VR in crisis regions - Possibilities, limits, do's and dont's

Christiane Wittenbecher, Philipp Wenning, Gayatri Parameswaran 360°
video is no longer strange and exotic in the media cosmos. Today,
experience with the new technology has been accumulated worldwide.
The specially VR-experienced panelists report on their experiences
with VR cameras in crisis regions. They have been to refugee camps
in Syria, Damascus, the poorest regions of Nigeria and Cameroon.
They show regions that are in a long crisis and usually do not
appear in the Daily News. Places forgotten by the world. They
expose themselves to dangerous situations in order to use new VR
technology to give other people the opportunity to gain an
impression of other, far-away living environments from a distance
and to somehow be emotionally involved.  The panel discussion
will focus on the experiences with VR equipment in crisis regions
and how to combine the latest technology with new rules of
storytelling. What was initially a trial and error game with the
new technology has since become known dos and don' ts. 360° videos
are not the cure-all for every situation. In the discussion we want
to show what possibilities and limits 360° videos have in
perception of foreign places. Almost every month new devices are
launched, which technical features make a 360° film particularly
immersive and which technology can be recommended for VR newbies?