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24 alternatives to CONTRABAND VR Cinema
People who makes films don't have it easy. In a typical scenario - the team that produced the film makes 15% of the topline revenues. The Distributor takes 35%. And the theatre (the exhibitor) takes 50%. So even in a scenario like Obsession where the movie is making a rocket ride, the filmmakers were capped at $50M (15M upfront + 15%). The Distributors and theatres get the upside of the $330 million. In the startup world, we get upset about appstores charging 30% :) The situation gets worse for Indie films and more so for people who are using AI tools to tell stories. Films that got made,…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN, My name is George, and I am helping build an office focused VR headset called the “Simula One”. It was discussed recently here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28695455. We have just opened our store for preorders (https://shop.simulavr.com), so that we and our backers can help people replace their old PCs/laptops with more capable VR headsets. We call our headset a “VR Computer” (or a “VRC”) to distinguish it from gaming headsets. When Simula was founded, most people thought the future of VR was in games & entertainment. The truth is that VR offers…
2022 · shop.simulavr.com · its alternatives →
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We’re launching a platform that lets you turn any scenario—your basement, your city, your office—into an interactive POV horror video, powered by a state-of-the-art real-time video generation model (think LTXV, Sora, or whatever the AI gods just dropped on arXiv). You type a prompt, upload a photo, and seconds later you’re watching (and shaping) your own nightmare unfold. It’s not just a video generator. It’s an experience: dynamic, interactive, and game-like. Tweak the fear level, swap images, change the story on the fly. Export to TikTok, share, remix, collaborate. All runs are saved for…
Oct 2025 · scarystories.live · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Three of us have conceived, designed, and launched Sphericam 2 on Kickstarter. We're now halfway through the campaign and have raised over $220K with backers paying $1299 and up for a camera that will be shipping in December. Our Pitch: VR is awesome but there's no content. Shooting 360 video currently is a total nightmare. We want to make it easy and fun. Our camera makes "native resolution" in Gear VR or Google Cardboard. This project follows Sphericam 1 which I launched on Kickstarter in late 2012 - we did ok, sold 100 of them, but the tech wasn't there and the market wasn't nearly…
2015 · its alternatives →
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Dodocase adapts Cardboard VR for iOS/Android (Kickstarter)
2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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glass ceiling in European virtual reality ecosystem ;)
2016 · main.podigee-cdn.net · its alternatives →
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Real Virtual Show - 28: Venture Capital & the VR/AR Industry w/ @Tipatat of the Venture Reality Fund▲65The VC perspective on investing in VR/AR tech
2016 · traffic.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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SceneProv▲88Improv a screenplay scene with AI in a genre you choose
2023 · scriptreader.ai · its alternatives →
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CinemaDraft▲72Daily Fantasy Sports-style games for the movies
2016 · cinemadraft.co · its alternatives →
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ArtCraft▲68Cursor for film-Consistent control, virtual sets, BYOC, Open
Mar 2026 · getartcraft.com · its alternatives →
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It might even make you more empathetic
2016 · recode.net · its alternatives →
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Advice to get a VR or AR startup off the ground
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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A new shopping experience thanks to VR
2018 · demo.obsessvr.com · its alternatives →
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