San Francisco July 27 (IANS) Google is launching its Virtual Reality (VR) training programme called "VR Creator Lab" in Europe starting with London as a three-day "boot camp" followed by a three-month training from leading VR instructors and filmmakers.
"The boot camp will be held in London from September 18 to September 20 where the participants will receive between $30 000 and $40 000 as funding towards their VR project " Sarah Steele VR Producer Google wrote in a blog post.
With YouTube and global media company "VRScout." Google curated the "VR180" which is a tool for creators to easily make VR videos and convert them into standardised file formats required by mainstream post-production editing tools.
YouTube creators above 18 years of age and with a minimum of 10 000 subscribers are eligible to register themselves for the programme along with independent filmmakers.
The first "VR Creator Lab" was launched in Los Angeles in June.

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