Homes able to "visit" the major news scene, this scene is from imagination into reality. Recently, in Washington at the World Press Briefing, the World Editors Forum has released the latest newsroom trends report, one that is new technology - games, virtual reality, wearable technology - integration with the news. It reports that, in the stimulation of new wearable technology and cheaper virtual reality devices, games and virtual reality technologies are changing the way the news media production story.
Technology has been changing the way news stories presented. Wearable devices, virtual reality ...... these "big up" what can kind of magic the term applied to the news?
Fusion is taking shape
In September this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to visit Microsoft's headquarters. During Microsoft engineers to Xi Jinping couple shows 3D "holographic glasses" design motorcycle styling and American meteorological data visualization system. Modeling "cool" and "holographic" glasses, became the focus of attention of domestic users.
In fact, the use of glasses, helmets and other wearable devices for interactive experience in industry, geography, games and many other fields have been applied. In journalism, there are also the courage to eat crab pioneer.
2013, US media giant Gannett's "Des Moines Chronicle" on its Web site launched a "harvest of Change" large-scale explanatory reporting, virtual reality and game elements into one and refreshing.
The main target of "Harvest of Change" report, and is located four local family farms. In addition to using external text, images, information graphics, audio and video elements, the newspaper also worked with well-known virtual reality technology company Oculus, we have developed a virtual reality experience of the farm sector. The use of specialized equipment helmet, readers can move in 360 ° immersive panorama Perspective, and complete a variety of collecting "clues" of small game. Through the history and current status of the farm changes depiction of American agricultural society Changes in population, technology, family structure and other aspects of vividly on screen. On the line that day, the report hits reached nearly 15 times that of ordinary journalism.
The ABC (ABC) has also launched a series of virtual reality reported. In the report entitled "The Syrian trip", the user can "visit" Syria, along with locals walking on the street. Many foreign media is eager to develop relevant news products.
Industry more optimistic
Virtual reality is the best time to usher in reality. Although Google glasses some "thunder, little rain", but did not stop Internet predators in the pace of development in the field of virtual reality. Recently, Microsoft announced its new conference on its holographic glasses of developer version will be available next year; Previously, Oculus, Sony, HTC3 company also plans to start selling in 2016 its virtual reality products; social networking site Facebook founder Zach Burke has said that virtual reality is the next generation of computing and communications equipment important phone later.
Huge impact mobile phones and mobile Internet has brought to journalism, the next product will change the world with news of how chemical reactions produce? "Virtual reality first year" will come, willing to embrace new media news people also opened his imagination.
Filmmaker Chris Mielke believes virtual reality combined with the news of the abolition of the role of middleman, which makes people with personal experience of the event, the formation of a deeper emotional connection with the news in person.
Ann Arbor, associate professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Southern California Robert Hernandez believes wearable technology allows users to have immersive, "listening to the story" of potential, it may change the way news production and consumption.
Vice president of Gannett Mitch Gelman envisaged in the future, virtual reality technology can be applied to more action occasions, such as battlefield news, sports and so on. This type of news is likely to inspire enthusiasm in the audience, so that news consumption becomes "fun" together.
Universal Difficult Problems
Some researchers believe that gaming and virtual reality and news integration of greatest significance, is to change the way people get their news for both cognition. On the one hand, the use of these elements can make a more effective dissemination of information; on the other hand, allows the audience to get more freedom and satisfaction. People look in the news, listen to their stories, take the initiative to explore and access to information, virtual reality technology as if people back to the spread of "original form."
However, the limitations of virtual reality and news integration is obvious. Currently, news agencies and the general reader, the virtual reality of the news is a lot of money spending. For example, only the "Harvest of Change," a report, it took the newspaper three-month period and nearly $ 50,000 in expenditures. This has to a certain extent limit the scope of the news, the news for the timeliness strong, the current virtual reality technology is far from meeting the press for speed. The virtual reality product is still in its infancy, the price of money is also prohibitive for the average consumer.
At the same time, the integration of virtual reality to news reports, and make the game of the ethical issues currently in dispute. How vivid and interesting at the same time, retained the seriousness of news topics, and will not make the news continues to fall into the entertainment of the "abyss", still need news and technology practitioners to explore.
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