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Articles tagged virtual reality (39)

Shan WangJuly 19, 2016

As USA Today network builds its investigative ambitions, it looks to keep things in the Gannett family

Its chief content officer: “My message has been, any journalist at any of our papers can come up with a great idea, something that we think is scalable, we will help them scale it.”

Shan WangJune 29, 2016

First Look Media is building a new platform that aims to include everything from films to podcasts

Details are still scarce, but job listings reveal that it intends to take on everything from video series, feature films, podcasts, photo essays, and “storytelling in other formats and technologies like virtual reality and livestreaming.”

Ricardo BiltonMay 6, 2016

The New York Times is trying to make VR films that aren’t one-offs, and that keep readers coming back

With its new Pluto-focused project, upcoming episodic series, and experiments with “meditative VR,” The Times is experimenting with different applications for the new technology.

Ricardo BiltonApril 28, 2016

The Guardian’s first VR project makes viewers experience the horrors of solitary confinement

“It’s a story which is all about space and the environment you’re in. Even though this is a small space, the story is all about that space.”

Kaitlyn MullinApril 20, 2016

What a group of USC students learned shooting lots of VR video (hint: duct tape is involved)

The students traveled to Houston over spring break to shoot footage to accompany a ProPublica/Texas Tribune project on what a hurricane could do to the city.

Partly cloudy with a chance of bots at Facebook’s F8 conference

Oculus Rift for news? Not quite yet

Report: 2016 will be critical for growth of VR in journalism

Shan WangMarch 10, 2016

Small screens, full art, can’t lose: Despite their size, phones open up new opportunities for interactives

Here’s how some top news publishers are shaping their interactives for mobile: “These devices are there, they have these capabilities built into them, so how do we use them in our storytelling?”

Joshua BentonJanuary 25, 2016

Facebook and adblockers, podcasts and Trump: What the big media trends of 2015 will bring for 2016

The news was mostly bad for publishers and news organizations last year.

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