{"id":136674,"date":"2015-08-28T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T07:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=136674"},"modified":"2015-08-28T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T07:20:17","slug":"mythbusters-shark-dive-in-virtual-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/136674-mythbusters-shark-dive-in-virtual-reality.html","title":{"rendered":"Mythbusters shark dive in virtual reality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has launched short-form virtual reality videos and 360-degree experiences which it calls Discovery VR.<\/p>\n<p>Among the first videos shot in the experimental format is a shark dive with the Mythbusters team.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Discovery VR is available via a mobile app for Android and iPhone, with a \u201cmore immersive experience\u201d available through Google Cardboard and Samsung Gear VR.<\/p>\n<p>Support for the Oculus Rift is \u201ccoming soon\u201d, Discovery <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoveryvr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">said on its website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Other Discovery VR clips include those from Gold Rush, entitled \u201cPay Dirt\u201d, Survivorman\u2019s \u201cHow to survive in the wild\u201d, and freeboarding and surfing videos.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on virtual reality<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/131150-forget-going-to-the-shops-buy-everything-through-virtual-reality.html\"><strong>Forget going to the shops, buy everything through virtual reality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/125724-oculus-rift-vr-headset-launch-window.html\"><strong>Oculus Rift VR headset launch window<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/121018-htc-vive-with-valve-mind-blowing-virtual-reality.html\"><strong>HTC Vive with Valve \u2013 mind-blowing virtual reality<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/109198-samsung-galaxy-note-4-with-virtual-reality-announced.html\"><strong>Samsung Galaxy Note 4, with virtual reality, announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discovery has produced a series of virtual reality videos, including a shark dive with the Mythbusters team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":136676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,17934],"tags":[36,15844,32494,32492],"class_list":["post-136674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","category-smartphones","tag-active","tag-discovery","tag-discovery-vr","tag-mythbusters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136684,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136674\/revisions\/136684"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}