Transmedia: Storytelling for the Digital Age

Mike Hoefflinger:  "With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail..."

Daniel Terdiman:  "In a nondescript building in L.A., Fox's "three amigos" are helping to define Hollywood's VR future."

Mark Wilson:  "So many companies, so many technologies. Who can keep it all straight? We can! Here's a plainspeak FAQ to get you up to speed."

Nikita Richardson:  "How does the Zachary Quinto-produced horror movie Banshee Chapter look on the much-discussed VR device?"

Linc Gasking:  "The thesis of VR/AR is that, as a new interface, it will take over many parts of existing interfaces, including real life, such as shopping, education and some forms of live entertainment — and, of course, the Internet. But the true magic and innovation is what we’ve only been able to imagine as part of science fiction: traveling back in time, teleporting to a different location and being with people who are no longer with us."

Melanie Ehrenkranz and 'digital culture guru' Frank Rose  discuss "how the future of storytelling will largely be shaped not just by the shiny new tech toys of the now and near future, but also largely on how storytellers integrate them into narrative practices of the past."

Ryan Rigney:  "Just as people struggled to find a practical application for hydrogen balloons, small thinking has also plagued the development of one of today's flashiest technologies, virtual reality devices. But VR doesn't need a killer app. It just needs to be unleashed on the world, so the people tinkering with it can lead us all someplace new."

Kevin Ohannessian:  "One idea is dominating this year's Game Developers Conference: virtual reality. From Treadmills to bodysuits, from guns to games, the emerging VR ecosystem is vast--and growing."