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1. 360°  Movies 
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=dKj4PDldebc

   
   The Jungle Book Amazing New 360° video
2. Documentaries
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=rG4jSz_2HDY

   
    360° Great Hammerhead Shark Encounter | National Geographic
3. Virtual tours
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tph_ntIJQxk

   
   Paris VR 
   See https://cospac.es/edu/qLAx for a Munich City Tour using Cospaces 
   Read more on the advantages of using VR in tourism here. And a review of how it is used in tourism by CNN. And a document  with research findings to confirm the advantages of VR for tourism in Australia here. 
   Tour the Museum of Fine arts  and use Google Earth to see the world in this game.
   

   2. Virtual experiences

4. As an assistive technology for the blind to experience art and sculpture. 
   

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   url https://vimeo.com/261989626

   
   Read on making art accessible using VR here. 

5. For architectural design 
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7h_JOPHoxk

   
   Architectural Design in Virtual Reality - Full Process - VRtisan - Unreal Engine VR Editor

6. In collaborative design work
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=V7F5JLAL-Wo

   
   Digital Geometry for a shared collaborative immersive experience. 
7. Virtual engineering experiences 
   

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   url http://youtube.com/watch?v=IcmX_XtmZHg

   
   The Power of Immersive Virtual Engineering by ESI Group. 
   The MIDEN Lab University of Michigan provides training for engineers using VR here.  
8. Training  
   

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   Employees in Volksvagen are trained in VR. Not only that, they are the first car manufacturer to roll out VR technology with the HTC VIVE-VR system.

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Some projects at the ICT's Mixed Reality Lab, at University of Southern California's (USC) Institute for Creative Technologies on virtual reality, augmented reality, and otehres everything in between. We tour , where projects explore the intersections of VR and accessibility, avatars, and even aerial drones. For a shorter video on USC see here. 

An overview of uses of VR

Wall Street Journal (2016).  A Virtual Reality Guide to Virtual Reality (360 Video)