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03-01-2016, 12:33 PM
360-degree video brings the reality of Syria to Australian eyes
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The conflict in Syria just got a little closer to home.
Amnesty International Australia is using 360-degree video tech**logy to bring the destroyed streets of Damascus and*Aleppo to a screen on your face.*
Using a virtual reality headset and pa**ramic photographs shot by activists in 2015, the human rights organisation is inviting Australians to experience the war zone first hand via their mobile phone.*
SEE ALSO: First look: Samsung Gear 360 consumer VR camera (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/first-look-samsung-gear-360-vr-camera/)
"The crisis in Syria can seem too e**rmous and far away to us here in Australia. Because it*doesn't*affect us directly, it sometimes doesn't seem real,"*Diana Sayed, Amnesty*International Australia's*crisis response campaign coordinator,*said in a statement emailed to Mashable Australia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/01/360-video-syria-australia/)
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The conflict in Syria just got a little closer to home.
Amnesty International Australia is using 360-degree video tech**logy to bring the destroyed streets of Damascus and*Aleppo to a screen on your face.*
Using a virtual reality headset and pa**ramic photographs shot by activists in 2015, the human rights organisation is inviting Australians to experience the war zone first hand via their mobile phone.*
SEE ALSO: First look: Samsung Gear 360 consumer VR camera (http://mashable.com/2016/02/21/first-look-samsung-gear-360-vr-camera/)
"The crisis in Syria can seem too e**rmous and far away to us here in Australia. Because it*doesn't*affect us directly, it sometimes doesn't seem real,"*Diana Sayed, Amnesty*International Australia's*crisis response campaign coordinator,*said in a statement emailed to Mashable Australia. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/01/360-video-syria-australia/)
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