A new virtual reality video of a war-ravaged Syrian city offers an unprecedented 360° interactive view of the destruction left by the country’s ongoing civil war. French daily Le Parisien reports that the video was filmed in the northwestern city of Jisr ash-Shughur with a six-camera system that allows the viewer to look in all directions.
The images, which the Paris-based Okio Studio transformed into the 360° viewing experience, were shot by a Syrian journalist between May and July in the city that was the site of fierce fighting between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a coalition of Islamist rebels, which eventually took control of Jisr ash-Shughur over the summer.
The technology, which Le Parisien recommends is best experienced with a virtual reality headset, allows the viewer to explore the moving video in all directions by using the arrows in the upper left of the screen or dragging across the screen.