--- title: Watch the Total Solar Eclipse in 360-Degree Virtual Reality description: If you can't catch the eclipse in person, we have a way to make it feel like you're practically there with 360-degree video canonical: https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-21T10:00:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:59:05.429Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees og:description: Feel like you're watching it in person og:url: https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees twitter:description: Feel like you're watching it in person twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 21, 2017 10:00 AM UTC Millions of people will watch as the moon completely blocks the sun during a [rare](http://time.com/4834676/total-solar-eclipse-2017-rare/) [total solar eclipse](http://time.com/4874900/total-solar-eclipse-how-watch-online/) set to traverse the United States on Aug. 21\. The eclipse will begin in Oregon at 9:05 a.m. PT and move across the country, ending at 2:44 p.m. ET near South Carolina. If you can’t [catch the eclipse in person](http://time.com/4899457/amazon-refunds-eclipse-glasses/), we have a way to make it feel like you are practically there. Along with [LIFE VR](http://interactives.time.com/lifevr/), TIME is producing a 360-degree virtual reality livestream of the eclipse. You can watch live beginning at about 11:30 a.m. on TIME’s [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/10155020470241491/#) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oo%5FgzW84AXY) pages, in partnership with Mesmerise Global. Through the stream, you’ll see on-the-ground views of the total eclipse from Casper, Wyo., as well as skygazers who have gathered for the event. TIME’s editor-at-large Jeffrey Kluger will narrate throughout the livestream. An edited version of the 360-degree livestream will also be available in the LIFE VR app for [iOS](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id1145044328) and [Android](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.timeinc.life.lifevr), and on LIFE VR’s [Samsung VR channel ](https://samsungvr.com/view/Z4UnQjJ6VDC)immediately following the eclipse, as well as [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/time/videos/10155021514976491/)and [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXK3m1Rzu-s). TIME will also host a [separate livestream](http://time.com/4900148/total-solar-eclipse-time-livestream/) of the eclipse hosted by popular space personality [Amy Shira Teitel ](http://www.amyshirateitel.com/)starting at 12 p.m. ET on Aug. 21 on [Time.com](http://time.com/), as well as its [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/time/) and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZ58hoxipnE) pages. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/"},"headline":"Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees","datePublished":"2017-08-21T10:00:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:59:05.429Z","description":"Feel like you're watching it in person","url":"https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/","keywords":["Eclipse","Space","onetime","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/eclipse/","name":"Eclipse"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4900288/total-solar-eclipse-virtual-reality/","name":"Watch Live: The Total Solar Eclipse in 360 Degrees"}}]}] ```