opportunity to watch — at no charge — mind-blowing VR programming created by directors of Antz and Madagascar, The Bourne Identity, and from Cirque du Soleil”

In partnership with the premier curators of VR, Tribeca Enterprises, the Tribeca Virtual Reality Arcade at Westfield World Trade Center will, over three weekends in November, present four VR selections that represent the very best of cutting-edge narrative storytelling from the medium’s most innovative content creators.  The experiences will be screened on viewing devices that allow visitors to experience film as a 360° total immersive experience instead of on the traditional two-dimensional movie screen.

Source: Westfield World Trade Center Teams With Tribeca Enterprises To Host Tribeca Virtual Reality Arcade | Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality Trend News & Reviews – Virtual Reality Reporter

Just Eats’s app on Apple TV  signals more changes coming to how consumers use TV

Just Eats’s app on Apple TV  signals more changes coming to how consumers use TV

Apps are starting to blur the lines between smartphones and smartTVs, like AppleTV. From shopping to gaming, we are starting to see a more profound change beyond streaming and placeshifting for how consumers will use their TVs. 

Buoyed by its $2.45 billion IPO two years ago, Europe’s answer to GrubHub is alive and kicking in 15 markets across Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, and today the London-based company is lifting the lid on a handful of new initiatives designed to make it easier for families and friends to order food for delivery.

Now Just Eat is rolling out what it’s touting as an “industry-first” group-ordering feature on Apple TV and its first dedicated app for smart TVs.

In addition to its new Apple TV app, Just Eat says it is also committing to the broader TV realm and will be introducing apps for multiple smart TV brands within the next few months. But before that, it will launch an app for Amazon Fire TV, though as you may have guessed this won’t sport the same collaborative ordering features as the Apple TV app — it will just let people see the menu and the basket on the big screen.

Source: Just Eat is using Apple TV to make online food ordering truly collaborative | VentureBeat | Apps | by Paul Sawers

China will be bigger for the movie box office in 2017 than the US 

China will be bigger for the movie box office in 2017 than the US 

Whether its characters from Disney’s Marvel, Star Wars or Pixar stable, or even DC’s own Batman and Superman, people will flock to the movies to quench their content thirst. Increasingly the international box office is becoming a bigger and bigger factor in movie decisions. Some film, like Expendables 3, are being made solely because of foreign demand, and the same goes for streaming content from Netflix and Amazon. What this tell us is content is truly king, but it also means content companies are likely to pivot to satiate local preferences. 

China — not the U.S. — is projected to be the leader in box office revenue in 2017, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers.If true, it will mark the first time that the U.S. has not been the top revenue driver in an entertainment and media segment. The Chinese box office is expected to generate $10.3 billion next year, while the U.S. will be at $10.1 billion. By 2020, the Chinese box office will reach $15.1 billion versus just $11 billion in the U.S.

Source: China will be bigger for the box office than the US next year: PwC

Food Network teaming with Instacart shows increasing reach of e-commerce 

Food Network teaming with Instacart shows increasing reach of e-commerce 

Following Amazon’s Prime Fresh and Walmart’s teaming with Uber and Lyft for grocery delivery, the intersection of Content is King and the Connected Society is driving a shift in where and how people buy groceries and ingredients. Much like other industry shaking events associated with the Connected Society, this will have a profound impact on both a direct and indirect basis.

xpansion of online fulfillment availability is giving retailers new avenues for selling goods via the Internet.Food Network is teaming up with Instacart to integrate the online grocery delivery service with the Recipe Box and Grocery List features available on FoodNetwork.com and Food.com. The offerings allow consumers to search for online recipes and then create and share shopping lists of the necessary ingredients.

Source: Commentary: Food Network offering shows increasing reach of e-commerce | Chain Store Age