- Imagine waking up and walking among the news, not reading it.
- Instead of saying 'oh another bomb went off 4000 miles away...sad', you could could emphasize with the victims and understand their struggles.
- However, some may consider this an entry point for criticism, claiming that immersive journalism undermines objectivity because the audience can be put through an experience with a controlled viewpoint. Certainly in the digital age, visual and audio material can be rapidly manipulated to create a semblance of truth which has no relationship to facts.
- A VR video capturing the life of a 12 year old Syrian girl done by the United Nations.
- "If you don’t live in the Middle East, the Syrian refugee crisis may seem simultaneously lamentable and abstract. Clouds Over Sidra, which is the UN’s first foray into virtual reality filmmaking, makes the issue tangible by dropping users into the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. Your guide is Sidra, a twelve-year-old Syrian girl who is just coming to terms with the limitations and promise of her new home."
- Art work in New York
- Sporting events and concerts
- Using sound and visuals to convey an atmosphere that can't be created with words.
- Experience the challenges of pregnancy.
- Create an experience that is impossible to achieve in real life.
- Again, empathy is key.