As Vancouver’s technology publication of record, Techcouver reports on and discusses at length the many regional entrepreneurs and organizations applying technology and innovation to the Canadian economy. There are now more than 111,000 tech occupations in Vancouver, where tech work accounts for roughly one-third of all occupations—a figure up 69% over five years. The West Coast city proudly maintains the […]
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BC Artist Collaboration to Unleash Immersive, Tech-Forward Music Video
A producer and singer-songwriter by the name of “WHIPPED CREAM” has unleashed what the Vancouver Island artist believes to be her most ambitious project to date. The Toronto-born, BC-based musician paired with rapper Jasiah, as well as Vancouver producer Crimson Child, to concoct an “operatic electronic single.” A genre-bending collaboration, “The Dark” was released via Ontario-born […]
How These Vancouver Startups are Advancing the Metaverse in Canada
The metaverse has taken a financial toll on Meta—the tech titan is down 65% on the year, partly due to its metaverse project costing several billion dollars per year without hope of profitability anytime soon. Third-quarter results show the company lost $9 billion so far this year on Reality Labs, the arm of Facebook which […]
Departure Lounge and Orderinbox Connect to Advance the Metaverse
Departure Lounge has entered into a strategic partnership with Orderinbox. Departure, a subsidiary of Vancouver-based AMPD Technologies, offers a range of Metaverse-related technologies and creative services. The new partnership will see Vancouver neighbour Orderinbox, a social commerce platform and NFT marketplace, work with Departure Lounge as its preferred Metaverse Development Partner, complimenting Orderinbox’s platform with […]
Vancouver To Be Home To Metaverse Innovation Centre
Vancouver’s Departure Lounge has entered into a lease and education collaboration agreement with the Centre for Digital Media to develop a Metaverse Innovation Centre. Departure Lounge will house its range of Metaverse-related technology solutions, including its recently announced state-of-the-art Metastage volumetric capture stage, on campus at the CDM. The facility is expected to be used as […]
Vancouver Enters The Metaverse With 4D Holographic Capture Facility
Vancouver’s Departure Lounge and Los Angeles-based volumetric capture pioneers, Metastage, announced today that they have been selected by Microsoft as the exclusive licensee for its volumetric capture technology in Western Canada. Launching in Spring 2022, Metastage Canada will be the first 4D holographic capture facility in the region to bring humans into the metaverse and will […]