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The power of immersive journalism

Pioneer of virtual reality and immersive journalism, Nonny de la Peña, talks about her career the ground-breaking work she has achieved in VR.

Pioneer of virtual reality and immersive journalism, Nonny de la Peña, CEO and Founder of Emblematic Group, talks about her career and the ground-breaking work she has achieved in immersive story-telling.

Nonny is widely regarded as a pre-eminent thinker and creator in the realm of virtual, augmented and mixed reality. As a journalist and documentary film-maker, she began working with virtual technologies in 2006 to bring audiences closer to important stories.

In this interview, you will hear how she got started with this technology and explore some of her work. XR technologies play a powerful role in re-imagining investigative journalism and Nonny speaks about the impact this can have on audiences.

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