Abstract
You're standing on a busy street corner in the Aleppo district of Syria. People are going about their business and somewhere a young girl is singing when without warning a rocket strike hits, sending dust and debris flying everywhere. The scene dissolves and you find yourself in a refugee camp where thousands of people affected by the conflict are trying to get on with their lives. Luckily, returning to the safety of your real life is as simple as removing the virtual reality headset through which you've been experiencing the sights and sounds of war and its aftermath. Unlike watching similar scenes on television however, the emotions you're feeling are likely to be more intense and stay with you much longer. This is immersive journalism, a technique using virtual reality to put the public in the middle of the scene as news unfolds that - if it catches on - could transform the way we witness events around the world.
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