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I was one of the first humans to see a solar eclipse in virtual reality
Looking directly up at the Sun in VR doesn't risk permanent eye damage the way it would in real life. But it also doesn't provide the kind of "crescent Sun" effect I was hoping to see as the Moon started to cover up the corona. Luckily, CNN superimposed a large, floating "eclipse cam" view with the correct filters and telescopic zoom to show the eclipse in much sharper detail. Being able to glance back and forth between this close-up shot and the surrounding scene on the ground around me in virtual space was a pleasant "best of both worlds" that made me feel like I was in two places at once.
See the full story here: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/08/i-was-one-of-the-first-humans-to-see-a-solar-eclipse-in-virtual-reality/