Immersive journalism is a new form of nonfiction storytelling that allows first-person experience of events or situations described in news reports and documentary film. By using 3D gaming and immersive technologies that offer the opportunity to personally engage with a story and creating a sense of “being there,” immersive journalism puts an audience member directly into the event. By accessing a virtual version of the location where the story is occurring as a witness/participant, or by experiencing the perspective of a character depicted in the news story, the audience could be afforded unprecedented access to the sights and sounds, and even the feelings and emotions, which accompany the news.
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