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11-06-2015, 03:30 PM
http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vsPUsm6EFXkN_PDqVr2FIg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3NfbGVnbztmaT1maWxsO2g9ODY7cT03NTt3PT EzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-11-05T225721Z_1006990001_LYNXNPEBA41A1_RTROPTP_2_CTEC H-US-ALPHABET-YOUTUBE-VIRTUALREALITY.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/youtube-support-virtual-reality-video-app-191120789--finance.html)By Deborah M. Todd SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube announced two new features Thursday for its Android app that expand the video site's use of virtual reality, giving the new technology its biggest platform yet. The app now supports VR video - a format that gives viewers what the company says are more realistic 360-degree perspectives of films. To view it, a user would call up a virtual reality video on the YouTube app, click a button on the video for VR mode, and place the phone in Alphabet Inc's "Cardboard" device, a handheld gadget made from the standard box material that creates a VR viewing experience.



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