Getty Images coming to the Occulus Riff

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Sorr if this offends anyone, but I think using an Occulus Riff to go visted place around the world, from home, is cool.  Remeinds me of the old 'Vewmaster' and how people use to collect all kind of slide from around the world for them for the same reasons.

A panoramic image of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany taken from Getty's archive.

Image: Kwanchai Khammuean

By Adario Strange8 hours ago

Getty Images is entering the world of virtual reality.

Getty 360 Degree View, a collection of immersive 360-degree imagery, will now be available to users of the Oculus Rift via the Oculus 360 Photos app in the Oculus Store.

See also: Virtual reality headset Oculus Rift is coming in early 2016

As the world's largest photo agency — it boasts 80 million images and growing — Getty has a robust and diverse archive of photos.

"The 360 Degree View by Getty Images collection enables a deeply engaging experience in

virtual reality, a technology poised to transform the way individuals interact with the visual world

virtual reality, a technology poised to transform the way individuals interact with the visual world," Hugh Pinney, vice-president of editorial content for Getty Images, said in a statement.

By bringing its growing cache of panoramic photos to the Oculus (which only has a developer version available right now), Getty ensures its relevance into the future, and opens up yet another major content source for what is the world's most-discussed VR tool, to date. But despite the Oculus' new consumer-facing focus, Getty's service will likely become a tool primarily for journalists and researchers (like most of its current offerings).

In addition, users can experience VR-friendly Getty Images on the Samsung Gear VR. Getty's photo collection will also work with the consumer version of the Oculus, slated for release in 2016.

 

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