VR's significance in media set to grow, say experts

Do you sometimes picture yourself swimming with whales or mingling with celebrities in a party setting?

The 2016 Global Video Media Forum, held in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, over Oct 20-21, told us that a digital revolution underway could bring us close to our fantasies. More than 300 participants from 36 countries and regions came to the forum, which was hosted by CCTV News Content, a first of its kind video agency that serves hundreds of TV stations in China and outside.

Visitors at the event wore virtual reality headsets and "swam" in oceans or "flew" in a helicopter through glass windows.