TV-Novosti’s RT360 has Signed with VR Educate to Work Together in VR 360 Videos for the Asia Market
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VR Educate ( VRE ) today announced at MIPCOM Cannes 2017 that RT360, part of global television network RT, has partnered with VRE to produce 360-degree VR content for the Asia Market.
The agreement between VR Educate ( VRE ) and RT360 will see 18 virtual reality/360-degree videos, including “Antarctica 360,” “Space 360” and “Wingsuit flight 360,” as well as three upcoming productions focusing on cultural heritage and landmarks – all produced by the RT360 team, headed by Eduard Chizhikov – into VRE’s educational library. VRE was incorporated in April 2016 and provides quality VR hardware, software, content and services to Asian students including those from Hong Kong and Macau, and expanding to China, Japan and Thailand.
Ms. Lanny Huang, Founder/CEO of VR Educate says, “We are happy to work with RT360. Their VR 360 videos will open up new horizons for digital-minded Asian students. As an addition to our VR content educational listing, they will bring new storytelling perspectives, from flying in the air or flying in space, to experiencing the land of glaciers.”
In 2015, RT became one of the first international media outlets to start producing news content in the immersive 360-degree format and now boasts one of the largest original 360 content libraries with more than 150 videos. In 2016, RT brought the world the first-ever panoramic images of Earth as seen from aboard the International Space Station. This October, RT presented the first-ever 360 video filmed in open space, taking viewers on an immersive spacewalk alongside the ISS with Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryazansky and Fyodor Yurchikhin. Both videos are part of RT’s Space 360 project, a collaborative effort between RT, Roscosmos State Corporation, and Energia Space and Rocket Corporation. RT’s 360 content is available on Facebook, YouTube and the RT360 mobile app (download at Google Play, App Store and Oculus Store).
About RT
RT broadcasts 24/7 in English, Arabic and Spanish from its studios in Moscow, Washington, DC, and London. It has a weekly TV audience of 70 million viewers in 38 countries, with an audience of 8 million in the United States according to top audience research firm Ipsos. It is also the most watched TV news network on YouTube with more than 5 billion views, and boasts one of the largest 360-degree video libraries with more than 100 titles. RT is the winner of the Monte Carlo TV Festival Award for Best 24-hr Broadcast, and a five-time Emmy finalist.
About VR Educate
VR Educate provides fully immersive virtual reality education experience to help educate students of all ages and races in Asia. Through its immersive virtual-reality educational experiences, VR Educate aims to enrich the learning of students across Asia. VR Educate provides the foundation to do so with VR Room, VR Lab and VR Content Platform for schools and other educational institutions.
