Best of Digital: Silver to The Guardian for VR prison project

  • February 25, 2017
Society for News Design

The Guardian of London has earned a Silver medal in Experimental Design for its VR experience of solitary confinement.

Category: Experimental Design
Title: 6×9: A VR Experience of Solitary Confinement
Link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2016/apr/27/6×9-a-virtual-experience-of-solitary-confinement

Comments: “It’s using the VR characteristic of putting you in the place, but the audio and experiences that happen help tell the story like none other we’ve seen. The piece was emotional, and the fact that limited interactivity is available with VR made it the perfect storytelling platform for being confined in a space. The story is journalistically sound and has more merit because of the virtual reality platform. Unlike a lot of VR, it has a very strong narrative.”