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CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

Road to VR

Capturing major news events in 360 video, the global team will produce weekly virtual reality experiences and live streams. The CNNVR app has been available on Google’s Daydream VR platform since its November launch last year, and is now publishing content to the Samsung VR app on Gear VR and Oculus Video app on Rift too.

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Little Maxima Is a VR News Reading App That Wants To Combat Fake News

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. “Instead of just reading about bombing in Syria, imagine actually being taken there in VR. You can see the destruction caused by the war and how it is affecting Syrians with 360 images and videos along with the article.”

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Ukraine's everyday heroes are owning social media

Mashable VR

Take these seeds and put them in your pockets, so at least sunflowers will grow when you all lie down here," the woman says, in a video viewed more than 8.5 As the video spread to TikTok and Facebook, thousands of social media users commented on the effectiveness of the woman's curse and the sheer poetry of the sunflower threat.

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VR for Good: Future Aleppo Is An Emotional Tour Of Loss And Hope

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As an experience, Future Aleppo reminded me of Clouds Over Sidra, the groundbreaking 360 degree video that gave us a tour of a Syrian refugee camp. It’s a perspective on Syria that simply isn’t possible without VR. At one point he tells us that it’s his dream to revisit these sights one day.

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AT&T Shows Future of VR/AR at Developer Summit

VRScout

An award-winning creator and CEO of Emblematic Group, de la Pena is a pioneer in immersive journalism – one of her most famous projects is Project Syria, which was made for the World Economic Forum. One of the most recognizable faces in the industry, Nonny de la Pena is nicknamed the “Godmother of Virtual Reality.”

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New Sesame pal Ameera represents the joyful lives of children with disabilities

Mashable VR

Ameera's English voice actor for the animated videos, Ashley Glicken , has close ties to Ameera's story: She, too, is a young woman with disabilities who uses mobility devices. Alongside her premiere on Ahlan Simsim , Ameera will have a feature spot in upcoming digital “Watch, Play, Learn” videos for children 3-8 years old.

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Starbreeze releases info on upcoming immersive Virtual Reality experiences for StarVR

Cats and VR

You can watch the presentation at the 1:03:30 mark in the above video. Starbreeze AB today presented its next in line Virtual Reality experience shorts produced under its Publishing arm to be produced for future Location Based Initiatives (LBE) in the StarVR Virtual Reality HMD.