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Courier Journal You Be the Ref experience shown at F8 tech conference

Courier Journal's immersive You be the Ref 360-degree video experience was highlighted as one of the top uses of emerging tech in journalism at Facebook's F8 conference in San Jose, California.

The experience, which allows users to play the part of an official at a Western Kentucky University football practice, was a featured by Oculus VR project manager Andrew Mo during a talk about ways media companies are engaging readers with breakthrough experiences using breakthrough technology like augmented reality and virtual reality.

You make the call: Try the You be the Ref experience now!