"The Huffington Post blazed the trail by empowering people to tell their own stories in their own voices," said RYOT Co-Founder Bryn Mooser said in a press release. "Together, we'll bring our immersive virtual reality storytelling to their global news network and we couldn't be more excited. It's a game changer."

RYOT's documentary film experience and 360-degree video and VR know-how will give The Huffington Post an in-house studio for producing its immersive content. It also means that the news outlet will be able to produce virtual reality projects to keep pace with the likes of The New York Times and CNN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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