Virtual reality employs technology to fully immerse users into a virtual world, cut off from reality. To experience virtual reality, users need to wear accessories like headsets and motion tracking systems. https://youtu.be/bm3K_RwlWZ8
Videographics
How dangerous is AIDS?
One in seven people with HIV in Europe is unaware of their infection, the EU and World Health Organization reported Tuesday as 2015 marked another record year for new HIV cases in the region.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
Relatives of MH370 passengers will travel to Madagascar next month in hopes of re-kindling efforts to find and recover seaborne debris from the ill-fated Malaysia Airlines jet, next-of-kin association Voice370 said Monday. (AFP Video graphics)
The Obama years
History will remember Barack Obama as America’s first black president. But his eight years in office have thoroughly shaken up America’s role in the world and the political spectrum at home.
Self-driving cars have eyes in all places — at all times
Autonomous cars have eyes in all places — at all times. Their 360-vision can exceed the relatively limited view of a driver checking his or her mirrors. This is because self-driving cars are fitted with numerous cameras, radars and sensors. At the heart of the system is the car’s stereo camera — found at the front. Its two lenses — placed about 20cm apart — are linked up to an onboard computer. With a driver’s […]
Light pollution
(AFP) One third of stargazers around the world can’t see the Milky Way at night because of “light pollution” from buildings, street lamps and other forms of artificial illumination on Earth. The night time glow of artificial lights used to be a nuisance mainly affecting astronomers, but in recent years the effects are being felt by casual observers of the night sky as well. https://youtu.be/JhOqgq2_75Q DAVID LORY KATHERINE SPENCER / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP
The hybrid car
(AFP) In Norway, electric cars are exempt from taxes. In August, zero emission cars accounted for more than 15 percent of new car registrations, a market share which is unparallelled in the world but which is facing stiff competition from hybrid cars. A hybrid car runs on two forms of power, electricity and petrol. https://youtu.be/iQQS9yBap3A DAVID LORY / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP
A brief history of Mars exploration
(AFP) The European Space Agency hopes that technologies tested during its ExoMars programme could pave the way for a return mission to the Red planet in the 2020s, as well as establish if Mars ever harboured life. A brief history of Mars exploration in videographics. JONATHAN RENAUD DE LA FAVERIE KATHERINE LEVY SPENCER / AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP In the 20th century US-USSR “Space Race”, NASA was the first to make it to Mars. In […]
European migration routes
Italy’s coastguard said nine corpses were recovered in operations in which 6,055 people were rescued off Libya Monday, three years to the day after 366 people died in the sinking that first alerted the world to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. https://youtu.be/vkGB9D1_v0Q
US election 2016: swing states
Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton’s White House running mate, is a popular senator with strong foreign policy credibility who could help the Democrats bring in two key voting blocs: Hispanics and the battleground state of Virginia. Videographic about swing states in the United States. https://youtu.be/9atxFtv4Zoo
Cybercrime (videographic)
(AFP) Yahoo said Thursday a massive attack on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been “state sponsored.” https://youtu.be/wh-Lz7nXhQE Marian Henbest Sabrina Blanchard / AFP Videographics / AFP
Strokes
Former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres, the last of Israel’s founding fathers, was in critical condition Wednesday after suffering a major stroke and doctors were treating him in intensive care. Videographic explaining the causes of strokes. https://youtu.be/7CWyWbu-bwk
