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Canada's Missing and Murdered: VR Documentary

Can't joinThe Current's public forums to watch the documentary?

You can experience the video using the CBC VR Android app.

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CBCVR iOS app

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Alternately, you can watch the 360 video at home using theYouTubeorFacebook appson a smartphone.
(Please open the video in the apps, not a mobile web browser as these do not always display 360 video correctly.)

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YouTube:

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Desktop

Mobile is recommended for optimal viewing. Desktop browser 360 video is supported on the latest version of Chrome, Opera, Firefox, or Internet Explorer. Click "Play" and scroll around with your mouse or touchpad.

We also have an Oculus app that you can install to explore this VR documentary.

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In its ongoing coverage,The Current in CBC's first virtual reality documentary creates the first multi-platform exploration of this issue, engaging Canadians in public forums, online, visually and on air.

The Highway of Tearsis a short virtual reality documentary about the story of one young woman, Ramona Wilson, who went missing along the highway in 1994 as told by her mother Matilda Wilson.

The immersive documentary transports the viewer to Matilda's home and then on to the notorious highway where, according to Indigenous communities, more than 40 Indigenous women have gone missing since the 1970s.

The VR doc, directed by Anishinaabefilmmaker Lisa Jackson, was produced byThe Currentin conjunction with Toronto company Secret Location.