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Articles tagged virtual reality (39)

Tracey LindemanJune 8, 2017

How 80-year-old Radio-Canada, the French-language arm of the CBC, is driving innovation from within

The Digital R&D Lab, started five years ago as one employee’s passion project, serves as an internal incubator for ideas and plays host to digital projects carried out in partnership with non-Radio-Canada groups.

Ricardo BiltonMay 10, 2017

Mixed reality, computer vision, and brain–machine interfaces: Here’s the future The New York Times’ reborn R&D lab sees

“The New York Times is not going to build a self-driving car, but if we see that technology as being inevitable, we should have a strategy for how The New York Times will fit into it.”

Ricardo BiltonApril 24, 2017

Saiba o que impede a disseminação de notícias em realidade virtual

Adoção lenta de tecnologia está entre os motivos. Problemas com monetização também atrapalham. Além, é claro, de conteúdo maçante das reportagens.

Ricardo BiltonApril 24, 2017

What’s holding back virtual reality news? Slow tech adoption, monetization, and yes, dull content

“I’m afraid that more and more people in news organizations use 360 for stories that are not interesting. Bad content will keep people away from watching it.”

Joseph LichtermanFebruary 13, 2017

The New York Times’ latest VR project is an adaptation of George Saunders’ new novel

“In terms of mass distribution at this point, newspapers are the only ones that have the muscle.”

The New York Times is launching a daily 360-degree video series

Shan WangOctober 6, 2016

The BBC’s Taster platform lets audiences sample early-stage experiments as they’re still cooking

What’s unusual is not the concept of piloting ideas, but the fact that the BBC was willing to show the public projects in a half-baked state, glitches included.

Ricardo BiltonSeptember 30, 2016

Om mani padme hum: The New York Times wants to help you meditate (and run and lose weight and just feel good)

With increasingly product-driven thinking, the Times’ Well is breaking out of the news cycle — through VR, evergreen newsletters, and how-to guides — in an attempt to connect more deeply with readers.

Knight and other foundations support a local news and student journalism fund at ONA

Joseph LichtermanAugust 2, 2016

The New York Times is publishing a print-only novel excerpt this Sunday

“The New York Times audience is full of voracious readers, not only of quality journalism but also of important works of fiction as well…We plan to offer more selected works of fiction in the future.”

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