Credit: By sergesegal on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
News organisations are increasingly starting to experiment with virtual reality (VR) in storytelling. The recent Trends in Newsrooms 2015 report, released by the World Editors Forum last week, named newsgames and virtual reality as one of the trends to watch this year, predicting it will change the way outlets produce stories.
The Wall Street Journal recently took this type of immersive journalism one step further by turning Nasdaq Dot Com boom and bust data into a roller coaster.
In this Storybench post, Roger Kenny, one of The Journal's interactive designers who worked on the Nasdaq project, put together a simple guide for creating a VR data visualisation.
He explains the process step-by-step, from first creating a chart to turning it into a VR experience, and offering some further suggestions of charts that can be made interactive and engaging with VR.
Warning: code.
Free daily newsletter
If you like our news and feature articles, you can sign up to receive our free daily (Mon-Fri) email newsletter (mobile friendly).
Related articles
- Are plugs on social videos worth it?
- How the TikTok ban in the US could silence Gen Z’s newsrooms
- What the news community says about Zuck’s plans to bin fact-checking
- Boost your social media game on BlueSky: Three dos and don'ts for journalists
- Predictions for journalism 2025: social media, influencers and content creators
