For inspiration and ideas, check out the following virtual and augmented reality links. Tweet with the hashtags #FIAumd #VR to share your ideas.
You can also check out the team projects from the 2016-2017 FIA Innovation Spark Grant Competition that focused on using virtual and augmented reality to address real-world challenges.
360 Video
YouTube 360 videos
#NYTVR – Virtual Reality videos from the New York Times
“The Displaced” – a VR story from the New York Times
The Daily 360 – New York Times
Around the World in Seven Markets – New York Times
Robots and Humans Team Up at Amazon – New York Times
After Irma: Floods and Blackouts in Florida – The New York Times
VRtually There – USA Today VR channel, YouTube
“VR Stories – Put Yourself Inside the Story” – USA TODAY
“Blue Angels 360” – USA Today
“The Fight for Falluja” – 360 VR Video, The New York Times
“Land of Salt and Fire” – the hottest place on earth – The New York Times
“Welcome to Aleppo” – RYOT
“360 VR: Donald Trump Rally, Election 2016” – The New York Times
“Pilgrimage: A 21st Century Journey Through Mecca and Medina” – The New York Times
“Stand at the Edge of Geologic Time” – at “immersive geology lesson” – NPR
360-degree videos – Frontline, PBS
“Oyster aquaculture seeks to preserve Eastern Shore industry” – 360 video from Capital News Service, Philip Merrill College of Journalism
Beekeeping – Capital News Service
360-degree video from the Republican National Convention – Capital News Service
LifeVR – Time Inc.
DiscoveryVR – Discovery Channel
“Walking in the footsteps of a journalist in the White House” – by The Rest of the Story, a FIA Innovation Spark Grant Team
VR/AR
“Tilt Brush: Painting from a new perspective” – Google
“Draw in the air with Google’s VR ‘Tilt Brush’ “ – USA Today
Google Tango
“Say hello to Project Tango” – Google
Google Expeditions
“Expeditions: Take your students to places a school bus can’t” – Google
“Seeking Pluto’s Frigid Heart” – 360 VR Video, The New York Times
Immersive Mixed Reality
“The Science Behind Ice Storms” – The Weather Channel
“The Weather Channel uses virtual reality to preview Winter Storm Harper” – The Washington Post”
Drone Journalism
“Greenland is Melting Away” – New York Times
“A Drone’s Vantage Point of a Melting Greenland” – New York Times
“Five Times Drones Told the Story” – New York Times
“Drone Documents Aleppo Devastation” – New York Times
“Destruction in west Mosul” – CNN
Motion Graphics and Animations
“… A virtual reality guided tour of 21 years of the Nasdaq” – The Wall Street Journal
“Snowfall – The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek” – New York Times
“Snow Fall – The Blur of White” – New York Times
Mariano RIvera: King of Closers” – motion graphic from the New York Times
Bieber, Diplo & Skrillex Make a Hit Song – New York Times
How Two Gulf Rivals Helped Inflame the Middle East – The New York Times
What ‘374 mass shootings in 365 days’ looks like and sounds like – The Washington Post (data source: Mass Shooting Tracker crowd-sourced database)
Flowing Data
In 2017, No More than Five Days Without a Mass Shooting
The Forger – The New York Times – documentary that includes shadow animations
Time Lapse from Stills on the Web
Time-Lapse Mining from Internet Photos
Experimenting with Holograms on TV
Election Night 2008 – CNN
FIA VR/AR Initiatives
“Seeing Ahead: The Future of Virtual Reality and Innovative Imagery” – FIA at UMD
The Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality and Immersive Storytelling @ The Phillips – FIA/UMD program
Data Visualization and Exploration
Comparing the Las Vegas Attack with Daily Gun Deaths in US Cities – New York Times (data source: Gun Violence Archive)
Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes – The Joy of Stats – BBC
Fatal Force, 2017 – The Washington Post
The Upshot – The New York Times
How the Recession Reshaped the Economy, in 255 Charts – The New York Times
Flowing Data
In 2017, No More than Five Days Without a Mass Shooting –
Xomi – Journalism + Motion Graphics
Journalism in the Age of Data – 2009-10 Knight Journalism Fellowship, Stanford
Napoleon’s March, The Russia Campaign, 1812-1813 – Charles Joseph Minard, a classic data visualization from 1869
VR/AR Tips and Resources
Virtual Reality Glossary of Terms, Resources and Articles – VR.Space (and thanks for the source of the tip about this link: the Lyndhurst (NJ) STEM Club, cultivating girls’ interest and passion for STEM.
“VR Journalism Tipsheet” – Robert Hernandez, USC
VR/AR in News
“Auschwitz, sex assault and police shootings – where virtual reality is going next” – Washington Post, Nov. 11, 2016
“Want to Know What Virtual Reality Might Become? Look to the Past” – New York Times, Nov. 3, 2016
“Virtual Reality in Journalism: New Report Provides and Overview of a Growing Platform for Storytelling” – Knight Foundation, March 13, 2016
