VR Journalism: 360 Storytelling and the New Era of Reporting

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ABC News launches ABC News VR with a field piece Inside Syria and follows with Inside North Korea, building toward almost a hundred immersive reports; pieces range from quick handheld 360 captures (Theta, Samsung Gear 360) that hit social feeds—one Times Square blizzard clip earns 18 million views—to magazine-scale productions like a 10‑minute 360 film with spatial audio that generates 40 terabytes across ~400 stitched clips, heavy VFX and green‑screen compositing; ethics, tool limits, live 360 and web VR delivery shape what gets made.

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1. 0:00Introductions and projects
2. 4:46Designing user experience
3. 11:56Tool selection and evolution
4. 18:06Ethics and journalistic integrity
5. 24:36Audience Q&A and final thoughts

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