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What can stop the decline of journalism? Strapping it directly to your face! [tomshardware.com]

Today, the Associated Press announced that it is also embracing the new medium, and that it has entered a partnership with AMD to use AMD hardware and the Liquid VR toolset to produce high quality VR news content. "AMD will provide substantial value to the Associated Press in the form of VR expertise with best in class development platforms and post production support to enhance the VR news experience," said Sasa Marinkovic, Global Head of VR Marketing, AMD.

Paul Cheung, Director of Interactive And Digital New Production, Associated Press, said that the AP has had a "rich history working with emerging technologies" throughout its 170 year history. In 1889, the Associated Press used a wireless telegraph to broadcast the results of the America's Cup yacht race. Cheung said this was the first test of broadcast news radio. Cheung said the AP was also the first news organization to publish a digital image (1980s), and the first to embrace digital cameras (partnership with Kodak in 1994).

[...] The Associated Press isn't the first news organization to embrace VR, but Cheung said the company has been experimenting with different types of VR experiences since August 2015. Cheung said that the company is looking at all sorts of different options, including 360-degree video, stereoscopic 360-degree content, and even 3D rendered environments, for different kinds of storytelling. The AP is launching a VR content channel today where you can find all of the company's future immersive news content. Examples of things you can expect to see include news stories, documentaries and special interest pieces.

360° Videos and Virtual Reality [ap.org] at the Associated Press.

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