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Here's a VR 360-degree movie taken in spring 2001 at the old Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. It has since moved to a new facility. The interactive movie (below) lets you spin around and see all the computers and some of the meteorologists who issue tornado and severe-storm watches for the United States. (The guy with the camera is storm chaser Dave Lewison.)

The movie will take a moment to load. To manipulate the movie, click in the image and drag while holding down the mouse. You can also use the arrow keys. With your cursor in the picture, press SHIFT to zoom in and CTRL to zoom out. Because it's fairly low-resolution and shot at close quarters, it's best to view zoomed out (press CTRL).