Virtual Reality: Worth the Risk?

A VR video has recently been released on YouTube by Network Rail as part of their campaign level crossing safety campaign.

It is interesting in that it enables the viewer to interact with the scenes through a 360-degree experience (just click your mouse on the video to move around the scenes). Even though the characters are digitised it is surprisingly immersing, and then the story is given a human underscoring at the end of the video.

Warning: some viewers may find this video upsetting. We're doing all we can to keep people safe near level crossings and on the railway in general. These short films illustrate some of the dangers of not taking care at level crossings and trespassing on the railway.