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Kim Jong Un Visits China: Tries Virtual Reality

VRScout

Kim Jong Un experiences new realities outside North Korea. Overnight, North Korean and Chinese media confirmed a meeting took place between the countries’ leaders, Kim Jong Un and Xi Jinping at the Chinese Beijing capital. The surprise two-day visit is the North Korean leader’s first known overseas trip since taking power.

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End of the World Simulator in VR

ARVR

At the time, genuine tensions were happening between the USA and North Korea. A year earlier, North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile theoretically capable of striking the United States. In terms of navigation, you won’t have to do any, and you don’t have any controls Check out the trailer here.

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Take an Immersive Drive Through the World’s Most Secretive Country

Road to VR

North Korea is one of the most secretive states in the world, but one man received permission by the nation’s strict regime to capture a drive through its capital Pyongyang. It’s a rare and immersive peek into a world few are allowed to witness. “We met up and I got approval… just like that.”

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Russia's state-owned news agency TASS' website reportedly hacked

Mashable VR

In a few years we will live like in North Korea. At the moment we have no control over the situation, therefore we strongly recommend that you remove the cdn.onthe.io We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger. What is it for us?

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VR startup helps users find content

Hypergrid Business

It lets us show audiences exactly how it feels to be in Japan while North Korea is firing missiles overhead or stand eye to eye with a North Korean border guard. Subscribers to the platform will also be in control of what content they discover and not have content fed to them based on previous searches.

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Casey Sapp of Vrtul.io

Everything VR & AR

Even in 2016, it is not everyday that someone gets permission to go to North Korea and record video. Our guest this week, Casey Sapp of Vrtul.io was able to do just that. Have a listen as Casey shares what that experience was like along with describing just what the focus is at Vrtul.io

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Even North Korea Is Using VR & AR In The Classroom

VRScout

” In addition to numerous other atrocities, North Korea has become infamous for its state-run media and tight control over its civilian population. Isolated from the outside world, former residents compare life in North Korea to living on a different planet. Feature Image Credit: How Hwee Young/EPA-EFE.