{"id":3332,"date":"2017-03-09T19:16:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2017-03-09T19:16:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T19:16:10","slug":"cnn-debuts-virtual-reality-journalism-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/03\/09\/cnn-debuts-virtual-reality-journalism-unit\/","title":{"rendered":"CNN debuts its virtual reality journalism unit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After The New York Times, The Guardian and some other leading media organisations, CNN has officially launched \u201cCNNVR\u201d\u2014a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The CNNVR unit launched its first experience called \u201cToro Bravo\u201d where viewers can experience the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain within CNN Digital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN\u2019s iOS and Android apps are now activating 360-degree video, making CNN the third largest mobile VR app\u2014behind only Facebook and YouTube,\u201d said CNN in a blog post on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>CNNVR\u2019s 360-degree content is distributed across all major headsets\u2014Samsung GearVR, Oculus Rift and Google Daydream, having a combined audience of over five million users.<\/p>\n<p>Desktop users will also be able to check out the content on their 360-compatible browser.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture source: Alamy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture used for illustrative purposes alone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After The New York Times, The Guardian and some other leading media organisations, CNN has officially launched \u201cCNNVR\u201d\u2014a new immersive journalism unit and virtual reality platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3333,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3332"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3334,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3332\/revisions\/3334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}