News How ARTE monitors the way people interact with its 360-degree videos To improve its use of virtual reality and 360-degree video, European TV network ARTE analyses how people watch the videos inside the ARTE360 app By Catalina Albeanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image from Pixabay News How local news outlet Birmingham Eastside is mixing VR and Instagram The student-run news site is using Sketchfab’s Instamuseum to produce a weekly VR gallery of images By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image by pdjohnson on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Lessons from AP's experiments with 360-degree video and virtual reality Nathan Griffiths, interactive editor, explains what the Associated Press has learnt about the process of creating 360-degree video stories since its first project By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
News BBC unveils a collection of its first virtual reality experiments 'Easter Rising: Voice of a rebel', 'We wait' and 'Home' are set to premiere at Sheffield DocFest on 10 June By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: By Fer Gregory on Shutterstock News ‘No orphans’ on the web: Inside Washington Post’s online video strategy ‘Video should be as long as it's interesting, but we don't think that putting a 10-minute mini documentary into an article page is really the transaction we want with people’ By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Screenshot from 6x9. Image courtesy of the Guardian. News The Guardian's first VR project lets viewers experience solitary confinement The virtual reality piece called 6x9 launched today through a prototype VR app for iOS and Android By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
Credit: Image by pdjohnson on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News Now is a good time for publishers to invest in virtual reality As virtual reality grows in popularity, news organisations should get started in the immersive medium before they are left behind By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: By Geralt on Pixabay. Some rights reserved . News How the virtual reality 'empathy machine' could affect storytelling The documentary is being reinvented for virtual reality, but what challenges does this pose to content creators? By Caroline Scott • 3 min read
Credit: Screenshot from the AP's 360-degree video documentary, Seeking Home News How AP wants to help 'democratise virtual reality' AP wants to reach both viewers with VR headsets and those who watch 360-degree videos on their phones By Mădălina Ciobanu • 3 min read
Credit: Image by nrkbeta on Flickr. Some rights reserved . News How to get involved in the rise of 360-degree video With the range of commercially available cameras, headsets and apps, there is no greater time to immerse yourself in VR storytelling – and produce some content yourself By Caroline Scott • 2 min read
Credit: Image by Maurizio Pesce on Flickr. Some rights reserved. News Disrupting the narrative: Telling stories with 360-degree video What do audiences want from immersive news stories – and what works? By Caroline Scott • 6 min read
Credit: Screenshot of Digital Me. Image courtesy of Sandra Gaudenzi News How the Digital Me prototype tells interactive, personalised stories The experiment allows users to start a conversation with their digital alter ego, based on data about their activity on Facebook and Twitter By Mădălina Ciobanu • 4 min read
