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Al Jazeera Debuts First VR Documentary ‘I Am Rohingya’

VRScout

Thousands of refugees call the crowded slums of the Kutupalong refugee camp—located in Cox Bazaaar, Bangladesh—home. The latest addition to Al Jazeera’s growing network specializes in 360-degree video, augmented reality, and virtual reality production.

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Top 8 Media Using 360° Videos for Immersive News Stories

VeeR VR

Immersive media is a collective term that incorporates 360-degree video, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and volumetric capture (includes both CGI and 3-D scanning). The Times’ arrangement with Samsung will wrap up at the end of 2017, and the Times will continue to produce 360-degree videos on a smaller scale after.