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6 VR Experiences Nominated for 2017 Emmy Awards, Oculus Receives Multiple Nominations

There isn’t an official ‘VR’ section of the Emmys, rather the nominations have been spread between two categories: ‘Outstanding Original Interactive Program’ and ‘Outstanding Creative Achievment in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program’.

Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within A Scripted Program

• The Mr. Robot Virtual Reality Experience USA Universal Cable Productions, Here Be Dragons, Esmail Corp. and
  Anonymous Content (360 video on YouTube)
• Stranger Things VR Experience – Netflix – Netflix and CBS Digital (360 video on YouTube)
• The Simpsons – Planet Of The Couches – play.google.com – Gracie Films in association with 20th Century Fox Television and Google Spotlight Stories (download here for Google Cardboard)

Outstanding Original Interactive Program

• Dear Angelica – Oculus Story Studios – Oculus (download here for Oculus Rift)
• Mission: ISS – Oculus – Magnopus / Oculus (download here for Oculus Rift)
• The People’s House – Inside The White House With Barack And Michelle Obama – Samsung / Oculus – Felix & Paul Studios
  and Oculus (download here for Oculus Rift)

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