Assignment – Great VR

30 points

Assigned: Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Due: Monday, August 27, @ 11:59pm

Great Multimedia

Goal: To consider how best to use the strengths of online storytelling

Assignment:

Find an example of a great piece of VR journalism online.  This can be from a news site, or documentary site. I’m interested in non-fiction journalism or documentary work.

We’ll take a look using the Oculus Go headsets in class

**Email me the link to the online version.
PLEASE use your preferred email address. This is the email I will use for the rest of the semester to contact you.

Explain how the stories work well or doesn’t, why you selected it. What you think is interesting, what could be better.

  • What did you find worked or didn’t work online?
  • What could they have done better? Why do you think they didn’t?
  • What skills/resources did the journalist(s) need to make this piece successful?
  • What questions do you have about how it was produced?