The award-winning studio behind the latest story for Within’s AR reading app for kids prizes outside-the-box thinking over tried-and-true practices https://medium.com/media/4577346f2d79a391f9692c614b9994b0/hrefChromosphere is an Emmy Award-winning international design and animation studio that forges new creative frontiers using artists who believe in unconventional ideas and aren’t afraid to experiment with new techniques. Under the leadership of Creative Director, Kevin Dart, Chromosphere created, “Sinclair Snake: Museum Mischief,” the seventh story for Wonderscope, Within’s critically accla ..read more

SOKRISPYMEDIA Ponders the Future of VR: World-building is Key Eventually VR will be just one part of a much larger picture when it comes to building interactive worlds, says SOKRISPYMEDIA co-founder, Sam Wickert Sam Wickert behind the scenes on the set of the virtual reality short “Internet Surfer,” available on Within.Virtual reality felt like a nascent technology in 2015 when Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh created their first VR video, Channel Surfer. Four years later, with the help of MWMi, the founders of the popular YouTube channel SOKRISPYMEDIA are navigating a whole new world when it comes ..read more

Within Original: New Video for Matthew Dear’s ‘What You Don’t Know’ is a Musical Journey Into the Heart of WebVR https://medium.com/media/caf0b50c4f383ed22345705319bb05df/hrefCreated by Within collaborators jonobr1 and mr.doob, the interactive video lets users create a singular track out of Dear’s elusive shapeshifting beats You’re in the center of an oscillating sphere that functions like a compass. Above you is a pulsing liquid orb that beams the words to avant-pop artist and DJ Matthew Dear’s single, “What You Don’t Know,” off of his latest album, “Bunny.” An elastic band encircles you, lik ..read more

The popular YouTube channel’s founders, Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh, know that when it comes to creating experiences in virtual reality, success equals extreme attention to detail. Sam Wickert is obsessive when it comes to his craft. The 23-year-old co-founder of SOKRISPYMEDIA will not put anything online unless he feels it’s near perfect. That, he says, has been the secret of his YouTube channel’s immense success. It is also key to SOKRISPYMEDIA’S more recent forays into the world of VR. Last month Within debuted four of the channel’s most elaborate VR endeavors to date: a group of experiences ..read more

Filmmakers Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh started their channel in junior high. Three years later, they went viral and their lives changed for good. Their video series SOKRISPY DREAMS is now available on Within. Talk to any kid today and they’ll likely tell you how cool it would be to become a YouTube star. Many of them already have YouTube channels set up. The dream is real, but the reality is that creating a successful YouTube channel is not easy at all. So it was a crazy dream come true when Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh became overnight YouTube sensations in high school. Wickert, 23, and Leigh, 2 ..read more

In September, Within partners with MWMi to showcase five mind-bending 360-degree journeys from YouTube sensations SOKRISPYMEDIA Virtual reality gets seriously fun this month when Within partners with MWMi to release five irreverent, wildly creative and highly entertaining experiences created by MWMi collaborator, SOKRISPYMEDIA: Channel Surfer, Internet Surfer, Do Not Touch, Video Game Vehicle and Tiny Tank. All videos — billed collectively as SOKRISPY DREAMS — will be available for streaming September 12th. SOKRISPY was founded by Sam Wickert and Eric Leigh as a space to experiment with up-and ..read more

Two new titles invite viewers to jump inside the frame A still image of “Hover Man” from the virtual reality experience Condemned to Play. The experience allows views to explore Pieter Bruegel the Elder masterpiece “Die Kinderspiele”Fine art is the focus of two new August releases from Within. “Condemned to Play (August 22nd),” a North American premiere; and “Space x Girl (August 8th),” a world premiere, bring paintings to vivid life in wildly unexpected ways. “Condemned to Play” allows viewers to wander inside the canvas of the painting “Die Kinderspiele,” which was created by the famed Dutch ..read more

Can Virtual Reality Be The Bold New Frontier of Journalism?Within’s Catalog of News Docs Aims to Find Out.A still image from the New York Times news documentary, The Displaced, produced in partnership with Within.It’s no secret that news consumption has gone digital. Print newspapers and television outlets alike place premium importance on digital-first strategies, and recent statistics from the Pew Research Center show that 85 percent of U.S. adults now get news on a mobile device.Like so many news outlets, our latest partner, CNN has paid attention to these trends, and in 2017 it announced t ..read more

https://medium.com/media/1cdd8a447426e61caf34340b62f80bab/hrefThis May, June and July, Within rolls out a series of hard-hitting documentaries by CNNVR, whisking viewers to the front lines of some of the world’s most vital news stories.Beginning May 9th, a total of five documentaries are scheduled to be released, with the final segment scheduled for July 6.Here’s what to expect:“Enter North Korea” | Available 5/9Still image of “Enter North Korea” courtesy of CNNVR & WithinArrive in the heart of Pyongyang during North Korea’s biggest celebration of the year: Day of the Sun, which marks the ..read more

Within’s Community Reading Initiative pairs kids with iPads loaded with the award-winning AR app, Wonderscope, designed to encourage movement, reading aloud and exploration.Story time has sprung to life this month as hundreds of Los Angeles school children are receiving the chance to interact with a wild and wonderful assortment of characters through the magic of augmented reality. The extraordinary experience comes courtesy of Within, which has teamed up with Los Angeles Public Libraries and LA’s BEST afterschool enrichment program for the Wonderscope Los Angeles Community Reading Initiative ..read more