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Bringing War Home

Tech Trends VR

Most of us are lucky enough not to have experienced urban conflict first-hand, but VR can give us a sense of what that looks – and feels – like for people on the ground who have to actually live that reality. Virtual Reality has been used many times to show the dreadful consequences of the Syrian conflict.

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Starbreeze releases info on upcoming immersive Virtual Reality experiences for StarVR

Cats and VR

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. Each experience aims to push the bar beyond what’s possible in home use setups.

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Every Choice You Make Is Life Or Death In This Daydream Impact VR Experience

VRScout

Sadly, none of your choices lead to a truly positive outcome, an unfortunate reality for many civilians caught in the center of war. . Virtual reality transports viewers from the comfort of their homes to the horrors of the battlefield in a visceral and powerful way,” he adds.

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CNN Launches New Immersive Journalism Initiative, CNNVR

Road to VR

CNN has officially launched CNNVR, a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform with CNN Digital. Capturing major news events in 360 video, the global team will produce weekly virtual reality experiences and live streams.

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Can Virtual Reality Be TheBold New Frontier of Journalism?

WITHIN

Can Virtual Reality Be The Bold New Frontier of Journalism? Like so many news outlets, our latest partner , CNN has paid attention to these trends, and in 2017 it announced the launch of a virtual reality unit called CNNVR, which produces 360-degree news stories. Within’s Catalog of News Docs Aims to Find Out.

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Change in the Social Movement Ecosystem

ARVR

These evolutions include virtual reality and data visualization. By allowing donors, volunteers, and staff access to a new world or a normally accessible place, they can have a visual and first-hand account of anything from homelessness in America to a day in the life of a refugee in Syria (Schneider,2020). 2020, March 03).

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Austin’s Rapidly Growing VR Community

VRScout

By 2014, Nonny de la Pe ñ a had premiered Project Syria at the World Economic Forum and Palmer Luckey was a household name. And with SXSW making Austin the center of the universe for two weeks, it was only a matter of time before virtual reality would take off. This year was a perfect example of that.

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