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The New York Times hopes its first virtual reality film, “The Displaced,” kicks off mass adoption of VR » Nieman Journalism Lab

“This is probably the largest communal screening of a virtual reality film ever,” said New York Times Magazine editor Jake Silverstein, as people began to fumble with cardboard visors. True, but it was also only one of several firsts represented at the premiere of the Times’ first virtual reality film, “The Displaced,” last Thursday in Manhattan. Not only was the Times debuting its first immersive virtual reality experience, but over the weekend of November 8, it delivered more than a million pre-assembled Google Cardboard sets to home delivery subscribers.[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"1816","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full alignleft","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","alt":""}}]] Source: The New York Times hopes its first virtual reality film, “The Displaced,” kicks off mass adoption of VR » Nieman Journalism Lab
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