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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Hosts ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel

Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Hosts ‘Immersive Experience’ at Art Basel

Published by Jenni Sidey

Good news for any Art Basel attendees hoping to relive their early aughts salad days: Thomas Bangalter, one half of legendary French electro duo Daft Punk, will take over Hall 1.1 South at Messe Basel on Saturday June 20. Advertised as immersive experience and presented by art.klub, the event “WAREHOUSE ARTEFACTS” will feature Bangalter, house music producer Rampa, and French Swiss conceptual artist Julian Charrière. Info on the event is pretty scant, so it’s not clear if Bangalter plans to perform; an Instagram post announcing the event said it will feature a DJ sert by Rampa and a special guest from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. The event is produced by Nordstern Basel, a popular nightclub in the Swiss city, and with the cooperation of Art Basel and Fondation Beyeler. If Bangalter does end up performing, it will be quite the treat. The artist only recently returned to performing. Last October, Bangalter played his first DJ set since 2009; he followed that up with another show in London in February, where he shared the stage …

Blackmagic Debuts K+ URSA Cine Immersive 100G for Vision Pro

Blackmagic Debuts $29K+ URSA Cine Immersive 100G for Vision Pro

Published by skeptic

Blackmagic has announced a new version of its URSA Cine Immersive camera, the first commercial camera system designed to capture 3D content for the Vision Pro. The URSA Cine Immersive 100G adds 100G Ethernet to the original camera to deliver the bandwidth needed to output live immersive video for the first time. Blackmagic Design also announced the Blackmagic URSA Cine Live Encoder, a live processor module ($1,645) that compresses live immersive video into Apple ProRes for output as SMPTE-2110-22 IP video, allowing users to combine the stereo, high frame rate image streams into a single 100G Ethernet connection. However, the capability is costly – Blackmagic is asking $29,145 for the device, which will be available in Q3 2026. The original Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive remains available on the Blackmagic website for $27,495, down from the $30,000 price tag it carried when it was first unveiled in 2024. Both cameras have a custom stereoscopic 3D lens system with dual 8K sensors, and can capture a 180-degree field of view with spatial audio support at up to 90 frames per …

Eight books of immersive dark gothic fantasy

Eight books of immersive dark gothic fantasy

Published by José Betancourt

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Del Rey, publisher of Innamorata by Ava Reid Once there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by necromancy, until a conqueror’s blade brought them low. But defiant against the new order stands the House of Teeth and its last living members: beautiful Marozia, and her cousin, the uncanny Lady Agnes. Though she has not spoken in seven years, Agnes carries the House’s legacy. She must recapture the secrets of death magic and avenge her family’s fallen honor. A gruesome new duology begins… Confession: I’m fairly new to fantasy. I have only been reading the genre for a few years. But when I found out that dark fantasy existed? When I learned that dark Gothic fantasy existed? Suffice to say, I was determined to start making up for lost time. These books feature all my favorite parts of classic Gothic literature: run-down houses, mysterious figures, and centuries-old curses; as well as …

Inside an immersive new David Bowie exhibition at Lightroom: ‘He stands for something we really need right now’

Inside an immersive new David Bowie exhibition at Lightroom: ‘He stands for something we really need right now’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the inside track from Roisin O’Connor with our free weekly music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This Get our free music newsletter Now Hear This A new David Bowie exhibition at Lightroom in London offers insight into the late artist’s “true personality”, its creators have promised. Written and directed by Mark Grimmer, David Bowie: You’re Not Alone opens at the immersive space on 22 April and features “holy grail” footage of Bowie performing his song “Heroes” at Earl’s Court in 1978. Grimmer’s relationship with Bowie’s work goes back to at least 2013, when he served as lead designer on the V&A Museum’s Bowie Is exhibition. “Since that point, I think I’d always thought there was more work to be done with Bowie as a character, as a performer,” he told The Independent. Following the opening of Lightroom in 2023 with its groundbreaking David Hockney exhibition Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away), the venue’s team reached out to Bowie’s estate, who came to see the artist’s exhibit. …

Ariana Papademetropoulos Discusses Her Immersive Paris Exhibition

Ariana Papademetropoulos Discusses Her Immersive Paris Exhibition

Published by José Betancourt

Ariana Papademetropoulos’s latest exhibition, titled “Glass Slipper,” is more than a fairy tale. Currently on view through April 11 at Thaddaeus Ropac’s space in Paris, the show features paintings from two different series—one hyper-realistically depicts dresses in dry cleaning bags, the other chairs floating in different landscapes—as well as an installation consisting of a fish tank and mattress in which visitors are invited to lay on and don some headphones to listen to a commissioned soundtrack. The artist wanted to transform the gallery into a ritualized space, where water, portals, and invisible forces create an immersive encounter. Below, Papademetropoulos describes how she conceived of the exhibition, her various influences, and what she thinks keeps art alive. Ariana Papademetropoulos, The Mistress, 2026. Photo Nicolas Brasseur/©Ariana Papademetropoulos/Courtesy Thaddaeus Ropac, London · Paris · Salzburg · Milan · Seoul Thaddaeus Ropac’s Paris space looks a bit like a church, with high ceilings. I wanted to build the exhibition as a journey, letting the work guide you through it. I painted dry-cleaned dresses to greet you. (One dress I …

