The document discusses the Guardian's use of virtual reality for journalism. It notes VR's potential for immersive storytelling by allowing users to experience events firsthand and from different points of view. Examples are provided of VR experiences that place users in the perspective of a baby to understand their worldview and of a Syrian refugee discussing the heavy burden of that label. The Guardian aims to use VR to involve users more deeply in stories and give perspectives they couldn't otherwise access in order to further the impact of their journalism.

1. Nicole Jackson, deputy editor VR, the Guardian
Guardian VR

2. • important to innovate
• potential for storytelling
• ability to place you inside a story
• chance not just to watch, but to participate
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Why VR at the Guardian?

4. Journalism in VR
• to allow you to experience events and encounters
you couldn’t otherwise have
• to involve you in the story
• to give you different points of view

29. “This is amazing! The ability to explore the world
through the eyes of a baby offers an unprecedented
opportunity to really understand how they see and
experience the world.”
- Charles Nelson, professor of Pediatrics, Harvard

35. “I’m nothing. I am just a person, a
refugee. This very, very, very
heavy word. Refugee.”
- Mohammad, Syria

51. At least 8,500 refugees and migrants
have died or gone missing trying to
cross the Mediterranean Sea

52. “If I don’t have faith or confidence that by doing
the work that we do we make [a] difference, then I
would live in a really cynical world that I don’t find
to be a productive way of living. There, the game
is really over. At least this way there’s a hope that
somebody will connect with these stories.”
Khaled Hosseini, September 2015

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63. FAQs

64. 1. Is this journalism?

65. 2. Why use CGI or scanning?

66. 3. Why use fiction?

67. 4. Isn’t it too niche?

68. 5. What is success?

69. 6. How long does it take?

70. 7. How much do they cost?

71. 8. What does the future look like?

72. www.theguardian.com/vr
vr@theguardian.com