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Gannett Plans First Regularly Scheduled News Show in Virtual Reality 
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Sarah E. Needleman | Wall Street JournalMarch 11, 2016

Virtual reality is coming to local and national news.
While media outlets have experimented in recent years with one-off reports for viewing on a VR headset, Gannett Co. Inc. is going a step further. Its USA Today Network announced Thursday it will launch a regularly scheduled VR news show this spring.
Called “VRtually There,” the show will cover a range of topics, including politics, sports, technology and finance. How often the show will air and for what length of time has yet to be determined.



 Experience Mars with The Washington Post’s Virtual Reality 

Press Release | Washington PostMarch 11, 2016

 The Washington Post has built a virtual environment taking users to Mars, letting them navigate the landscape using any digital device, with or without VR gear. In partnership with the University of Texas at Austin, The Post uses state-of-the-art technology to create a multi-dimensional, virtual reality scenario that is compatible with a desktop, mobile or tablet web browser or by downloading an app for Windows 10 or Apple OS X and on the Oculus Rift.