New Apple Immersive Video of BBC Proms Concert on Apple Vision Pro

New Apple Immersive Video of BBC Proms Concert on Apple Vision Pro

Published by skeptic

Apple Vision Pro owners have a new Apple Immersive video available to watch from today. “Debut at the BBC Proms” is a full classical music concert filmed at the Royal Albert Hall during the 2025 Proms season, courtesy of BBC Arts. Filmed by Livewire Pictures using Blackmagic’s URSA Cine Immersive cameras, the experience follows Austrian piano sensation Lukas Sternath as he takes to the stage in his BBC Proms debut, performing Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A Minor with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, under chief conductor Sakari Oramo. From the BBC media center: “BBC Arts is committed to seeking out new ways for people to experience arts and culture, and to reach new audiences with our rich offering. We’re grateful that Apple Vision Pro makes this innovative project possible, and to Livewire Pictures for embracing the new technology. We hope audiences are encouraged to also experience the magic of the Proms in person at the Royal Albert Hall this summer, or to follow from home on BBC iPlayer and BBC Sounds.” The new immersive video …

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ m home with ‘fully immersive’ indoor experience

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ $12m home with ‘fully immersive’ indoor experience

Published by Daniella Wilson

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ sprawling Westchester County home is full of extravagance and luxury, but despite its appeal, the couple is struggling to find a buyer. Nearly two years after they listed the eight-bedroom, 11.5-bathroom estate in Irvington for a whopping $12 million, after buying the riverfront property for $4.5 million in 2019, Catherine, 56, and Michael, 81, have dropped the asking price by $2.25 million. The listing was removed in April 2025 and put back on the market for $10 million the following month, only to be taken down again before it was relisted on March 19, 2026, for a reduced price of $9.75 million, according to realtor.com. The couple moved into the home after downsizing from their 15,000-square-foot mansion in nearby Bedford, which they reportedly sold for almost $20.5 million.  Recommended videoYou may also likeWATCH: Inside Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas’ epic love story The property, known as Longmeadow, spreads across more than 11,600 square feet on a 12-acre lot and “is both grand in scale and intimate in feel,” according to the …

Google Maps Adds Gemini AI-Powered ‘Ask Maps’ Feature and 3D Immersive Navigation

Google Maps Adds Gemini AI-Powered ‘Ask Maps’ Feature and 3D Immersive Navigation

Published by skeptic

Google today added Gemini AI to Google Maps, enabling a new Ask Maps feature. Gemini in maps can answer complex, real-world questions that Google says “a map could never answer before.” There is a new Ask Maps button where Google Maps users can get answers to specific questions like “is there a public tennis court with lights on that I can play at tonight?” Google says that finding information like that would have taken a lot of sifting through reviews in the past, but now Google Maps can provide an answer with a custom map. The feature can be used for trip planning, and it is able to provide tailored responses based on prior searches or saved information in the app. Google Maps can build a trip itinerary using information from more than 300 million places, including reviews from the Google community. Along with Ask Maps, Google also introduced Immersive Navigation, which Google says is the biggest update to driving in Google Maps in over a decade. There is a 3D view that displays buildings, …

The ‘Immersive’ Habit That Finally Cured My Reading Slump

The ‘Immersive’ Habit That Finally Cured My Reading Slump

Published by Sam Flores

I am a voracious reader and I always have been. I always carry a book with me when I travel, even if I’m just getting the bus to the city centre, I basic live part-time at my local library and I love nothing more than being asked for book recommendations. However, sometimes the world gets on top of me, life is too busy and I am too perpetually overwhelmed to really take in a book. Even one I know I’ll love. Even one I know I have loved before. It’s miserable. The last time this hit me, though, I discovered immersive reading. How immersive reading cured my reading slump Immersive reading, if you didn’t know, is when you listen to an audibook while reading a physical or digital copy of the book at the same time. It sounds overstimulating but I promise as somebody that’s very sensitive to sound, it’s really not. The first book I tried it with was Andy Weir’s 2021 book Project Hail Mary. I knew I wanted to try it as …

Virtual Boy Review: Nintendo’s Oddest Switch Accessory Yet Is an Immersive ’90s Museum

Virtual Boy Review: Nintendo’s Oddest Switch Accessory Yet Is an Immersive ’90s Museum

Published by skeptic

On my desk is a Nintendo device that looks like equipment stolen from a cyberpunk optical shop. It’s big, it’s red and black, it sits on a tripod, it has an eyepiece, and it has a Nintendo Switch 2 nestled inside. Hello, Virtual Boy, you’re back. Nintendo has made a lot of weird consoles over the years, but the Virtual Boy was the weirdest. And the shortest lived. Released in 1995 and discontinued a year later, it lived for a blink of an eye during my final year in college. I never really had time to consider buying one. It would have been perfect for me, a Game Boy fan who was in love with the idea of VR even back then. Nintendo has been flirting with virtual reality in various forms for decades, and the Virtual Boy was the biggest swing. But it wasn’t VR at all, really. It was a 3D game console in red and black monochrome, a 3D Game Boy in tripod form. Yep, it’s a lot to put on a …