The Best VR Videos You Won’t Want to Miss

 

Aside from some fun new gaming experiences, Virtual Reality(VR) also offers a unique, stimulating experience of 360-degree videos that changing the way we experience content. We’ve compiled some of the best and most immersive VR videos you won’t want to miss out on right now, available on a range of the best VR platforms such as YouTube, Within and Littlstar. 

On YouTube

The Dolphin Project 

Swim with wild dolphins in crystal clear waters in an experience that simultaneously educates you on the history of these aquatic mammals. With the360-degree function, you can quickly catch these majestic creatures as they zip, frolic and play around you free from the confines of a tank. 

6x9 Solitary Confinement  

A serious and chilling voice welcomes you to your cell, where you will spend 22-24 hours a day surrounded by concrete walls. This virtual segregation video created by The Guardian will shock you with the reality faced by over 80million US prisoners. Experience the psychological traumas as claustrophobia, insomnia and other common reactions to solitary confinement. 

Motion Graphics – “Houzzfunction” 

These entrancing VR videos of colors and shapes begins as a confusing journey, one that which slowly but surely morphs into a colorful cityscape. The psychedelic experience is set to a song from 'Motion Graphics’ debut album and is sure to evoke some interesting stimulation of the mind. 

Go Inside A Republican Convention Protest  

Published by TIME in 2016, this VR experience details a confronting political and cultural event. Become immersed in the National March and Rally AgainstRacism, Injustice and White Supremacy as the people preach for freedom and walk together as one. 

On Within 

Valen’s Reef 

Take a dive with coral reef scientist from West Papua, Ronald Mambrasar and embark on his journey with his 8-year-old son. This video will open up the underwater world that flourishes in Indonesia’s Bird Head Seascape coupled with the touching story of how it was almost ruined before being salvaged by Conservation International. 

Walking New York 

Have you ever experienced the hustle and bustle of New York streets? It’s intense cultural, urban and artistic quirks? In this New York Times video, the beginnings of a huge new art installation are brought to life. Rich in history and culture, the photographs and pieces by French artist JR help to reflect on New York City in a way you’ve yet to experience. 

Notes on Blindness 

In 1983, John Hull lost his sight. As a writer and theologian, this didn’t stop his flair for the creative. In this beautifully created 360 VR video featuring binaural sound, you’ll be able to experience the world beyond sight that John Hull recorded to document this new exploration of his life. 

My Mother’s Wing 

In Gaza, it is not uncommon for mothers to lose their children in an act of violence. Where homes and lives are constantly built, destroyed and rebuilt again, the devastation is raw. Step into the life of a mourning mother as she struggles to rebuild from the loss of her two children, killed in a shelling attack at their school. 

On Littlstar 

Home  

Follow the travels of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as he experienced some of the most vulnerable people on earth, in some of the highest humanitarian crises stricken countries in the world. This eye-opening video details the lives of refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, including a 16-year old refugee from Syria who will simultaneously win your heart, and break it. 

Take Every Wave: Laird in VR 

Laird Hamilton shows you that you don’t know what the ride is going to be like on this journey searching for 8-10 foot waves and challenging the use of modern technology. As beautiful as it is poetic, this ride on what is known as the world’s longest wave in Chicama, Peru will have you comparing your life to the experience
of surfing the ocean. 

Fly on a Resupply Mission  

It’s all in the title. This VR experience has you in full military mode, aboard the USS Eisenhower helicopter. USA Today’s exclusive access to film on this supply day gives you a 360-degree glimpse into the raw experience of a resupply mission completed over the ocean. 

The Source 

A uniquely positive thing about VR is its ability to show you parts of the world you’ve yet to experience. Watch as this video by Charity Water details the transformation of a community who were once so dependent on strenuous trips to provide water for their village, to their experience with the provision of  fresh, clean uncontaminated water for the first time. Water is likely to fill your eyelids to the brim as you feel their joy.