Sun Media introduces the first 360 video of Maldivian Media

It is the largest mosque in the world. A mosque connected to the Islamic history. The second mosque built on this earth. At the mosque built by the Prophet Muhammad ?, now over 600,000 people can pray at a time. And 1 million people can pray during the Hajj season.

The Head of News at SunTV, Ibrahim Zaki show the beauty of the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi on his visit to the Saudi Arabia to cover the Saudi preparations for the Hajj Pilgrimage. He has prepared a 360 video showing the entire mosque and posted it on the popular social media platform, Facebook.

The video will show everything around except for the camera lens. Simply play video and if you’re on a mobile device, move the device to explore. If you’re using a computer, use the cursor mouse.

With the introduction of 360 video, Sun Media has written yet another page of the history of Maldivian Media. Sun Media is always working to introduce new things to the Maldivian Media.

Creative Director of Sun Media, Musthafa Mohamed Rasheed (Mustho) said that the goal of Sun Media is to bring innovations that are user friendly and interesting for the readers. Mustho said that similar innovations would be brought to the public by Sun Media in the future.

Chief Editor of Sun Online, Ahmes Zahir (Hiriga) said that Sun Online would always try to utilize all the technology available to proceed further.

As the technologies being used in the field of media are advancing day by day, Hiriga said that Sun Online would always work to shape the news and information to appeal to the reader’s interest.

In the past seven years, Sun Media has introduced a number of new things to the Maldivian Media. In 2011, Sun Media was the first to live stream important functions and protest rallies. The first iPhone application by a Maldivian Media was from Sun Media. The first to introduce SMS news alerts in the country was by Sun Media as well.

Sun Media would always work to bring news through new technologies that are easily accessible to the readers.