Delivering news on events through VR

Hello everybody!

Our task this week at class was to think of a new way to deliver news. We thought it would be cool if there were VR news about different sorts of events. We had been talking a lot about VR on the passing weeks so this idea came to us pretty naturally.

So the concept of this news channel is that we'd get to experience events via VR. For example, an art museum, a gig, a football match etc. could be what the service provides to it's viewers. I thought that some of the footage could be a reportage of an event and some would be just pure live stream where you'd get to experience things from your own home.

We were thinking that the service would be available online and maybe through an app as well. These services would have an "upcoming events" list as well. In my opinion our service is best enjoyed with a pair of VR glasses but watching a 360 video without the glasses should be interesting too.

Since our "news channel" is all about delivering cultural events, we thought it would be nice if people could give heads-up about upcoming events that could otherwise be left unnoticed. Different sorts of exciting events should keep people coming back. Also we'd have a chat where you could discuss about the events, which you could also do in our social media channels. We'd also allow people to send their own (moderated) footage.


I would really enjoy this sort of VR news service because there are a lot of events all around the world I can't attend. I would've totally watched a couple of gigs in Japan through VR if that would've been possible. But I'm positive things are moving towards that direction anyway.

I've included the slides from our presentation in this blog post, as you probably noticed!

Happy thoughts,

Oona