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YouTube debuts comedy video series in virtual reality push

Published Wed, Oct 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM
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YOUTUBE virtual reality video series The Confessional debuted on Tuesday, featuring comedians Trevor Noah, Judd Apatow and Howie Mandel, as parent company Google races Facebook Inc to attract viewers to the new medium.

Google, a unit of Alphabet Inc, has boosted funding for virtual reality (VR) video producers since it unveiled in October the US$79 Daydream View headset, which straps a smartphone display close to a user's eyes for stereoscopic video.

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