Data viz & virtual reality? Rebecca Pazos talks about ST's first VR experiment

In May 2017, the visuals team from The Straits Times launched their first VR project about rising sea levels in Singapore titled: Singapore Underwater (http://graphics.straitstimes.com/STI/STIMEDIA/Interactives/2017/rising-seas/virtual-reality/index.html).

You might be surprised to think of it as a 'data visualisation' but Rebecca, interactive graphics journalist at The Straits Times (http://www.straitstimes.com), would like to test the way you think about data viz & virtual reality. She'll go in-depth on the challenges the ST Visuals team faced & discuss virtual reality's role in journalism and beyond.

About Rebecca Pazos:

As an interactive graphics journalist at The Straits Times, Rebecca is part of a team of designers and developers who are pushing the boundaries of digital journalism - from data visualisation to virtual reality - anything is possible. While studying journalism back in Australia and after moving to Singapore, she did various freelance work in data journalism and became co-organiser for the local chapter of global digital journalism meet-up, Hacks/Hackers. She joined The Straits Times in August 2015.