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Film
Many companies, including GoPro, Nokia, Samsung, and Nikon, develop omnidirectional cameras, also known as 360 degree cameras or VR cameras that have the ability to record in all directions. These cameras are used to create images and videos that can be viewed in VR. [See VR Photography] Films produced for VR permit the audience to view the entire environment in every scene, creating an interactive viewing experience.

Production companies, such as Fox Searchlight Pictures and Skybound, utilize VR cameras to produce films that are interactive in VR. Fox Searchlight, Oculus and Samsung Gear VR collaborated on a project titled, “Wild – The Experieince”, starring Reese Witherspoon. The VR film was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show as well as the Sundance Film Festival in January 2015.

On December 8, 2015, the production company Skybound announced their VR thriller titled, "Gone". In collaboration with the VR production company WEVR, and Samsung Gear VR, the 360 degree video series was released on January 20, 2016.

Media
Companies such as Paramount Pictures, and Disney have applied VR into marketing campaigns creating interactive forms of media.

In October 2014 Paramount Pictures, in collaboration with the media production company Framestore, created a VR experience utilizing the Oculus DK2. The experience was dubbed a “time sensitive adventure in space” that took place in a portion of the Endurance space ship from the film “Interstellar.” The experience was available to the public at limited AMC theater locations.

In May 2016 Disney released a VR experience titled, Disney Movies VR, on Valve Corporation’s Steam software, free for download. The experience allows users to interact with the characters and worlds from the Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm universes.