• The video shows the shrine where Jesus is thought to have been born more than 2,000 years ago
• It is part of a larger project by which uses 360 video and virtual reality to bring the bible to life
• Viewers can see the exact spot where the nativity took place, including the manger where the baby lay
• The film’s tour guide describes the shrine as ‘one of the holiest sites in the Holy Land’
A new 360 video is giving people around the world the chance to see the original nativity scene, by taking a virtual tour of the birthplace of Jesus.
Just in time for Christmas, viewers can transport themselves to the Holy Land to see the spot where the biblical baby is thought to have been born.
Virtual tour guide Danny Herman, known as ‘Danny the Digger’, takes viewers on a tour of the shrine – which draws millions of visitors each year.
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A new immersive video is offering viewers a virtual tour of ‘one of the holiest sites of the Holy Land’, the site in Bethlehem thought to be the birthplace of Jesus (pictured)
Shot at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the immersive film by director and producer Pearry Teo forms part of a larger series called Bible VR, which aims to use 360 video and virtual reality to bring the bible to life.
In the video, Herman descends the steps into the shrine before describing the exact spot thought to be the birthplace of Christ.
‘This is one of the holiest sites in the Holy Land,’ says Herman.
‘This block is marking the very spot of his delivery,’ the guide explains, before pointing out another part of the shrine believed to be the manger and even the spot where the three wise men stood on their visit to the infant.
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Shot at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, the immersive film by director and producer Pearry Teo forms part of a larger series called Bible VR, which aims to use 360 video and virtual reality to bring the bible to life. In the video, viewers are guided about the shrine and shown the exact spot where the biblical baby was thought to have been born
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Source: DailyMail UK