Mosque ventures into virtual reality


(From left) Peta assisting Madina and Sakinah as they try putting on the VR headset at the launching of the Call to Prayers documentary at Masjid Kapitan Keling in George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE historic Masjid Kapitan Keling in Penang can now be visited in virtual reality.

A documentary, believed to be the first 360-degree VR film produced in Malaysia, allows viewers to experience being “inside the mosque” as if they are part of the congregation of the faithful.

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