{"id":9558,"date":"2018-02-25T09:23:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T09:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vr-room.ch\/?p=9558"},"modified":"2018-02-25T09:23:08","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T09:23:08","slug":"vr-entdeckungsreise-nil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vr-room.ch\/en\/2018\/02\/25\/vr-entdeckungsreise-nil\/","title":{"rendered":"VR voyage of discovery on the Nile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has released a new VR experience called \"Damming the Nile\", which takes us on an interesting and educational journey of discovery along the Nile River. <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nil\">Nils<\/a> takes. The promise is that you can experience the river and Africa up close.<\/p>\n<p>\"Damming the Nile\" sends users through the countries of Sudan, Ethiopia and Egypt, while BBC Africa correspondent Alastair Leithead has plenty of details about the country and its people. <span class=\"st\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Grand-Ethiopian-Renaissance-Talsperre\">Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam<\/a>which is currently under construction, will also be visited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the construction project and fascinating natural spectacles, \"Damming the Nile\" also brings viewers closer to the lives of traditional tribes and modern city life. The film conveys knowledge from many different areas.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual educational journey is available via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oculus.com\/experiences\/gear-vr\/1834522029951979\/\">VR app from the BBC<\/a> available for Samsung Gear VR. You can also watch two free 360-degree episodes on YouTube that are compatible with Google Cardboard. On the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/virtualreality\">official website<\/a> the BBC has a VR category that lists further experiences.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9558-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Un0LWhH-9CI&#038;_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Un0LWhH-9CI\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Un0LWhH-9CI<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-9558-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" loop=\"1\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/youtube\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vqk6Oy1jUMk&#038;_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vqk6Oy1jUMk\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vqk6Oy1jUMk<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>Source: VR-World<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The BBC has released a new VR experience called \"Damming the Nile\" that takes us on an interesting and...","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":9560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VR-Entdeckungsreise auf dem Nil - Schweizer Virtual Reality News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/vr-room.ch\/en\/2018\/02\/25\/vr-entdeckungsreise-nil\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VR-Entdeckungsreise auf dem Nil - Schweizer Virtual Reality News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Die BBC hat eine neue VR-Erfahrung namens &#8220;Damming the Nile&#8221; 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