Immersive Storytelling
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Immersive Video Stories
From a look at urban beekeeping to the Bay Area’s housing crisis,
check out these stories we are producing and sharing in a 360-degree view.
‘It’s A Win-Win’: Food Recovery Programs In The Bay Area Reduce Food Waste While Feeding The Hungry
Tumbling To The Top: An Immersive Look At Stanford Women’s Gymnastics Team
Florence Fang Community Farm offers food, fresh produce, community space in Bayview-Hunters Point
How a pro beach volleyball hopeful climbed the ranks in Northern California
Immersive video tour: Chochenyo Park commemorates Black, Indigenous history
This immersive video story features the voices of Alameda community members who played a role in renaming the city’s Jackson Park to Chocenyo Park.
By Thomas Manglona
Black Trans Liberation: An Evening at the Stonewall Protests in New York City
2020 was the most dangerous year in U.S. history for Black trans women. The fight for Black trans liberation continues – every Thursday – at the Stonewall Inn in New York City.
By Iman Floyd-Carroll
I Love You, Dad (Father’s Day)
On Father’s Day, this immersive video honors the memories of two fathers.
By Anthony Kayruz
Tylar Campbell, Olivia Light, Veronica Lin, Madison Pobis and Kenichiro Shino
Local harvester Ian O’Hollaren shares his knowledge of a California kelp forest and its role in providing habitat and food in the ecosystem.
By Tylar Campbell, Olivia Light, Veronica Lin, Madison Pobis and Kenichiro Shino
Off the Grid: An immersive 360 video dramatization of the PG&E power outages
This 360 video dramatizes a fictional evening in October 2019 set in Healdsburg, CA, when PG&E turned out the lights.
By Megan Calfas, Joe Dworetzky, Seimi Chu
Palo Alto pickleballers volley for a win in battle over courts: A 360-degree view
The Palo Alto Pickleball Club has over 400 members, 40 percent of whom are from Palo Alto. They play every day at Mitchell Park, frequently offering free clinics for the public on the tennis courts.
By Gillian Brassil and Dilcia Mercedes
Rescue to Reunion: A fictional dog’s perspective during a disaster
This immersive piece is a fact-based depiction of a fictional dog named Gus, who is separated from its family by a natural disaster and depicts the process of reuniting them.
By Yuri Zatisev and Thomas Kai Wucherpfennig
A 360 experience: One urban beekeper’s quest to go beyond the honey
One urban beekeeper is gradually realizing that bringing honeybees into the city is not the best way to protect our environment and save the pollinators.
By Andrea Chung and Barna Szász
Remembering and rebuilding the Honey Run Covered Bridge after the Camp Fire
Last year’s Camp Fire destroyed the beloved Honey Run Covered Bridge between Paradise and Chico. But it didn’t take long for residents to start rebuilding the bridge — using salvaged materials from the original structure.
By Melanie Hogue and Ashlyn Rollins
A peek inside recreational vehicle communities in the Bay Area
Ad hoc communities comprised of transient recreational vehicles continue to grow in the Bay Area.
By Maria Popo, Elisa Lupin-Jimenez and Jenny Kim
Auguste Rodin in 360 degrees
With over 200 works, three galleries and a sculpture garden, the Cantor Arts Center houses the largest collection in the Americas from Auguste Rodin.
By Zulfiya Hamzaki
Experience Bay Area capoeira in 360 degrees
The Bay Area is a hub for capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art form that’s all about creativity, communication and community.
By Jackie Botts and Nico Sandi
Beyond Zodiac: A 360 video tour of the Bay Area crime scenes
Fifty years ago, a murderer caused panic and hysteria in the San Francisco Bay Area. Revisit the sites where confirmed attacks took place.
By Katlyn Alo, Anthony Miller, Marta Oliver-Craviotto and Matt Shimura
Inside SLAC: Discover the longest linear particle accelerator in 360
The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, located in Menlo Park, is a U.S. Department of Energy laboratory operated by Stanford University. It hosts a 2-mile linear accelerator, the longest of its kind in the world.
By Marta Oliver-Craviotto and Anthony Miller
In the heart of the Central Valley, a young activist fights for immigrant rights
As pressure from hostile political rhetoric towards immigrants looms, the daughter of migrant farmworkers in California’s Central Valley joins local activists to bring awareness to issues facing farmworkers and the greater immigrant community. Experience the story of her life through 360 video.
By Bethney Bonilla
THE NEW NORMAL – California’s climate in crisis
A 360-degree video experience takes you on a journey from the Sierras to the Pacific Ocean, along the flooded creeks and damaged roads of this record-breaking California winter.
By Aria Swarr and Hope Schroeder
OPINION – The $25 billion divide
As a first-generation American, Dane Christensen felt Donald Trump’s harsh words cut deep about immigration and building the border wall with Mexico.
By Dane Christensen
POWER IN EVERY STROKE – A rowing practice in 360
Rowing can be a seemingly calm sport on the outside. But on the inside, rowers pay meticulous attention to every stroke, their minds acting as the shutter of a camera, examining each minuscule movement individually. Experience this in 360 video.
By Felix Petermann, Tori Owens, Dylan Tull and Kelly Swanson
COMMUNES IN SAN FRANCISCO – Returning to the roots of communal living
As San Francisco’s housing crunch continues, some residents are choosing to forgo traditional apartments and live in intentional, communal living under one roof. Experience this in 360-degree video.
By Anna Yelizarova and Siqi Lin
San Francisco Russian Hill resident wins first step in landmark tree status
Meri Jaye, 96, secured the unanimous vote of the San Francisco Landmark Tree Committee to grant landmark status to the redwood tree she planted in her backyard nearly 55 years ago.
By Sejin Paik, Paul Wallace and Dane Christensen
A 360-degree journey through Norway
Experience the breathtaking roads, mountains and fjords of Norway in Peninsula Press Reporter Anna Yelizarova’s 360-degree travel story.
By Anna Yelizarova
Around the world in 360 degrees
Equipped with a 360-degree camera, Peninsula Press Reporter Anna Yelizarova set off on a journey around the world in 2016 to learn more about storytelling in 360.
By Anna Yelizarova
IN PLAIN SIGHT – Homeless in Silicon Valley
In an immersive 360-degree video experience, Paul, a Silicon Valley native, brings us to the spaces he slept on the streets of Palo Alto, through the invisibility of homelessness to the possibility of secure shelter.
By Jamie Stark
An exploration of binaural sound in VR storytelling
The idea behind binaural audio is to capture sounds to simulate how we perceive sound waves in real life.
By Anna Yelizarova
IMMERSIVE BAY – Sports and hobbies in 360 video
In a new series of 360-degree immersive videos, we introduce you to Stanford students and alumni who take you inside their sports and hobbies.
By Anna Yelizarova and Naomi Cornman
A 360-degree video view into the Lightning in a Bottle festival
360-degree video experience of Lightning in a Bottle, an annual music festival in the Central Coast region of California.